Proverbs 11
1 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
いつはりの權衝はヱホバに惡まれ 義しき分銅は彼に欣ばる
2 When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
驕傲きたれば辱も亦きたる謙だる者には智慧あり
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
直者の端荘は己を導き悖逆者の邪曲は己を亡す
4 Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
寳は震怒の日に益なし されど正義は救ふて死をまぬかれしむ
5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
完全者はその正義によりてその途を直くせられ 惡者はその惡によりて跌るべし
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
直者はその正義によりて救はれ 悸逆者は自己の惡によりて執へらる
7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
惡人は死るときにその望たえ 不義なる者の望もまた絶べし
8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
義者は艱難より救はれ 惡者はこれに代る
9 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
邪曲なる者は口をもてその鄰を亡す されど義しき者はその知識によりて救はる
10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
義しきもの幸福を受ればその城邑に歓喜あり 惡きもの亡さるれば歓喜の聲おこる
11 By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
城邑は直者の祝ふに倚て高く挙られ 惡者の口によりて亡さる
12 One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
その鄰を侮る者は智慧なし 聡明人はその口を噤む
13 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
往て人の是非をいふ者は密事を洩し 心の忠信なる者は事を隠す
14 Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
はかりごとなければ民たふれ 議士多ければ平安なり
15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
他人のために保證をなす者は苦難をうけ 保證を嫌ふ者は平安なり
16 A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
柔順なる婦は榮誉をえ 強き男子は資財を得
17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
慈悲ある者は己の霊魂に益をくはへ 残忍者はおのれの身を擾はす
18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
惡者の獲る報はぴなしく 義を播くものの得る報賞は確し
19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
堅く義をたもつ者は生命にいたり 惡を追もとむる者はおのれの死をまねく
20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
心の戻れる者はヱホバに憎まれ 直く道を歩む者は彼に悦ばる
21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
手に手をあはするとも惡人は罪をまぬかれず 義人の苗裔は救を得
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
美しき婦のつつしみなきは金の環の豕の鼻にあるが如し
23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
義人のねがふところは凡て福祉にいたり 惡人ののぞむところは震怒にいたる
24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
ほどこし散して反りて増ものあり 與ふべきを吝みてかへりて貧しきにいたる者あり
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
施與を好むものは肥え 人を潤ほす者はまた利潤をうく
26 People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
穀物を蔵めて糶ざる者は民に阻はる 然れど售る者の首には祝福あり
27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
善をもとむる者は恩恵をえん 惡をもとむる者には惡き事きたらん
28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
おのれの富を恃むものは仆れん されど義者は樹の青葉のごとくさかえん
29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
おのれの家をくるしむるものは風をえて所有とせん 愚なる者は心の智きものの僕とならん
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
義人の果は生命の樹なり 智慧ある者は人を捕ふ
31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
みよ義人すらも世にありて報をうくべし況て惡人と罪人とをや
