¹得智慧必得善報和盼望你不要嫉妒惡人，也不要祈望與他們共處。

¹Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

²因為他們的心圖謀強暴，他們的嘴唇講論奸惡。

²for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

³房屋的建造是憑著智慧，又藉著聰明得到堅立；

³Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴並且藉著知識，各房間充滿各樣寶貴和美好的財物。

⁴by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

⁵智慧人大有能力，有知識的人力上加力。

⁵A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

⁶你要憑著智謀去作戰；謀士眾多，就可得勝。

⁶for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

⁷智慧對愚妄人來說是太高超，因此他在城門口啞口無言。

⁷Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

⁸計劃作惡的，必稱為陰謀家。

⁸One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

⁹愚妄人的計謀，盡是罪惡；好譏笑人的是人所厭惡的。

⁹The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

¹⁰你在患難的日子若是懈怠，你的力量就微小。

¹⁰If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

¹¹被拉到死地的人，你要拯救；將要被殺戮的人，你要挽救。

¹¹Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

¹²如果你說：“這事我不知道。”那衡量人心的不明白嗎？那看顧你性命的不曉得嗎？他不按照各人的行為報應各人嗎？

¹²If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this”; doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

¹³我兒，你要吃蜜，因為這是好的；吃蜂房下滴的蜜，就覺甘甜。

¹³My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

¹⁴要知道智慧對你的心也是這樣，如果你得著智慧，就必有好結局，你的盼望也不會斷絕。

¹⁴so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵惡人哪！不要埋伏攻擊義人的住處，不要毀壞他的居所。

¹⁵Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place:

¹⁶因為義人雖然七次跌倒，仍能再起來；但惡人必在禍患中絆倒。

¹⁶for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

¹⁷你的仇敵跌倒的時候，你不要歡喜；他絆倒的時候，你心裡不可歡樂。

¹⁷Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

¹⁸恐怕耶和華看見了，就不喜悅，把他的怒氣從仇敵的身上，轉到你的身上。

¹⁸lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

¹⁹不要因作惡的人心懷不平，也不要嫉妒惡人。

¹⁹Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

²⁰因為惡人必沒有好結局，惡人的燈必要熄滅。

²⁰for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

²¹我兒，你要敬畏耶和華，也要尊敬君王；不要與叛逆的人結交。

²¹My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:

²²因為他們的刑罰必忽然臨到；耶和華與君王要施行的毀滅，誰能曉得呢？

²²for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?

²³當正直勤奮以下也是智慧人的話：審判的時候看人的情面是不對的。

²³These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

²⁴對壞人說“你是好人”的，萬民都要咒罵他，萬族都必憎惡他。

²⁴He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”; peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him—

²⁵指責壞人的，必得歡悅；美福必臨到他們。

²⁵but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

²⁶應對誠實的，如同親吻別人。

²⁶An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

²⁷你要在外面預備好你的工作，在田間為自己準備妥當，然後建造你的房屋。

²⁷Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

²⁸不可無故作證指控你的鄰舍；不可誣告他人。

²⁸Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

²⁹你不可說：“人怎樣待我，我也怎樣待他；我要照他所行的報復他。”

²⁹Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

³⁰我經過懶惰人的田地，無知人的葡萄園；

³⁰I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹只見到處長滿蒺藜，地面蓋滿刺草，石牆也倒塌了。

³¹Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³²我看了，就用心思想；我見了，就領受了教訓。

³²Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³再睡片時，打盹片時，抱著手躺臥片時，

³³a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

³⁴你的貧窮就必像強盜來到，你的缺乏就必像拿兵器的人來到。

³⁴so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.