箴言 20
1 酒能使人褻慢，濃酒使人喧嚷； 凡因酒錯誤的，就無智慧。
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And he that reeleth with it is not wise.
2 王的威嚇如同獅子吼叫； 惹動他怒的，是自害己命。
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; He who provoketh him sinneth against himself.
3 遠離紛爭是人的尊榮； 愚妄人都愛爭鬧。
It is an honor to a man to cease from strife; Bur every fool rusheth into it.
4 懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種， 到收割的時候，他必討飯而無所得。
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 人心懷藏謀略，好像深水， 惟明哲人才能汲引出來。
A design in the heart of a man is like deep waters; But a man of understanding draweth it out.
6 人多述說自己的仁慈， 但忠信人誰能遇着呢？
Many will proclaim their own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
7 行為純正的義人， 他的子孫是有福的！
He who walketh in his integrity is a righteous man; Happy will be his children after him!
8 王坐在審判的位上， 以眼目驅散諸惡。
The king, sitting upon the throne of judgment, Scattereth with his eyes all the wicked like chaff.
9 誰能說，我潔淨了我的心， 我脫淨了我的罪？
Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean; I am free from my sin?”
10 兩樣的法碼，兩樣的升斗， 都為耶和華所憎惡。
Divers weights and divers measures, —Both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
11 孩童的動作是清潔，是正直， 都顯明他的本性。
Even in childhood one maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his actions will be pure and right.
12 能聽的耳，能看的眼， 都是耶和華所造的。
The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, —The LORD made them both.
13 不要貪睡，免致貧窮； 眼要睜開，你就吃飽。
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 買物的說：不好，不好； 及至買去，他便自誇。
“Bad! bad!” saith the buyer; But when he hath gone his way, then he boasteth.
15 有金子和許多珍珠， 惟有知識的嘴乃為貴重的珍寶。
There is gold and abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a precious vase.
16 誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外人作保，誰就要承當。
Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.
17 以虛謊而得的食物，人覺甘甜； 但後來，他的口必充滿塵沙。
The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 計謀都憑籌算立定； 打仗要憑智謀。
Purposes are established by counsel; Therefore with good advice make war.
19 往來傳舌的，洩漏密事； 大張嘴的，不可與他結交。
He who goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore associate not with him who keepeth open his lips.
20 咒罵父母的，他的燈必滅， 變為漆黑的黑暗。
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in midnight darkness.
21 起初速得的產業， 終久卻不為福。
A possession may be gotten hastily in the beginning, But in the end it will not be blessed.
22 你不要說，我要以惡報惡； 要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。
Say not thou, “I will repay evil;” Wait on the LORD, and he will help thee.
23 兩樣的法碼為耶和華所憎惡； 詭詐的天平也為不善。
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false balance is not good.
24 人的腳步為耶和華所定； 人豈能明白自己的路呢？
A man's steps are from the LORD; How, then, can a man understand his way?
25 人冒失說，這是聖物， 許願之後才查問，就是自陷網羅。
It is a snare to a man to utter a vow rashly, And after vows to consider.
26 智慧的王簸散惡人， 用碌碡滾軋他們。
A wise king scattereth the wicked like chaff, And bringeth over them the wheel.
27 人的靈是耶和華的燈， 鑒察人的心腹。
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Which searcheth all the inner chambers of his body.
28 王因仁慈和誠實得以保全他的國位， 也因仁慈立穩。
Mercy and truth preserve the king; Yea, his throne is upholden by mercy.
29 強壯乃少年人的榮耀； 白髮為老年人的尊榮。
The glory of young men is their strength, And the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30 鞭傷除淨人的罪惡； 責打能入人的心腹。
Wounding stripes are the remedy for a bad man; Yea, stripes which reach to the inner chambers of the body.
