箴言 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
持定訓誨、不偏左右
4 孩子們，要聽父親的教訓，
留心學習哲理；
2 因為我授予你們的，是美好的學問，
我的訓誨，你們不可離棄。
3 我在我父親面前還是小孩子，
在我母親面前是獨一的嬌兒的時候，
4 父親教導我，對我說：
“你的心要持守我的話，
你要遵守我的誡命，就可以存活；
5 要求取智慧和哲理，
不可忘記，也不可偏離我口中的話。
6 不可離棄智慧，智慧就必護衛你；
喜愛智慧，智慧就必看顧你。
7 智慧的開端（“智慧的開端”或譯：“智慧是首要的”）是求取智慧，
要用你所得的一切換取哲理。
8 你要高舉智慧，智慧就必使你高升；
你要懷抱智慧，智慧就必使你得尊榮。
9 智慧必把華冠加在你頭上，
把榮冕賜給你。”
10 我兒，你要聽，並要接受我所說的，
這樣，你就必延年益壽。
11 我指教你走智慧的道，
引導你行正直的路。
12 你行走的時候，腳步必不會受阻礙；
你奔跑的時候，也不會跌倒。
13 你要堅守教訓，不可放鬆；
要謹守教訓，因為那是你的生命。
14 不可走進惡人的路徑，
不可踏上壞人的道路。
15 要躲避，不可從那裡經過，
要轉身離去。
16 因為他們不行惡，就不能入睡；
不使人跌倒，就要失眠。
17 他們吃的，是奸惡的飯；
他們喝的，是強暴的酒。
18 義人的路徑卻像黎明的曙光，
越來越明亮，直到日午。
19 惡人的道路幽暗，
他們不知道自己因甚麼跌倒。
20 我兒，要留心聽我的話，
側耳聽我所說的。
21 不可讓它們離開你的眼目，
要謹記在你的心中。
22 因為得著它們就是得著生命，
整個人也得著醫治。
23 你要謹守你的心，勝過謹守一切，
因為生命的泉源由此而出。
24 你要除掉欺詐的口，
遠離乖謬的嘴唇。
25 你雙眼要向前正視，
你的眼睛要向前直望。
26 你要謹慎你腳下的路徑，
你一切所行的就必穩妥。
27 不可偏左偏右，
要使你的腳遠離惡事。
Proverbs 4
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
3 When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 (C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, and live.
5 (E)Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
(F)Love her, and she will keep you.
7 (G)Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
8 (H)Exalt her, and she will promote you;
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head (I)an ornament of grace;
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
(J)And the years of your life will be many.
11 I have (K)taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.
12 When you walk, (L)your steps will not be hindered,
(M)And when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
Keep her, for she is your life.
14 (N)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 (O)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 (P)But the path of the just (Q)is like the shining [b]sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
19 (R)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of (S)life.
24 Put away from you a [c]deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your (T)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
- Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light
- Proverbs 4:24 devious
Proverbs 4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Fatherly Advice
4 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight;
2 for I give you good precepts:
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 he taught me, and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live;
5 do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom; get insight.[b]
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
love her, and she will guard you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get insight.
8 Prize her highly,[c] and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head a fair garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
Admonition to Keep to the Right Path
10 Hear, my son, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
11 I have taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered;
and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Keep hold of instruction, do not let go;
guard her, for she is your life.
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know over what they stumble.
20 My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to him who finds them,
and healing to all his flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance;
for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Take heed to[d] the path of your feet,
then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Heb know
- Proverbs 4:5 Reversing the order of the lines
- Proverbs 4:8 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Proverbs 4:26 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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