¹The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

¹义人得福恶人遭祸

²By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.

²国家因有过犯，领袖就经常更换；依赖聪明知识俱备的人，国家才可以长存。

³A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

³穷人欺压贫寒人，就像暴雨冲没粮食。

⁴Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

⁴离弃律法的，称赞恶人；遵守律法的，却与恶人相争。

⁵Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

⁵坏人不知公正是什么，寻求耶和华的却完全明白。

⁶Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

⁶行为完全的穷人，胜过行事狡诈的财主。

⁷Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

⁷谨守训诲的，是聪明的人；与贪食的人作伴的，却使父亲蒙羞。

⁸Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

⁸凡是借着高息厚利增加自己财富的，就是为那恩待穷人的人积蓄。

⁹Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.

⁹转身不听训诲的，他的祷告也是可厌恶的。

¹⁰Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

¹⁰诱惑正直人走上邪路的，必掉在自己所挖的坑里；完全人却必承受福气。

¹¹A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

¹¹财主自以为有智慧，聪明的穷人却能看透他。

¹²In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

¹²义人得胜的时候，有极大的荣耀；恶人兴起的时候，人就躲避。

¹³Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

¹³遮掩自己过犯的，必不亨通；承认并离弃过犯的，必蒙怜悯。

¹⁴O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

¹⁴常存戒惧之心的，这人就为有福；心里刚硬的，必陷在祸患里。

¹⁵A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

¹⁵残暴的统治者辖制贫民，就像吼叫的狮子，又像饥饿觅食的熊。

¹⁶A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

¹⁶昏庸的君主必多行强暴，憎恶不义之财的，必享长寿。

¹⁷A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

¹⁷背负流人血之罪的，必逃跑至死，人不可帮助他。

¹⁸Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

¹⁸行为完全的，必蒙拯救；行事狡诈的，必立刻跌倒。

¹⁹Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.

¹⁹耕种自己田地的，必有充足粮食；追求虚幻的，必饱受穷乏之苦。

²⁰A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

²⁰忠实的人必有大福；急于发财的，不免受罚。

²¹To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

²¹看人的情面是不对的；但有人为了一点食物，竟然犯法。

²²Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

²²吝啬的人急切求财，却不知穷乏快要临到。

²³Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

²³责备人的，终必得人喜悦，胜过那用舌头谄媚人的。

²⁴Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,` A companion he is to a destroyer.

²⁴偷窃自己父母财物，并说：“这不是罪过”的，这人是与强盗一伙。

²⁵Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

²⁵贪心的人，必引起纷争；倚靠耶和华的，必得丰裕。

²⁶Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

²⁶自恃聪明的，是愚昧人；凭着智慧行事的，必蒙拯救。

²⁷Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

²⁷赒济穷人的，必不致缺乏；闭眼不理他们的，必多受咒诅。

²⁸In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

²⁸恶人兴起的时候，人就躲避；恶人灭亡的时候，义人就增多。