Proverbs 10

1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

所羅門的箴言： 智慧之子使父親歡樂； 愚昧之子叫母親擔憂。

2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.

不義之財毫無益處； 惟有公義能救人脫離死亡。

3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.

耶和華不使義人受飢餓； 惡人所欲的，他必推開。

4 He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

手懶的，要受貧窮； 手勤的，卻要富足。

5 He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

夏天聚斂的，是智慧之子； 收割時沉睡的，是貽羞之子。

6 Blessings are on the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

福祉臨到義人的頭； 強暴蒙蔽惡人的口。

7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

義人的紀念被稱讚； 惡人的名字必朽爛。

8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

心中智慧的，必受命令； 口裏愚妄的，必致傾倒。

9 He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.

行正直路的，步步安穩； 走彎曲道的，必致敗露。

10 He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

以眼傳神的，使人憂患； 口裏愚妄的，必致傾倒。

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

義人的口是生命的泉源； 強暴蒙蔽惡人的口。

12 Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.

恨能挑啟爭端； 愛能遮掩一切過錯。

13 In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

明哲人嘴裏有智慧； 無知人背上受刑杖。

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

智慧人積存知識； 愚妄人的口速致敗壞。

15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

富戶的財物是他的堅城； 窮人的貧乏是他的敗壞。

16 The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

義人的勤勞致生； 惡人的進項致死。

17 He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs.

謹守訓誨的，乃在生命的道上； 違棄責備的，便失迷了路。

18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

隱藏怨恨的，有說謊的嘴； 口出讒謗的，是愚妄的人。

19 In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

多言多語難免有過； 禁止嘴唇是有智慧。

20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

義人的舌乃似高銀； 惡人的心所值無幾。

21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

義人的口教養多人； 愚昧人因無知而死亡。

22 The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

耶和華所賜的福使人富足， 並不加上憂慮。

23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom.

愚妄人以行惡為戲耍； 明哲人卻以智慧為樂。

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

惡人所怕的，必臨到他； 義人所願的，必蒙應允。

25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

暴風一過，惡人歸於無有； 義人的根基卻是永久。

26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

懶惰人叫差他的人 如醋倒牙，如煙薰目。

27 The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

敬畏耶和華使人日子加多； 但惡人的年歲必被減少。

28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

義人的盼望必得喜樂； 惡人的指望必致滅沒。

29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

耶和華的道是正直人的保障， 卻成了作孽人的敗壞。

30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

義人永不挪移； 惡人不得住在地上。

31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out.

義人的口滋生智慧； 乖謬的舌必被割斷。

32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaks frowardness.

義人的嘴能令人喜悅； 惡人的口說乖謬的話。