箴言 27
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
27 不要为明天夸口，
因为你不知明天会怎样。
2 让别人夸奖你，不要开口自夸；
让外人称赞你，不要自吹自擂。
3 石头沉，沙土重，
不如愚人惹的麻烦重。
4 暴怒固然残酷，
愤恨好比狂澜，
然而嫉妒更是无人能敌。
5 开诚布公的责备胜过隐藏的爱。
6 朋友加的创伤出自真诚，
仇敌连连亲吻却是多余。
7 饱足的人连蜂蜜也嫌弃，
饥饿的人吃苦食也甘甜。
8 离乡背井的人就像离巢的飞鸟。
9 膏油和香料使人畅快，
朋友的劝诫更加甘甜。
10 不可抛弃你的朋友和父亲的至交。
患难时别投靠兄弟，
近邻胜过远亲。
11 孩子啊，你要做智者，
使我的心喜乐，
我好回答讥笑我的人。
12 明哲人遇祸躲避，
愚昧人前去受害。
13 谁为陌生人作保，
就拿谁的衣服；
谁为淫妇作保，
谁就得交抵押。
14 清早高声为邻舍祝福，
无异于咒诅他。
15 喋喋不休的妇人，
就像雨天房屋漏个不停；
16 想制止她犹如制止狂风，
又像用手抓油一样困难。
17 朋友互相切磋，
如铁磨铁越磨越利。
18 看无花果树的吃无花果，
照顾主人的也必得尊荣。
19 水能映照人的面貌，
心能反映人的本相。
20 阴间和死亡填不满，
人的眼目永不满足。
21 鼎炼银，炉炼金，
赞美也考验人。
22 就算把愚人放在臼里与麦子一起捣碎，
他仍然难脱愚昧。
23 你要了解你的羊群，
小心照料你的牲畜。
24 因为钱财有用尽时，
冠冕不能万代长存。
25 干草割去，嫩草长出，
山间的野草都被收起来。
26 小羊的皮毛可做衣服，
卖山羊的钱可买田地，
27 母山羊的奶足够你和家人喝，
也够养活你的仆婢。
Proverbs 27
Common English Bible
27 Don’t brag about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day will bring.
2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and sand weighs much,
but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?
5 A public correction is better than hidden love.
6 Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend;
excessive are the kisses of an enemy.
7 Someone who is full refuses honey,
but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.
8 Like a bird wandering from its nest,
so is one who wanders from home.
9 Oil and incense make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.[a]
10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so I can answer those who insult me.
12 Prudent people see evil and hide;
the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.
13 Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;
take his pledge for a foreigner.
14 Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning
will be viewed as a curse.
15 The constant dripping on a rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike;
16 anyone who can control her
can control the wind
or pick up oil in his hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens a friend.
18 Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and those who look after their master will be honored.
19 As water reflects the face,
so the heart reflects one person to another.
20 The grave[b] and the underworld[c] are never satisfied;
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold;
so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.
22 Even if you grind fools in a mortar,
even grinding them along with the grain,
their folly won’t be driven from them.
23 Know your flock well;
pay attention to your herds,
24 for no treasure lasts forever,
nor a crown generation after generation.
25 When the grass goes away, new growth appears,
and the plants of the hills are gathered,
26 then the lambs will provide your clothes,
and the goats will be the price of your fields.
27 There will be enough goat’s milk for your food,
for the food of your house,
and to nourish your young women.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 Heb uncertain
- Proverbs 27:20 Heb Sheol
- Proverbs 27:20 Heb Abaddon
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