1行為正直的必蒙福酒能使人狂放，烈酒能使人喧嘩；所有因醉酒而犯錯的，都沒有智慧。
1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2王的震怒好像獅子的吼叫；觸怒他的是自害己命。
2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3平息紛爭就是人的榮耀；只有愚妄人個個都愛爭執。
3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
4懶惰人冬天不耕種；到收割的時候，出去求食，必一無所得。
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5人心裡的謀略如同深水，唯有聰明人能汲引出來。
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6很多人自稱忠誠，但信實的人，誰能遇著呢？
6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7行為完全的義人，他的後代是有福的。
7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8君王坐在審判的位上，他的眼目查察一切惡事。
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9誰能說：“我潔淨了我的心，我是清潔無罪的”？
9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”
10不同的法碼，不同的量器，兩樣都是耶和華所厭惡的。
10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11孩童的行動是否清潔正直，憑他的行為就可以把他自己顯明出來。
11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12能聽的耳朵和能看的眼睛，兩樣都是耶和華所造的。
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
13不要貪睡，免得你貧窮；睜開眼睛，你才有飽餐。
13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14買東西的說：“不好，不好！”離去以後，他就自誇。
14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15雖有金子、許多紅寶石和寶器，但充滿知識的嘴唇比這一切更寶貴。
15There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16誰為陌生人作保證人，就拿去誰的衣服；誰替妓女作保證人，誰就要作擔保。
16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17欺騙得來的食物，人總覺得甘甜；事後他的口必充滿沙石。
17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18計劃要有籌算才能確立；作戰也要倚靠智謀。
18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19到處搬弄是非的，洩露祕密；好說閒言的，不可與他結交。
19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20咒罵父母的，他的燈必在漆黑的幽暗中熄滅。
20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21起初迅速得來的產業，最後卻不是福氣。
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.
22你不要說：“我要以惡報惡”；要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。
22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23不同的法碼是耶和華所厭惡的；詭詐的天平，也是邪惡的。
23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24人的腳步是由耶和華所定，人怎能明白自己的道路呢？
24A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
25如果有人輕率地說：“這是歸 神為聖之物”，許願以後才重新考慮，就是自陷網羅。
25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
26智慧的王簸散惡人，並用車輪碾他們。
26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27人的靈是耶和華的燈，探照人的臟腑。
27The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
28慈愛和信實保護君王，他的王位也藉慈愛維持。
28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29氣力是年輕人的榮耀，白髮是老年人的尊榮。
29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30鞭傷能除淨人的邪惡，責打能洗淨人的臟腑。
30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.