¹Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring forth.

¹当亲近忠诚的朋友

²Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

²让外人夸奖你，不可自己夸奖自己；让别人称赞你，不可自己称赞自己。

³A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

³石头重，沙土也重，愚妄人的怒气比这两样更重。

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁴烈怒虽然凶残，暴怒又好像狂澜，人还可以抵受；但面对嫉妒，谁能站立得住呢？

⁵Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

⁵坦白的责备，胜过暗中的爱。

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁶爱你的人加的创伤是出于忠诚；恨你的人却与你连连亲嘴。

⁷A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

⁷吃饱的人连蜂房的蜜也厌恶；饥饿的人连一切苦的东西都觉得甘甜。

⁸As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

⁸离家的人到处飘泊，好像离巢的雀鸟到处游飞一样。

⁹Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

⁹膏油和香料使人心畅快，朋友真诚的劝勉也使人觉得甘甜。

¹⁰Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

¹⁰你的朋友和你父亲的朋友，你都不可离弃；在你遭遇患难的日子，不可进你兄弟的家。在附近的邻舍胜过在远方的兄弟。

¹¹Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

¹¹我儿，你要作智慧人，使我的心快乐，我也可以回答那羞辱我的。

¹²A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

¹²精明人看见灾祸，就躲藏起来；愚蒙人反往前走，自取祸害。

¹³Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

¹³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。

¹⁴He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

¹⁴清晨起来大声为邻舍祝福的，就等于是咒诅他。

¹⁵A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

¹⁵下大雨的时候不断滴漏；就像吵闹的妇人一样；

¹⁶restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

¹⁶谁要拦阻她，就像拦阻风，也像右手抓油。

¹⁷Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

¹⁷铁磨铁，磨得锋利；朋友互相切磋，才智（“才智”原文作“面”）也变得敏锐。

¹⁸Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

¹⁸照料无花果树的，必吃树上的果子；事奉主人的，必得尊荣。

¹⁹As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

¹⁹水怎样映照人面，人的心思也怎样反映其人。

²⁰ Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

²⁰阴间和灭亡不会满足，人的眼目也是一样。

²¹The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

²¹用锅炼银，用炉炼金；人的称赞也试炼人。

²²Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

²²你虽然用杵把愚妄人与碎谷一同捣在臼中，他的愚妄还是离不了他。

²³Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

²³你要清楚知道你羊群的景况，专心照料你的牛群。

²⁴for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

²⁴因为财富不是永恒的，冠冕也不能存到万代。

²⁵The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.

²⁵干草割去，嫩草又出现，山上的野草也都收集起来。

²⁶The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.

²⁶羊羔的毛可以给你作衣服，山羊可以作买田地的价银。

²⁷There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

²⁷山羊奶足够作你的食物，也足够作你一家的食物，并且足够维持你众婢女的生活。