¹行为正直的必蒙福

¹Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

²王的震怒好像狮子的吼叫；触怒他的是自害己命。

²The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

³平息纷争就是人的荣耀；只有愚妄人个个都爱争执。

³An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

⁴懒惰人冬天不耕种；到收割的时候，出去求食，必一无所得。

⁴Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

⁵人心里的谋略如同深水，唯有聪明人能汲引出来。

⁵Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

⁶很多人自称忠诚，但信实的人，谁能遇着呢？

⁶A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

⁷行为完全的义人，他的后代是有福的。

⁷The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

⁸君王坐在审判的位上，他的眼目查察一切恶事。

⁸A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

⁹谁能说：“我洁净了我的心，我是清洁无罪的”？

⁹Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?`

¹⁰不同的法码，不同的量器，两样都是耶和华所厌恶的。

¹⁰A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah.

¹¹孩童的行动是否清洁正直，凭他的行为就可以把他自己显明出来。

¹¹Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

¹²能听的耳朵和能看的眼睛，两样都是耶和华所造的。

¹²A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

¹³不要贪睡，免得你贫穷；睁开眼睛，你才有饱餐。

¹³Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.

¹⁴买东西的说：“不好，不好！”离去以后，他就自夸。

¹⁴`Bad, bad,` saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

¹⁵虽有金子、许多红宝石和宝器，但充满知识的嘴唇比这一切更宝贵。

¹⁵Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.

¹⁶谁为陌生人作保证人，就拿去谁的衣服；谁替妓女作保证人，谁就要作担保。

¹⁶Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

¹⁷欺骗得来的食物，人总觉得甘甜；事后他的口必充满沙石。

¹⁷Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.

¹⁸计划要有筹算才能确立；作战也要倚靠智谋。

¹⁸Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

¹⁹到处搬弄是非的，泄露秘密；好说闲言的，不可与他结交。

¹⁹A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.

²⁰咒骂父母的，他的灯必在漆黑的幽暗中熄灭。

²⁰Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

²¹起初迅速得来的产业，最后却不是福气。

²¹An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

²²你不要说：“我要以恶报恶”；要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。

²²Do not say, `I recompense evil,` Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

²³不同的法码是耶和华所厌恶的；诡诈的天平，也是邪恶的。

²³An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.

²⁴人的脚步是由耶和华所定，人怎能明白自己的道路呢？

²⁴From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?

²⁵如果有人轻率地说：“这是归　神为圣之物”，许愿以后才重新考虑，就是自陷网罗。

²⁵A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

²⁶智慧的王簸散恶人，并用车轮碾他们。

²⁶A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

²⁷人的灵是耶和华的灯，探照人的脏腑。

²⁷The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

²⁸慈爱和信实保护君王，他的王位也借慈爱维持。

²⁸Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

²⁹气力是年轻人的荣耀，白发是老年人的尊荣。

²⁹The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

³⁰鞭伤能除净人的邪恶，责打能洗净人的脏腑。

³⁰The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!