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箴言-Proverbs 第 22 章

22:1	美名比大财更可取，恩宠比金银更好。 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, And favor is better than silver and gold.
22:2	富户穷人在一件事上都一样，就是他们都为耶和华所造。 The rich and the poor have this in common: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
22:3	灵巧人见祸藏躲，愚蒙人却前往受罚。 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.
22:4	心存谦卑，敬畏耶和华，就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Are riches and honor and life.
22:5	乖僻人的路上有荆棘和网罗；保守自己性命的，必要远离这些。 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will keep far from them.
22:6	教养孩童走当走的道路，就是到老他也不偏离。 Train up a child according to the way he should go; Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
22:7	富户管辖穷人，欠债的是债主的仆人。 The rich man rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
22:8	撒播不义的必收灾祸，他逞怒的杖也必废掉。 He who sows injustice will reap iniquity, And the rod of his wrath will fail.
22:9	眼目慈善的，就必蒙福，因他将食物分给穷人。 He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his bread to the poor.
22:10	赶出亵慢人，纷争就出去；争竞和羞辱也必止息。 Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease.
22:11	喜爱心里纯洁、口中有恩言的人，王必与他为友。 He who loves pureness of heart And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.
22:12	耶和华的眼目保守知识，但祂倾覆奸诈人的言语。 The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
22:13	懒惰人说，外头有狮子，我在街上必被杀害！ The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!
22:14	淫妇的口为深坑；耶和华所恼怒的，必陷在其中。 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there.
22:15	愚妄缠住孩童的心，用管教的杖可以将愚妄远远赶除。 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
22:16	欺压贫穷为要多增财利的，并送礼给富户的，都必缺乏。 He who oppresses the poor to multiply his gain, And he who gives to the rich will only come to want.
22:17	你当侧耳听智慧人的言语，留心我的知识； Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;
22:18	你若心中存记，嘴上准备，这便为美。 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them be ready on your lips.
22:19	我今日以此特特指教你，为要使你信靠耶和华。 So that your trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
22:20	谋略和知识的美事，我岂没有写给你么？ Have not I written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
22:21	要使你知道真理之言的确实，你好将真理之言回覆那些打发你的人。 To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you?
22:22	你不可因穷人贫穷就抢夺他的物，也不可在城门口欺压困苦人； Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;
22:23	因耶和华必为他们辨屈；抢夺他们的，耶和华必夺取那些人的命。 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And rob the life of those who rob them.
22:24	好生气的人，不可与他结交；暴怒的人，不可与他来往； Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, And with a wrathful man do not go;
22:25	恐怕你学他的行径，使自己陷在网罗里。 Lest you learn his ways And get a snare for your soul.
22:26	不要与人击掌作保，也不要为欠债的担保。 Do not be one of those who give their hand as a pledge Or one of those who are a surety for debts.
22:27	你若没有什么偿还，何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢？ If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should your bed be taken away from under you?
22:28	你先祖所立古时的地界，你不可挪移。 Do not remove the ancient boundary marker, Which your fathers have set up.
22:29	你看见办事敏捷的人么？他必站在君王面前，必不站在微贱人面前。 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.

箴言-Proverbs 第 22 章