箴言 22
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劝世箴言
22 美名胜过大财，恩宠强如金银。 2 富户穷人在世相遇，都为耶和华所造。 3 通达人见祸藏躲，愚蒙人前往受害。 4 敬畏耶和华心存谦卑，就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。 5 乖僻人的路上有荆棘和网罗，保守自己生命的必要远离。 6 教养孩童，使他走当行的道，就是到老他也不偏离。 7 富户管辖穷人，欠债的是债主的仆人。 8 撒罪孽的必收灾祸，他逞怒的杖也必废掉。 9 眼目慈善的就必蒙福，因他将食物分给穷人。 10 赶出亵慢人，争端就消除，纷争和羞辱也必止息。 11 喜爱清心的人，因他嘴上的恩言，王必与他为友。 12 耶和华的眼目眷顾聪明人，却倾败奸诈人的言语。 13 懒惰人说：“外头有狮子，我在街上就必被杀！” 14 淫妇的口为深坑，耶和华所憎恶的必陷在其中。 15 愚蒙迷住孩童的心，用管教的杖可以远远赶除。 16 欺压贫穷为要利己的，并送礼于富户的，都必缺乏。
17 你须侧耳听受智慧人的言语，留心领会我的知识。 18 你若心中存记，嘴上咬定，这便为美。 19 我今日以此特别指教你，为要使你倚靠耶和华。 20 谋略和知识的美事，我岂没有写给你吗？ 21 要使你知道真言的实理，你好将真言回复那打发你来的人。
22 贫穷人，你不可因他贫穷就抢夺他的物，也不可在城门口欺压困苦人。 23 因耶和华必为他辨屈，抢夺他的，耶和华必夺取那人的命。 24 好生气的人，不可与他结交；暴怒的人，不可与他来往。 25 恐怕你效法他的行为，自己就陷在网罗里。 26 不要与人击掌，不要为欠债的作保。 27 你若没有什么偿还，何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢？ 28 你先祖所立的地界，你不可挪移。 29 你看见办事殷勤的人吗？他必站在君王面前，必不站在下贱人面前。
Proverbs 22
Evangelical Heritage Version
Wise and Foolish Behaviors
22 A good name is worth more than great wealth.
Respect is worth more than silver and gold.
2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the maker of them all.
3 A sensible person sees trouble and hides,
but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
4 The outcome of humility and of the fear of the Lord
is wealth, honor, and life.
5 Thorns and traps are on the road followed by the crooked.
Whoever guards his soul[a] will stay far away from them.
6 Dedicate[b] a child to the way he should go,
and even when he becomes old, he will not turn away from it.
7 A rich person rules over poor people,
and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps trouble,
and the rod that inflicts his fury will be destroyed.
9 A generous person will be blessed,
because he gives some of his food to the poor.
10 Drive away a scoffer, and conflict leaves.
Quarrels and insults cease.
11 A person who loves a pure heart and whose lips are gracious
will have a king as his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge.
He overturns the words of a treacherous person.
13 A lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be murdered in the streets!”
14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit.
The man who is under the Lord’s wrath will fall there.
15 Foolishness is bound tightly to a child’s heart.
A rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor to become great,
and whoever gives gifts to the rich—
both are sure to suffer loss.
Sayings of the Wise
17 Open your ears and listen to the words of the wise,
and set your heart on the knowledge that I offer,
18 for it is pleasant when you keep my words deep within you,[c]
and you have them ready on your lips.
19 Today I make my words known to you—yes, to you,
so that your trust will be in the Lord.
20 Have I not written to you already[d] with advice and knowledge,
21 in order to make accurate, true words known to you,
so that you may reply with true words to those who sent you?
22 Do not rob a poor person because he is poor,
and do not crush an oppressed person in court,[e]
23 because the Lord will defend their cause,
and he will rob those who rob them of their lives.
24 Do not be friends with a hothead.
Do not go along with someone who has a hot temper.
25 If you do, you will learn his ways
and set a trap for yourself.[f]
26 Do not be among those who shake hands to guarantee debts.
27 If you do not have enough to repay,
why should your bed be taken out from under you?
28 Do not move an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors made.
29 Do you see a person who is efficient in his work?
He will serve kings.
He will not serve nobodies.[g]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:5 Or his life
- Proverbs 22:6 Or consecrate. The Hebrew word used here is not one of the usual words for teaching or training, but it is the same word used for dedicating a temple. It adds the connotation of entrusting the child to the Lord, as Hannah did.
- Proverbs 22:18 Literally in your belly
- Proverbs 22:20 The translation already follows the main Hebrew reading (literally the day before yesterday). An alternate Hebrew reading is Have I not written to you excellent sayings? Many recent English translations emend the text to read: Have I not written to you thirty wise sayings? This change is based on the belief that thirty sayings follow this heading. The supposed divisions between these thirty sayings are marked by spacer lines in the translation.
- Proverbs 22:22 Literally in the city gate
- Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul
- Proverbs 22:29 Or unimportant people
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