箴言 31
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
利慕伊勒母戒子之箴言
31 利慕伊勒王的言語，是他母親教訓他的真言。
2 我的兒啊，我腹中生的兒啊，我許願得的兒啊，我當怎樣教訓你呢？ 3 不要將你的精力給婦女，也不要有敗壞君王的行為。 4 利慕伊勒啊，君王喝酒，君王喝酒不相宜，王子說「濃酒在哪裡」也不相宜。 5 恐怕喝了就忘記律例，顛倒一切困苦人的是非。 6 可以把濃酒給將亡的人喝，把清酒給苦心的人喝。 7 讓他喝了，就忘記他的貧窮，不再記念他的苦楚。 8 你當為啞巴[a]開口，為一切孤獨的申冤。 9 你當開口按公義判斷，為困苦和窮乏的辨屈。
論賢婦
10 才德的婦人誰能得著呢？她的價值勝過珍珠。 11 她丈夫心裡倚靠她，必不缺少利益。 12 她一生使丈夫有益無損。 13 她尋找羊絨和麻，甘心用手做工。 14 她好像商船，從遠方運糧來。 15 未到黎明她就起來，把食物分給家中的人，將當做的工分派婢女。 16 她想得田地就買來，用手所得之利栽種葡萄園。 17 她以能力束腰，使膀臂有力。 18 她覺得所經營的有利，她的燈終夜不滅。 19 她手拿撚線竿，手把紡線車。 20 她張手賙濟困苦人，伸手幫補窮乏人。 21 她不因下雪為家裡的人擔心，因為全家都穿著朱紅衣服。 22 她為自己製作繡花毯子，她的衣服是細麻和紫色布做的。 23 她丈夫在城門口與本地的長老同坐，為眾人所認識。 24 她做細麻布衣裳出賣，又將腰帶賣於商家。 25 能力和威儀是她的衣服，她想到日後的景況就喜笑。 26 她開口就發智慧，她舌上有仁慈的法則。 27 她觀察家務，並不吃閒飯。 28 她的兒女起來稱她有福，她的丈夫也稱讚她， 29 說：「才德的女子很多，唯獨你超過一切。」 30 豔麗是虛假的，美容是虛浮的，唯敬畏耶和華的婦女必得稱讚。 31 願她享受操作所得的，願她的工作在城門口榮耀她。
Footnotes
- 箴言 31:8 或作：不能自辯的。
Proverbs 31
New American Standard Bible
The Words of Lemuel
31 The words of King Lemuel, the pronouncement which his mother taught him:
2 What, my son?
And what, (A)son of my womb?
And what, son of my (B)vows?
3 (C)Do not give your strength to women,
Or your ways to that which (D)destroys kings.
4 It is not for (E)kings, Lemuel,
It is not for kings to (F)drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire intoxicating drink,
5 Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And (G)pervert the [a]rights of all the [b]needy.
6 Give intoxicating drink to one who is (H)perishing,
And wine to one [c](I)whose life is bitter.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his trouble no more.
8 (J)Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak,
For the [d]rights of all the [e]unfortunate.
9 Open your mouth, (K)judge righteously,
And [f]defend the (L)rights of the poor and needy.
Description of a Worthy Woman
10 An (M)excellent wife, who can find her?
For her worth is far (N)above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and linen,
And works with her [g]hands [h]in delight.
14 She is like (O)merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 And she (P)rises while it is still night
And (Q)gives food to her household,
And [i]portions to her attendants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From [j]her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She (R)surrounds her waist with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her profit is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the [k]distaff,
And her [l]hands grasp the spindle.
20 She [m](S)extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are (T)clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes (U)coverings for herself;
Her clothing is (V)fine linen and (W)purple.
23 Her husband is known (X)in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes (Y)linen garments and sells them,
And [n]supplies belts to the [o]tradesmen.
25 Strength and (Z)dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the [p]future.
26 She (AA)opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the [q]teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the activities of her household,
And does not eat the (AB)bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who [r](AC)fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the [s]product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:5 Lit judgment
- Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction
- Proverbs 31:6 Lit bitter of soul
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit judgment
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit sons of passing away
- Proverbs 31:9 Lit judge the afflicted
- Proverbs 31:13 Lit palms
- Proverbs 31:13 Or willingly
- Proverbs 31:15 Or prescribed tasks
- Proverbs 31:16 Lit the fruit of her palms
- Proverbs 31:19 I.e., the staff that holds the textile fibers for spinning
- Proverbs 31:19 Lit palms
- Proverbs 31:20 Lit spreads out her palm
- Proverbs 31:24 Lit gives
- Proverbs 31:24 Lit Canaanite
- Proverbs 31:25 Lit latter days
- Proverbs 31:26 Or law
- Proverbs 31:30 Or reveres
- Proverbs 31:31 Lit fruit
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