Proverbs 25
1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
此等もまたソロモンの箴言なり ユダの王ヒゼキヤに属せる人々これを輯めたり
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
事を隠すは神の榮誉なり 事を窮むるは王の榮誉なり
3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
天の高さと地の深さと 王たる者の心とは測るべからず
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
銀より渣滓を除け さらば銀工の用ふべき器いでん
5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
王の前より惡者をのぞけ 然ばその位義によりて堅く立ん
6 Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
王の前に自ら高ぶることなかれ 貴人の場に立つことなかれ
7 For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
なんぢが目に見る王の前にて下にさげらるるよりは ここに上れといはるること愈れり
8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbour has put you to shame.
汝かろがろしく出でて争ふことなかれ 恐くは終にいたりて汝の鄰に辱しめられん その時なんぢ如何になさんとするか
9 Debate your cause with your neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
なんぢ鄰と争ふことあらば只これと争へ 人の密事を洩すなかれ
10 Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and your ill repute turn not away.
恐くは聞者なんぢを卑しめん 汝そしられて止ざらん
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
機にかなひて語る言は銀の彫刻物に金の林檎を嵌たるが如し
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
智慧をもて譴むる者の之をきく者の耳におけることは 金の耳環と精金の飾のごとし
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
忠信なる使者は之を遣す者におけること穡收の日に冷かなる雪あるがごとし 能その主の心を喜ばしむ
14 Whoso boasts himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
おくりものすと偽りて誇る人は雨なき雲風の如し
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
怒を緩くすれば君も言を容る 柔かなる舌は骨を折く
16 Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it.
なんぢ蜜を得るか 惟これを足る程に食へ 恐くは食ひ過して之を吐出さん
17 Withdraw your foot from your neighbour's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.
なんぢの足を鄰の家にしげくするなかれ 恐くは彼なんぢを厭ひ惡まん
18 A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
その鄰に敵して虚偽の證をたつる人は斧刃または利き箭のごとし
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
艱難に遇ふとき忠実ならぬ者を頼むは惡しき歯または跛たる足を恃むがごとし
20 As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon alkali, so is he that sings songs to an heavy heart.
心の傷める人の前に歌をうたふは寒き日に衣をぬぐが如く 曹達のうへに酢を注ぐが如し
21 If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
なんぢの仇もし飢ゑなば之に糧をくらはせ もし渇かば之に水を飮ませよ
22 For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward you.
なんぢ斯するは火をこれが首に積むなり ヱホバなんぢに報いたまふべし
23 The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
北風は雨をおこし かげごとをいふ舌は人の顔をいからす
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
争ふ婦と偕に室に居らんより屋蓋の隅にをるは宜し
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
遠き國よりきたる好き消息は渇きたる人における冷かなる水のごとし
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
義者の惡者の前に服するは井の濁れるがごとく泉の汚れたるがごとし
27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
蜜をおほく食ふは善らず 人おのれの榮誉をもとむるは榮誉にあらず
28 He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
おのれの心を制へざる人は石垣なき壊れたる城のごとし
