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箴言-Proverbs 第 23 章

23:1你若與官長坐席,要留意在你麵前的是誰。
When you sit to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully who is before you;
23:2你若是貪食的,就當拿刀放在喉嚨上。
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
23:3不可貪戀他的美食,因為那是騙人的食物。
Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceitful food.
23:4不要勞碌求財富,要停下自己的思慮。
Do not weary yourself to become rich; Cease from your consideration of it.
23:5你定睛在財富上,財富卻消失了;因財富必長翅膀,如鷹向天飛去。
When you set your eyes upon it, it is gone; For wealth certainly makes itself wings, Like an eagle that flies toward heaven.
23:6不要吃嫉妒之人的飯,也不要貪他的美食;
Do not eat the bread of one who is envious, And do not desire his delicacies;
23:7因為他裏麵怎樣思量,他為人就是怎樣。他雖對你說,請吃,請喝,他的心卻與你相背。
For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, Eat and drink; But his heart is not with you.
23:8你所吃的那點食物必吐出來,你所說的甘美言語也白說了。
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten, And waste your pleasant words.
23:9你不要說話給愚昧人聽,因他必藐視你言語中的智慧。
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
23:10不可挪移古時的地界,也不可擅入孤兒的田地。
Do not remove the ancient boundary marker, Or go into the fields of the fatherless;
23:11因他們的救贖主大有能力;祂必向你為他們辨屈。
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against you.
23:12你要留心領受訓誨,側耳聽從知識的言語。
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
23:13不可不管教孩童;你用杖打他,他必不至於死。
Do not withhold correction from a child; If you beat him with the rod, he will not die.
23:14你若用杖打他,就可以救他的魂免下陰間。
If you beat him with the rod, You will deliver his soul from Sheol.
23:15我兒,你的心若有智慧,我的心也必喜樂。
My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart will also rejoice;
23:16你的嘴若說正直話,我的心腸也必歡樂。
My inward parts will also exult, When your lips speak right things.
23:17你的心不要嫉妒罪人,隻要終日敬畏耶和華;
Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of Jehovah all day long;
23:18因為末後必有好結局,你的指望必不至斷絕。
For surely there is a latter end, And your hope will not be cut off.
23:19我兒,你當聽,要有智慧,好在正路上引導你的心。
Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
23:20不要在醉酒的和貪吃肉的人中間來往;
Do not be among those who get drunk with wine, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
23:21因為醉酒貪食的,必致貧窮;好睡覺的,必穿破爛衣服。
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
23:22你要聽從生你的父親;你母親老了,也不可藐視她。
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23:23你當買真理,不可出賣;要買智慧、訓誨和聰明。
Buy truth, and do not sell it; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.
23:24義人的父親必大得快樂;人生智慧的兒子,必因他喜樂。
The father of the righteous man will greatly exult, And he who begets a wise child will rejoice in him.
23:25你要使父母歡喜,使生你的快樂。
Let your father and your mother rejoice, And let her who bore you exult.
23:26我兒,要將你的心歸我;你的眼目也要守住我的道路。
My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.
23:27因為妓女是深坑,外女是窄井。
For a harlot is a deep pit, And an adulteress is a narrow well.
23:28她埋伏好像強盜,她使人間增添奸詐的人。
Indeed, she lies in wait as a robber, And increases the number of the treacherous among men.
23:29誰有禍患?誰有憂愁?誰有爭鬥?誰有怨言?誰無故受傷?誰眼目紅赤?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
23:30就是那流連飲酒,常去尋找調和酒的人。
Those who linger late over wine, Those who go to seek out mixed wines.
23:31你不可隻看酒發紅,在杯中閃爍,下咽舒暢;
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;
23:32它終久要如蛇咬你,如毒蛇刺你。
In the end it bites like a serpent, And stings like an adder.
23:33你眼必看見怪異的事,你心必發出乖謬的話;
Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things;
23:34你必像躺在海中,或像臥在桅杆頂上。
And you will be like one who lies down while at sea, Or like one who lies down at the top of a mast.
23:35你必說,人打我,我卻未受傷;人鞭打我,我竟不覺得;我幾時清醒呢?我還要去尋酒。
They struck me, you will say, but I was not hurt; They beat me, but I did not feel it; When will I awake? I will seek another drink.
 
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