箴言 27
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1不要為明日自誇， 因為一日要生何事，你尚且不能知道。
1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2要別人誇獎你，不可用口自誇； 等外人稱讚你，不可用嘴自稱。
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3石頭重，沙土沉， 愚妄人的惱怒比這兩樣更重。
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
4忿怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾， 惟有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5當面的責備強如背地的愛情。
5Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
6朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠； 仇敵連連親嘴卻是多餘。
6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.
7人吃飽了，厭惡蜂房的蜜； 人飢餓了，一切苦物都覺甘甜。
7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8人離本處飄流， 好像雀鳥離窩遊飛。
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9膏油與香料使人心喜悅； 朋友誠實的勸教也是如此甘美。
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10你的朋友和父親的朋友， 你都不可離棄。 你遭難的日子，不要上弟兄的家去； 相近的鄰舍強如遠方的弟兄。
10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11我兒，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心歡喜， 使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that taunteth me.
12通達人見禍藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.
13誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外女 作保 ，誰就承當。
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.
14清晨起來，大聲給朋友祝福的， 就算是咒詛他。
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15大雨之日連連滴漏， 和爭吵的婦人一樣；
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;
16想攔阻她的，便是攔阻風， 也是右手抓油。
16He that would hide her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself.
17鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來； 朋友相感也是如此。
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18看守無花果樹的，必吃樹上的果子； 敬奉主人的，必得尊榮。
18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19水中照臉，彼此 相符 ； 人與人，心也 相對 。
19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20陰間和滅亡永不滿足； 人的眼目也是如此。
20The nether-world and Destruction are never satiated; so the eyes of man are never satiated.
21鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金， 人的稱讚也 試煉 人。
21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.
22你雖用杵將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中， 他的愚妄還是離不了他。
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23你要詳細知道你羊群的景況， 留心料理你的牛群；
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;
24因為資財不能永有， 冠冕豈能存到萬代？
24For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure unto all generations?
25乾草割去，嫩草發現， 山上的菜蔬也被收斂。
25When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in;
26羊羔 之毛 是為你作衣服； 山羊是為作田地的價值，
26The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.
27並有母山羊奶夠你吃， 也夠你的家眷吃， 且夠養你的婢女。
27And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
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