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箴言-Proverbs 第 26 章

26:1	夏天落雪，收割時下雨，都不相宜，照樣，愚昧人得尊榮也不相宜。 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.
26:2	麻雀鼓翅，燕子翻飛，照樣，無故的咒詛也不會臨到。 Like the sparrow in its fluttering, like the swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight.
26:3	鞭子是為打馬，轡頭是為勒驢；刑杖是為打愚昧人的背。 A whip for the horse! A bridle for the donkey! And a rod for the back of fools!
26:4	不要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他，免得你也與他一樣。 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.
26:5	要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他，免得他自以為有智慧。 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
26:6	藉愚昧人的手傳信的，是砍斷自己的腳，自受損害。 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
26:7	瘸子的腳空懸無用，箴言在愚昧人的口中也是如此。 Like the legs of the lame which hang down, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
26:8	將尊榮給愚昧人的，好像人把石子包在甩石的機弦裏。 Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
26:9	箴言在愚昧人的口中，就像荊棘刺入醉漢的手。 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
26:10	雇愚昧人的，或雇過路人的，就像射傷眾人的弓箭手。 Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
26:11	愚昧人重複愚妄事，就像狗轉過來吃自己所吐的。 Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly.
26:12	你見過自以為有智慧的人麼？愚昧人比他更有指望。 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
26:13	懶惰人說，路上有猛獅，街上有壯獅！ The sluggard says, There is a roaring lion on the way; A lion is in the streets!
26:14	門在樞紐上轉動，懶惰人在床上也是如此。 As the door turns upon its hinges, So does the sluggard upon his bed.
26:15	懶惰人把手放在盤子裏，就是向口撤回，也以為勞乏。 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He gets weary by bringing it to his mouth again.
26:16	懶惰人看自己比七個善於應對的人更有智慧。 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can answer discreetly.
26:17	過路的人幹涉與自己無關的紛爭，就像人揪狗的耳朵。 He who passes by and meddles with strife that does not belong to him, Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
26:18	人欺哄鄰舍，卻說，我豈不是戲耍麼？ Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
26:19	他就像瘋狂的人拋擲火把、利箭與死亡。 So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, Was I not joking?
26:20	缺了柴，火就熄滅；沒有傳閑話的人，爭論便止息。 For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
26:21	好紛爭的人煽動爭競，就如餘燼加炭，火上加柴一樣。 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
26:22	傳閑話之人的言語如同美食，進入人的深處。 The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the inner being.
26:23	火熱的嘴，奸惡的心，好像包了銀渣的瓦器。 Burning lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
26:24	怨恨人的，用嘴掩飾，心裏卻存著詭詐， He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit within him;
26:25	他的言語雖然動聽，你不可信他，因為他心中有七樣可憎惡的。 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart;
26:26	他雖用詭詐遮掩自己的怨恨，他的邪惡必在會中顯露。 Though his hatred covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
26:27	挖陷坑的，自己必掉在其中；輥石頭的，石頭必反輥在他身上。 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
26:28	虛謊的舌恨自己所壓傷的人，諂媚的口造成毀壞的事。 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

箴言-Proverbs 第 26 章