箴言 1
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
箴言之妙用
1 以色列王大卫儿子所罗门的箴言。 2 要使人晓得智慧和训诲，分辨通达的言语， 3 使人处事领受智慧、仁义、公平、正直的训诲， 4 使愚人灵明，使少年人有知识和谋略， 5 使智慧人听见增长学问，使聪明人得着智谋， 6 使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言辞和谜语。
勿从恶人之诱
7 敬畏耶和华是知识的开端，愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。 8 我儿，要听你父亲的训诲，不可离弃你母亲的法则[a]， 9 因为这要做你头上的华冠，你项上的金链。 10 我儿，恶人若引诱你，你不可随从。 11 他们若说：“你与我们同去，我们要埋伏流人之血，要蹲伏害无罪之人。 12 我们好像阴间，把他们活活吞下；他们如同下坑的人，被我们囫囵吞了。 13 我们必得各样宝物，将所掳来的装满房屋。 14 你与我们大家同分，我们共用一个囊袋”， 15 我儿，不要与他们同行一道，禁止你脚走他们的路。 16 因为他们的脚奔跑行恶，他们急速流人的血。 17 好像飞鸟，网罗设在眼前仍不躲避， 18 这些人埋伏是为自流己血，蹲伏是为自害己命。 19 凡贪恋财利的，所行之路都是如此，这贪恋之心乃夺去得财者之命。
愚者厌恶知识
20 智慧在街市上呼喊，在宽阔处发声， 21 在热闹街头喊叫，在城门口、在城中发出言语， 22 说：“你们愚昧人喜爱愚昧，亵慢人喜欢亵慢，愚顽人恨恶知识，要到几时呢？ 23 你们当因我的责备回转，我要将我的灵浇灌你们，将我的话指示你们。 24 我呼唤，你们不肯听从，我伸手，无人理会， 25 反轻弃我一切的劝诫，不肯受我的责备。 26 你们遭灾难，我就发笑；惊恐临到你们，我必嗤笑。 27 惊恐临到你们好像狂风，灾难来到如同暴风，急难痛苦临到你们身上。 28 那时，你们必呼求我，我却不答应；恳切地寻找我，却寻不见。 29 因为你们恨恶知识，不喜爱敬畏耶和华， 30 不听我的劝诫，藐视我一切的责备， 31 所以必吃自结的果子，充满自设的计谋。
听从智言必享平康
32 “愚昧人背道，必杀己身；愚顽人安逸，必害己命。 33 唯有听从我的，必安然居住，得享安静，不怕灾祸。”
Footnotes
- 箴言 1:8 或作：指教。
Proverbs 1
Expanded Bible
The Importance of Proverbs
1 These are the ·wise words [proverbs] of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.
2 They teach wisdom and ·self-control [discipline; instruction];
they will help you understand ·wise words [insightful sayings].
3 They will teach you how to be ·wise [insightful] and ·self-controlled [disciplined]
and will teach you to do what is ·honest [righteous] and ·fair [just] and ·right [virtuous].
4 They make the ·uneducated [simpleminded; immature; naive] ·wise [prudent]
and give knowledge and ·sense [discretion] to the young.
5 Wise people can also listen and ·learn [add/increase teaching];
even ·they [L those with understanding] can find good ·advice in these words [guidance].
6 Then ·anyone [L they] can understand ·wise words [proverbs] and ·stories [or difficult sayings],
the words of the wise and their ·riddles [difficulties].
7 Knowledge begins with ·respect [fear; awe] for the Lord,
but fools ·hate [despise] wisdom and ·discipline [self-control; instruction].
Warnings Against Evil
8 My ·child [L son], listen to your father’s ·teaching [instruction; discipline]
and do not ·forget [neglect] your mother’s ·advice [instruction].
9 [L For] ·Their teaching [L It] will be like ·flowers in your hair [L a gracious garland on your head]
or ·a necklace [L beads] around your neck.
10 My ·child [L son], if sinners try to ·lead [seduce; entice] you into sin,
do not follow them.
11 They will say, “Come with us.
Let’s ambush and kill someone;
let’s attack some innocent people just for fun.
12 Let’s swallow them alive, ·as death does [like the grave/L Sheol];
let’s swallow them whole, ·as the grave does [L like those who go down into the pit].
13 We will ·take [L find] all kinds of ·valuable things [L precious wealth]
and fill our houses with ·stolen goods [plunder].
14 ·Come join us [L Throw in your lot with us],
and we will share ·with you stolen goods [L a single bag (of loot)].”
15 My ·child [L son], do not go ·along with them [L on their path];
·do not do what they do [L keep your foot from their way/path].
16 ·They are eager to do evil [L For their feet run toward evil]
and are quick to ·kill [L shed blood].
17 It is useless to spread out a net
right where the birds can see it.
18 But sinners will ·fall into their own traps [L set up a deadly ambush];
they ·will only catch [L lie in wait for] themselves!
19 All greedy people end up this way;
·greed kills selfish people [L they take their own lives].
Wisdom Speaks
20 Wisdom [C the personification of God’s wisdom; 8:1–36; 9:1–6] ·is like a woman shouting [L shouts] in the street;
she ·raises her voice [yells out] in the city squares [C the hub for business, government, and social interaction].
21 She cries out ·in the noisy street [L at the top of the noisy throng]
and shouts at the [L entrances of] city gates:
22 “You ·fools [simpletons; immature ones], how long will you be ·foolish [immature]?
How long will you make ·fun of wisdom [mocking so dear to you]
and hate knowledge?
23 If only you had ·listened [responded] when I corrected you,
I would have ·told you what’s in my heart [L poured forth my spirit to you];
I would have ·told you what I am thinking [L revealed my words to you].
24 I called, but you ·refused to listen [rejected me];
I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.
25 You ·did not follow [ignored] my advice
and did not ·listen when I corrected [want me to correct] you.
26 So I will laugh ·when you are in trouble [L at your calamity].
I will ·make fun [ridicule you] when disaster strikes you,
27 when ·disaster [dread] comes over you like a ·storm [tempest],
when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind,
when ·pain [distress] and ·trouble [oppression] overwhelm you.
28 “Then you will call to me,
but I will not answer.
You will ·look for [seek] me,
but you will not find me.
29 It is because you ·rejected [hated] knowledge
and did not choose to ·respect [fear; hold in awe] the Lord.
30 You did not ·accept [want] my advice,
and you rejected my correction.
31 So you will ·get what you deserve [L eat from the fruit of your path];
you will ·get what you planned for others [or be satisfied with your own counsel].
32 ·Fools [The simple/immature] will die because they ·refuse to listen [L turn away];
·they [L fools] will be destroyed because ·they do not care [of complacency].
33 But those who ·listen to [obey] me will live in safety
·and be at peace, without fear of injury [untroubled by the dread of harm].”
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