箴言 20
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
行為正直的必蒙福
20 酒能使人狂放，烈酒能使人喧嘩；
所有因醉酒而犯錯的，都沒有智慧。
2 王的震怒好像獅子的吼叫；
觸怒他的是自害己命。
3 平息紛爭就是人的榮耀；
只有愚妄人個個都愛爭執。
4 懶惰人冬天不耕種；
到收割的時候，出去求食，必一無所得。
5 人心裡的謀略如同深水，
唯有聰明人能汲引出來。
6 很多人自稱忠誠，
但信實的人，誰能遇著呢？
7 行為完全的義人，
他的後代是有福的。
8 君王坐在審判的位上，
他的眼目查察一切惡事。
9 誰能說：“我潔淨了我的心，
我是清潔無罪的”？
10 不同的法碼，不同的量器，
兩樣都是耶和華所厭惡的。
11 孩童的行動是否清潔正直，
憑他的行為就可以把他自己顯明出來。
12 能聽的耳朵和能看的眼睛，
兩樣都是耶和華所造的。
13 不要貪睡，免得你貧窮；
睜開眼睛，你才有飽餐。
14 買東西的說：“不好，不好！”
離去以後，他就自誇。
15 雖有金子、許多紅寶石和寶器，
但充滿知識的嘴唇比這一切更寶貴。
16 誰為陌生人作保證人，就拿去誰的衣服；
誰替妓女作保證人，誰就要作擔保。
17 欺騙得來的食物，人總覺得甘甜；
事後他的口必充滿沙石。
18 計劃要有籌算才能確立；
作戰也要倚靠智謀。
19 到處搬弄是非的，洩露祕密；
口無遮攔的，不可與他結交。
20 咒罵父母的，
他的燈必在漆黑的幽暗中熄滅。
21 起初迅速得來的產業，
最後卻不是福氣。
22 你不要說：“我要以惡報惡”；
要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。
23 不同的法碼是耶和華所厭惡的；
詭詐的天平，也是邪惡的。
24 人的腳步是由耶和華所定，
人怎能明白自己的道路呢？
25 如果有人輕率地說：“這是歸 神為聖之物”，
許願以後才重新考慮，就是自陷網羅。
26 智慧的王簸散惡人，
並用車輪碾他們。
27 人的靈是耶和華的燈，
探照人的臟腑。
28 慈愛和信實保護君王，
他的王位也藉慈愛維持。
29 氣力是年輕人的榮耀，
白髮是老年人的尊榮。
30 鞭傷能除淨人的邪惡，
責打能洗淨人的臟腑。
Proverbs 20
Easy-to-Read Version
20 Wine and beer make people lose control; they get loud and stumble around. And that is foolish.
2 An angry king is like a roaring lion. If you make him angry, you could lose your life.
3 People who refuse to argue deserve respect. Any fool can start an argument.
4 Some people are too lazy to plant seeds. So at harvest time, they look for food and find nothing.
5 Getting information from someone can be like getting water from a deep well. If you are smart, you will draw it out.
6 You might call many people your “friends,” but it is hard to find someone who can really be trusted.
7 When people live good, honest lives, their children are blessed.
8 When the king sits and judges people, he must look carefully to separate the evil from the good.
9 Can anyone say their heart is pure? Who can say, “I am free from sin”?
10 The Lord hates for people to use the wrong weights and measures to cheat others.
11 Even children show what they are like by the things they do. You can see if their actions are pure and right.
12 It was the Lord who gave us eyes for seeing and ears for hearing.
13 If you love to sleep, you will become poor. Use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.
14 When buying something, people always say, “It’s no good. It costs too much.” Then they go away and tell others what a good deal they got.
15 The right knowledge can bring you gold, pearls, and other expensive things.
16 If someone promises to pay the debt of a stranger, get a coat or something from him to keep until the debt is paid.
17 It may seem to be a good thing to get something by cheating, but in the end, it will be worth nothing.
18 Get good advice when you make your plans. Before you start a war, find good advisors.
19 You cannot trust someone who would talk about things told in private. So don’t be friends with someone who talks too much.
20 Those who would curse their father or mother are like a lamp that goes out on the darkest night.
21 If your wealth was easy to get, it will not be worth much to you.[a]
22 Don’t ever say, “I’ll pay them back for what they did to me!” Wait for the Lord. He will make things right.
23 The Lord hates for people to use the wrong weights to cheat others. It is wrong to use scales that are not accurate.
24 The Lord guides our steps, and we never know where he will lead us.[b]
25 Think carefully before you promise to give something to God. Later, you might wish you had not made that promise.
26 Like a farmer who separates wheat from the chaff, a wise king will decide who is wrong and crush them.
27 Your spirit is like a lamp to the Lord. He is able to see into your deepest parts.[c]
28 A king who is loyal and true will keep his power. Loyalty will keep his kingdom strong.
29 We admire a young man for his strength, but we respect an old man for his gray hair.
30 A beating can remove evil and make you completely clean.[d]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:21 Or “An inheritance greedily guarded in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.”
- Proverbs 20:24 Or “A man’s steps are from the Lord, and people don’t understand his way.”
- Proverbs 20:27 Or “The Lord examines your breath and searches your deepest thoughts.”
- Proverbs 20:30 The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.
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