箴言 22
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
22 美名勝過巨富，
恩寵比金銀寶貴。
2 富人和窮人相同：
都由耶和華所造。
3 明哲人遇禍躲避，
愚昧人前往受害。
4 心存謙卑、敬畏耶和華，
必得財富、尊榮和生命。
5 奸徒之道有荊棘和陷阱，
想保全生命的必須遠避。
6 教導孩童走正路，
他到老也不偏離。
7 富人管轄窮人，
欠債的是債主的僕人。
8 播種不義的必收災禍，
他的惡勢力終必瓦解。
9 慷慨的人必蒙福，
因他給窮人食物。
10 趕走嘲諷者，紛爭平息，
爭吵和羞辱也會消除。
11 喜愛清心、口吐恩言的人，
必與君王為友。
12 耶和華的眼目護衛真理，
祂必推翻奸徒的言論。
13 懶惰人說：「外面有獅子，
我會喪命街頭。」
14 淫婦的口是深坑，
耶和華憎惡的人必陷進去。
15 愚昧纏住孩童的心，
教棍能遠遠趕走它。
16 靠壓榨窮人斂財和送禮給富人的，
都必窮困潦倒。
智者之言
17 你要側耳聽智者之言，
專心領受我的教誨，
18 銘記在心、隨時誦詠，
方為美事。
19 今天我將這些指示你，
為要使你倚靠耶和華。
20 關於謀略和知識，
我已寫給你三十條，
21 要使你認識真理，
能準確答覆差你來的人。
22 不可仗勢剝削貧窮人，
法庭上不可欺凌弱者，
23 因為耶和華必為他們伸冤，
奪去掠奪他們之人的性命。
24 不可結交脾氣暴躁者，
不要跟易怒之人來往，
25 免得你沾染他們的惡習，
不能自拔。
26 不要為人擊掌作保，
不要為欠債的抵押。
27 如果你還不起，
連你的床也會被抬走。
28 不可移動祖先定下的界石。
29 你看那精明能幹的人，
他必侍立在君王面前，
不會效力於泛泛之輩。
Proverbs 22
New King James Version
The Value of a Good Name
22 A (A)good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
3 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are (D)punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
7 The (F)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
10 (J)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
11 (K)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
13 (L)The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
14 (M)The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
(N)He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(O)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Sayings of the Wise
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;
I have instructed you today, even you.
20 Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
21 (P)That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
(Q)That you may answer words of truth
To those who [d]send to you?
22 Do not rob the (R)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 (S)For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a (T)furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
26 (U)Do not be one of those who [e]shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is [f]surety for debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
29 Do you see a man who [h]excels in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before [i]unknown men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Even
- Proverbs 22:8 trouble
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good
- Proverbs 22:21 Or send you
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit. strikes
- Proverbs 22:26 guaranty
- Proverbs 22:28 boundary
- Proverbs 22:29 is prompt in his business
- Proverbs 22:29 obscure
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
