箴言 20
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
行为正直的必蒙福
20 酒能使人狂放，烈酒能使人喧哗；
所有因醉酒而犯错的，都没有智慧。
2 王的震怒好象狮子的吼叫；
触怒他的是自害己命。
3 平息纷争就是人的荣耀；
只有愚妄人个个都爱争执。
4 懒惰人冬天不耕种；
到收割的时候，出去求食，必一无所得。
5 人心里的谋略如同深水，
唯有聪明人能汲引出来。
6 很多人自称忠诚，
但信实的人，谁能遇着呢？
7 行为完全的义人，
他的后代是有福的。
8 君王坐在审判的位上，
他的眼目查察一切恶事。
9 谁能说：“我洁净了我的心，
我是清洁无罪的”？
10 不同的法码，不同的量器，
两样都是耶和华所厌恶的。
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。
12 能听的耳朵和能看的眼睛，
两样都是耶和华所造的。
13 不要贪睡，免得你贫穷；
睁开眼睛，你才有饱餐。
14 买东西的说：“不好，不好！”
离去以后，他就自夸。
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。
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。
17 欺骗得来的食物，人总觉得甘甜；
事后他的口必充满沙石。
18 计划要有筹算才能确立；
作战也要倚靠智谋。
19 到处搬弄是非的，泄露秘密；
口无遮拦的，不可与他结交。
20 咒骂父母的，
他的灯必在漆黑的幽暗中熄灭。
21 起初迅速得来的产业，
最后却不是福气。
22 你不要说：“我要以恶报恶”；
要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。
23 不同的法码是耶和华所厌恶的；
诡诈的天平，也是邪恶的。
24 人的脚步是由耶和华所定，
人怎能明白自己的道路呢？
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。
26 智慧的王簸散恶人，
并用车轮碾他们。
27 人的灵是耶和华的灯，
探照人的脏腑。
28 慈爱和信实保护君王，
他的王位也藉慈爱维持。
29 气力是年轻人的荣耀，
白发是老年人的尊荣。
30 鞭伤能除净人的邪恶，
责打能洗净人的脏腑。
Proverbs 20
New King James Version
Wine Is a Mocker
20 Wine (A)is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 The [a]wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
3 (B)It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim each his own [b]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
9 (G)Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?
10 (H)Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
11 Even a child is (I)known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.
12 (J)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made them both.
13 (K)Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
14 “It is [c]good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
But (L)the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 (M)Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
17 (N)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
19 (Q)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (R)who flatters with his lips.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And dishonest scales are not good.
24 A man’s steps are of the Lord;
How then can a man understand his own way?
25 It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
26 (Y)A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
29 The glory of young men is their strength,
And (AB)the splendor of old men is their gray head.
30 Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
As do stripes the [g]inner depths of the heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:2 Lit. fear or terror, produced by the king’s wrath
- Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy
- Proverbs 20:14 Lit. evil, evil
- Proverbs 20:22 repay
- Proverbs 20:27 Lit. rooms of the belly
- Proverbs 20:28 mercy
- Proverbs 20:30 Lit. rooms of the belly
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
