与其在权贵面前受羞辱,
    不如等人邀请你坐上座。
不可鲁莽地打官司,
    以免败诉、羞愧难当。
遇到跟邻舍争讼,
    不可泄露其秘密,

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與其在權貴面前受羞辱,
    不如等人邀請你坐上座。
不可魯莽地打官司,
    以免敗訴、羞愧難當。
遇到跟鄰舍爭訟,
    不可洩露其秘密,

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it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(B)

If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go