箴言 3
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
要一心仰賴耶和華
3 我兒，不可忘記我的訓誨，
你的心要謹守我的誡命；
2 因為它們必把長久的日子、生命的歲數和平安，加給你。
3 不可讓慈愛誠實離開你，
要繫在你的頸項上，
刻在你的心版上。
4 這樣，你在 神和世人眼前，
必蒙恩寵，得著美名（“名”原文作“明慧”）。
5 你要一心仰賴耶和華，
不可倚靠自己的聰明；
6 在你一切所行的路上，都要承認他，
他必使你的路徑平坦正直。
7 不可自以為有智慧，
要敬畏耶和華，遠離惡事。
8 這必使你的身體健康，
使你的骨頭滋潤。
9 你要把你的財物，
和一切初熟的農作物，敬奉耶和華。
10 這樣，你的倉庫必充滿有餘，
你的榨酒池也必盈溢新酒。
11 我兒，不可輕看耶和華的管教，
也不可厭惡他的責備；
12 因為耶和華所愛的，他必責備，
正如父親責備他喜愛的兒子一樣。
得智慧遠勝得金銀
13 得著智慧，
獲致聰明的人，是有福的。
14 因為智慧的利潤勝過銀子的利潤，
智慧的收益勝過黃金的收益。
15 智慧比紅寶石更寶貴；
你一切所喜愛的，都不足與智慧比較。
16 智慧的右手有長壽，
左手有財富和尊榮。
17 智慧的道路盡是歡悅，
智慧的路徑全是平安。
18 對緊握智慧的人來說，智慧是生命樹，
凡是緊抓智慧的，都是有福的。
19 耶和華以智慧奠定大地，
以聰明堅立高天。
20 因他的知識，深淵就裂開，
天空也滴下甘露。
謹守智慧必得尊榮
21 我兒，要謹守大智慧和明辨的態度，
不可讓它們離開你的眼目。
22 這樣，它們就必作你的生命，
作你頸上的華飾。
23 你就可以安然走路，
你的腳必不致絆倒。
24 你躺下的時候，必不會驚恐；
你躺臥的時候，必睡得香甜。
25 忽然而來的驚恐，你不要懼怕；
惡人的毀滅臨到，你也不要恐懼；
26 因為耶和華是你的倚靠，
他必護衛你的腳不陷入網羅。
27 如果你的手有行善的力量，就不可推辭，
要向那些需要幫助的人行善。
28 你那裡如果有現成的，
就不可對鄰舍說：
“你先回去，明天再來吧，到時，我必給你！”
29 你的鄰舍在你旁邊安居，
你不可設計害他。
30 如果人沒有加害於你，
你不可無故與他相爭。
31 不要嫉妒強暴的人，
也不可選擇他所行的一切道路；
32 因為偏離正道的人，是耶和華所厭惡的，
正直人卻是他所親愛的。
33 耶和華咒詛惡人的家，
卻賜福給義人的居所。
34 他譏笑那些好譏笑的人，
卻賜恩給謙卑的人。
35 智慧人必承受尊榮，
愚昧人必蒙受羞辱（“必蒙受羞辱”原文作“高升成為羞辱”）。
Proverbs 3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Trust the Lord
3 My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;(A)
2 for they will bring you
many days, a full life,[a](B) and well-being.(C)
3 Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Tie them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.(D)
4 Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and man.(E)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,(F)
and do not rely on your own understanding;(G)
6 think about Him in all your ways,
and He will guide you on the right paths.[b](H)
7 Don’t consider yourself to be wise;(I)
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.(J)
8 This will be healing for your body[c](K)
and strengthening for your bones.(L)
9 Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(M)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(N)
11 Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,
and do not loathe His discipline;(O)
12 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves,
just as a father, the son he delights in.(P)
Wisdom Brings Happiness
13 Happy is a man who finds wisdom(Q)
and who acquires understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.(R)
15 She is more precious than jewels;(S)
nothing you desire compares with her.(T)
16 Long life[d] is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.(U)
17 Her ways are pleasant,(V)
and all her paths, peaceful.
18 She is a tree of life(W) to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.
19 The Lord founded the earth by wisdom(X)
and established the heavens by understanding.
20 By His knowledge the watery depths broke open,(Y)
and the clouds dripped with dew.(Z)
21 Maintain your competence and discretion.
My son, don’t lose sight of them.(AA)
22 They will be life for you[e][f](AB)
and adornment[g] for your neck.
23 Then you will go safely on your way;
your foot will not stumble.(AC)
24 When you lie[h] down, you will not be afraid;(AD)
you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
25 Don’t fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,(AE)
26 for the Lord will be your confidence[i]
and will keep your foot from a snare.(AF)
Treat Others Fairly
27 When it is in your power,[j]
don’t withhold good(AG) from the one it belongs to.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.(AH)
29 Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,(AI)
for he trusts you and lives near you.
30 Don’t accuse anyone without cause,(AJ)
when he has done you no harm.
31 Don’t envy a violent man(AK)
or choose any of his ways;
32 for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend[k] to the upright.(AL)
33 The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,(AM)
but He blesses the home of the righteous;
34 He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble.(AN)
35 The wise will inherit honor,
but He holds up fools to dishonor.[l]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:2 Lit days, years of life
- Proverbs 3:6 Lit will make your paths straight
- Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel
- Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days
- Proverbs 3:22 Or be your throat
- Proverbs 3:22 In Hb, nephesh can mean throat, soul, or life.
- Proverbs 3:22 Or grace
- Proverbs 3:24 LXX reads sit
- Proverbs 3:26 Or be at your side
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit in the power of your hands
- Proverbs 3:32 Or confidential counsel
- Proverbs 3:35 Or but haughty fools dishonor, or but fools exalt dishonor
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