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箴言杂记

26 夏天落雪,收割时下雨,都不相宜,愚昧人得尊荣,也是如此。 麻雀往来,燕子翻飞,这样,无故的咒诅也必不临到。 鞭子是为打马,辔头是为勒驴,刑杖是为打愚昧人的背。 不要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他,恐怕你与他一样。 要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他,免得他自以为有智慧。 借愚昧人手寄信的,是砍断自己的脚,自受[a]损害。 瘸子的脚空存无用,箴言在愚昧人的口中也是如此。 将尊荣给愚昧人的,好像人把石子包在机弦里。 箴言在愚昧人的口中,好像荆棘刺入醉汉的手。 10 雇愚昧人的与雇过路人的,就像射伤众人的弓箭手。 11 愚昧人行愚妄事,行了又行,就如狗转过来吃他所吐的。 12 你见自以为有智慧的人吗?愚昧人比他更有指望。 13 懒惰人说:“道上有猛狮!街上有壮狮!” 14 门在枢纽转动,懒惰人在床上也是如此。 15 懒惰人放手在盘子里,就是向口撤回,也以为劳乏。 16 懒惰人看自己比七个善于应对的人更有智慧。 17 过路被事激动,管理不干己的争竞,好像人揪住狗耳。 18 人欺凌邻舍,却说:“我岂不是戏耍吗?”他就像疯狂的人抛掷火把、利箭与杀人的兵器[b] 20 火缺了柴就必熄灭,无人传舌,争竞便止息。 21 好争竞的人煽惑争端,就如余火加炭,火上加柴一样。 22 传舌人的言语如同美食,深入人的心腹。 23 火热的嘴奸恶的心,好像银渣包的瓦器。 24 怨恨人的用嘴粉饰,心里却藏着诡诈。 25 他用甜言蜜语,你不可信他,因为他心中有七样可憎恶的。 26 他虽用诡诈遮掩自己的怨恨,他的邪恶必在会中显露。 27 挖陷坑的,自己必掉在其中;滚石头的,石头必反滚在他身上。 28 虚谎的舌恨他所压伤的人,谄媚的口败坏人的事。

Footnotes

  1. 箴言 26:6 “自受”原文作“喝”。
  2. 箴言 26:18 “杀人的兵器”原文作“死亡”。

26 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,(A)
honor is inappropriate for a fool.(B)

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,(C)
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.(D)

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,(E)
and a rod for the backs of fools.(F)
Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness(G)
or you’ll be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his foolishness(H)
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.(I)
The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand(J)
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.(K)
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.
Giving honor to a fool
is like binding a stone in a sling.
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by[a] the hand of a drunkard.
10 The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone indiscriminately.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so also a fool repeats his foolishness.(L)
12 Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?(M)
There is more hope for a fool than for him.(N)

13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!” (O)
14 A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.(P)
15 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!(Q)
16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser(R)
than seven who can answer sensibly.

17 A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
18 Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,(S)
19 so is the person who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

20 Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.(T)
21 As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(U)
22 A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.[b](V)

23 Smooth[c] lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(W)
24 A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
25 When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,
for there are seven detestable things in his heart.(X)
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.(Y)
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Footnotes

  1. 26:9 Lit thorn that goes up into
  2. 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly
  3. 26:23 LXX; MT reads Burning

當以愚昧懶惰人為戒

26 夏天落雪,收割時下雨,都不合宜;

照樣,愚昧人獲得尊榮,也不合宜。

麻雀怎樣飛來飛去,燕子怎樣翻飛;

照樣,無故的咒詛也不會臨到人。

鞭子是為了打馬,嚼環是為了勒驢;

刑杖是為了打愚昧人的背。

不要照著愚昧人的愚妄回答他,

免得你像他一樣。

要照著愚昧人的愚妄回答他,

免得他自以為有智慧。

藉愚昧人的手傳遞信息的,

是自斷己足,自尋煩惱。

箴言在愚昧人口中,

就像瘸子的腿,虛懸無用。

把榮耀給愚昧人的,

就像人把石子繫在投石器上。

箴言在愚昧人口中,

就像荊棘在醉漢手裡。

10 雇用愚昧人和過路人的,

就像胡亂射傷眾人的弓箭手。

11 愚昧人一再重複他的愚妄,

正像狗轉過來,吃自己所吐的。

12 你見過自以為有智慧的人嗎?

愚昧人比他更有指望。

13 懶惰人說:“路上有獅子,

廣場上也有獅子。”

14 懶惰人在床上翻動,

就像門繞著門鉸轉動一樣。

15 懶惰人把手放在盤子裡,

連拿食物送回口邊也覺得勞累。

16 懶惰人看自己,

比七個善於應對的人更有智慧。

提防毀謗及詭詐的人

17 過路的人被激怒,去干涉與自己無關的爭執,

就像人揪住狗的耳朵。

18-19 人欺騙了鄰舍,

卻說:“我不過是開玩笑罷了。”

他就像瘋狂的人,

投擲火把、利箭和殺人的武器。

20 沒有柴,火就熄滅;

沒有搬弄是非的人,紛爭就平息。

21 好爭競的人,煽動爭端,

就像餘燼上加炭,火上加柴一樣。

22 搬弄是非的人的言語如同美食;

深入人的臟腑。

23 嘴唇火熱,心卻奸惡,

就像包上銀渣的瓦器。

24 憎惡人的用話語掩飾自己,

心裡卻存著詭詐。

25 他的話語雖然動聽,你不可信他,

因為他心裡有七樣可厭惡的事。

26 他的怨恨雖然以詭詐掩飾,

但他的邪惡必在大會中顯露出來。

27 挖掘陷坑的,自己必掉在其中;

輥石頭的,石頭必輥回自己身上。

28 虛謊的舌頭憎惡被它傷害的人;

諂媚的口造成敗壞。