箴言 30
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
亞古珥的箴言
30 以下是雅基的兒子亞古珥的箴言。
這人說：上帝啊，我很疲倦；
上帝啊，我很疲倦，精疲力盡。[a]
2 我比眾人都愚蠢，
不具備人的悟性。
3 我從未學到智慧，
也不認識至聖者。
4 誰升上高天又降下來？
誰將風聚在掌中？
誰將眾水裹在衣服裡？
誰定了地的邊界？
祂叫什麼名字？
祂兒子叫什麼名字？
你知道嗎？
5 上帝的話句句千真萬確，
祂作投靠祂之人的盾牌。
6 你不可對祂的話有所添加，
免得祂責備你，
揭穿你的虛謊。
7 上帝啊，我向你求兩件事，
求你在我未死以前賜給我。
8 求你使虛偽和謊言遠離我，
求你讓我不貧窮也不富足，
賜給我需用的飲食，
9 免得我因為飽足就不認你，
說：「耶和華是誰呢？」
又恐怕我因窮困而偷竊，
以致辱沒我上帝的名。
10 別向主人譭謗他的僕人，
免得你受咒詛、擔當罪責。
11 有一種[b]人咒詛父親，
不為母親祝福。
12 有一種人自以為純潔，
卻沒有洗掉自己的污穢。
13 有一種人趾高氣揚，
目空一切。
14 有一種人牙如劍，
齒如刀，
要吞吃世間的困苦人和貧窮人。
15 水蛭有兩個女兒，
她們不停地叫：「給我！給我！」
三樣東西從不知足，
永不言「夠」的共有四樣：
16 陰間、不孕的婦人、
乾旱的土地和火焰。
17 嘲笑父親、藐視母親教誨的，
眼睛必被谷中的烏鴉啄出，
被禿鷹吃掉。
18 我測不透的妙事有三樣，
我不明白的事共有四樣：
19 鷹在空中飛翔之道，
蛇在石上爬行之道，
船在海中航行之道，
男女相愛之道。
20 淫婦的道是這樣：
她吃完就擦擦嘴，
說，「我沒有做壞事。」
21 使大地震動的事有三樣，
大地無法承受的事共有四樣：
22 奴僕做王，
愚人吃飽，
23 醜惡女子出嫁，
婢女取代主母。
24 地上有四種動物，
身體雖小卻極其聰明：
25 螞蟻力量雖小，
卻在夏天儲備糧食；
26 石獾雖不強壯，
卻在岩石中築巢穴；
27 蝗蟲雖無君王，
卻整齊地列隊前進；
28 壁虎雖易捕捉，
卻居住在王宮大內。
29 步履威武的有三樣，
走路雄壯的共有四樣：
30 威震百獸、從不畏縮的獅子，
31 昂首闊步的雄雞，
公山羊和率領軍隊的君王。
32 你若行事愚昧、
妄自尊大或圖謀不軌，
就當用手掩口。
33 激起憤怒會引起爭端，
正如攪牛奶會攪出奶油，
擰鼻子會擰出血。
Proverbs 30
Amplified Bible
The Words of Agur
30 The words of [a]Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle:
The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal:
2
Surely [b]I am more brutish and stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
3
I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom,
Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].
4
Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?
Certainly you know!(A)
5
Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver];
He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him.(B)
6
Do not add to His words,
Or He will reprove you, and you will be found a liar.
7
Two things I have asked of You;
Do not deny them to me before I die:
8
Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
9
So that I will not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I will not be poor and steal,
And so profane the name of my God.(C)
10
Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],
Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.
11
There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.
12
There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
13
There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.
14
There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
15
The leech has two daughters,
“Give, give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four that do not say, “It is enough”:
16
[c]Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “It is enough.”
17
The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.(D)
18
There are three things which are too astounding and unexpectedly wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:
19
The way of an eagle in the air,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.
20
This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth
And says, “I have done no wrong.”
21
Under three things the earth is disquieted and quakes,
And under four it cannot bear up:
22
Under a servant when he reigns,
Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,
23
Under an unloved woman when she gets married,
And under a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
24
There are four things that are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
25
The ants are not a strong people,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;(E)
26
The [d]shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;(F)
27
The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in groups;
28
You may grasp the lizard with your hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29
There are three things which are stately in step,
Even four which are stately in their stride:
30
The lion, which is mighty among beasts
And does not turn back before any;
31
The [e]strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And the king when his army is with him.
32
If you have foolishly exalted yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.(G)
33
Surely the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:1 The identity of Agur, author of this chapter, is uncertain.
- Proverbs 30:2 This may be viewed as either a sarcastic response to an unknown critic, or simply the sincere reflections of a humble man.
- Proverbs 30:16 Hades, the nether world, the place of the dead.
- Proverbs 30:26 Small, shy, furry animals, (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and in the region around the Dead Sea; kjv coney, orig NASB badgers.
- Proverbs 30:31 Lit girt in the loins. The meaning of the Hebrew is unclear. Other translations propose greyhound.
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