| 箴言-Proverbs 第 20 章 |
| 20:1 | 淡酒使人褻慢，濃酒使人喧嚷；凡因酒犯錯的，就無智慧。 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whoever errs by it does not become wise. |
| 20:2 | 王的威嚇，如同獅子吼叫；惹動他怒氣的，是自害己命。 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life. |
| 20:3 | 遠離紛爭是人的尊榮，愚妄人卻愛爭鬧。 It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife, But every fool rushes headlong into it. |
| 20:4 | 懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種，到收割的時候，他必乞討而無所得。 The sluggard will not plow because of winter; Therefore he will beg in harvest and have nothing. |
| 20:5 | 人心懷藏謀略，好像深水，但聰明人能汲引出來。 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out. |
| 20:6 | 人多宣告自己的仁慈，但忠信人誰能遇見呢？ Many a man will proclaim his own kindness, But who can find a faithful man? |
| 20:7 | 行為純全的義人，他的子孫是有福的。 A righteous man who walks in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. |
| 20:8 | 王坐在審判的位上，以眼目簸散一切邪惡。 A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters away all evil with his eyes. |
| 20:9 | 誰能說，我潔淨了我的心，我脫淨了我的罪？ Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin? |
| 20:10 | 不同的法碼，不同的升鬥，都為耶和華所憎惡。 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah. |
| 20:11 | 孩童所作的是否清潔正直，都由他的行為將他自己顯明出來。 Even a child makes himself known by his deeds, Whether his work is pure and whether it is upright. |
| 20:12 | 能聽的耳，能看的眼，都是耶和華所造的。 The hearing ear and the seeing eye-Jehovah has made both of them. |
| 20:13 | 不要貪睡，免致貧窮；眼要睜開，就得飽食。 Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; Open your eyes, and be satisfied with bread. |
| 20:14 | 買物的說，不好，不好；及至買去，便誇讚所買的。 It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; But when he has gone away, then he boasts in his purchase. |
| 20:15 | 雖有金子和許多珊瑚，惟有知識的嘴才是寶器。 There is gold and an abundance of corals, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
| 20:16 | 誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服；誰為外人作保，就向誰取抵押。 Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger, And hold the pledge when he becomes surety for foreigners. |
| 20:17 | 以虛謊得來的食物，人覺甘甜，過後他的口必充滿沙石。 The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. |
| 20:18 | 計謀都憑籌算立定，打仗要憑智謀。 Every plan is established by counsel, And by sound counsel make war. |
| 20:19 | 往來傳閑話的，泄漏秘密，所以大張嘴的，不可與他結交。 He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide. |
| 20:20 | 咒罵父母的，他的燈必熄滅在幽暗中。 Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in deep darkness. |
| 20:21 | 起初速得的產業，終久並不蒙福。 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end. |
| 20:22 | 不要說，我要以惡報惡；要等候耶和華，祂必拯救你。 Do not say, I will recompense evil; Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you. |
| 20:23 | 不同的法碼為耶和華所憎惡，詭詐的天平也為不善。 Differing weights are an abomination to Jehovah, And false scales are not good. |
| 20:24 | 人的腳步既為耶和華所定，人怎能明白自己的路呢？ A man's steps are ordered by Jehovah; How then can man understand his own way? |
| 20:25 | 人冒失說，這是聖物，許願之後才查問，就是自陷網羅。 It is a snare to a man to rashly say, It is holy, And after making the vows to begin to consider. |
| 20:26 | 智慧的王簸散惡人，用碾輪輥軋他們。 A wise king winnows the wicked And drives the threshing wheel over them. |
| 20:27 | 人的靈是耶和華的燈，鑒察人的深處。 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being. |
| 20:28 | 仁慈和真實保全君王；他的國位乃藉仁慈立穩。 Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king, And his throne is upheld by kindness. |
| 20:29 | 力量乃少年人的榮耀，白發為老年人的尊榮。 The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is gray hair. |
| 20:30 | 鞭傷除淨人的罪惡，責打能入人的深處。 Stripes that wound purge away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts of the inner being. |
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