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持定训诲、不偏左右

孩子们,要听父亲的教训,

留心学习哲理;

因为我授予你们的,是美好的学问,

我的训诲,你们不可离弃。

我在我父亲面前还是小孩子,

在我母亲面前是独一的娇儿的时候,

父亲教导我,对我说:

“你的心要持守我的话,

你要遵守我的诫命,就可以存活;

要求取智慧和哲理,

不可忘记,也不可偏离我口中的话。

不可离弃智慧,智慧就必护卫你;

喜爱智慧,智慧就必看顾你。

智慧的开端(“智慧的开端”或译:“智慧是首要的”)是求取智慧,

要用你所得的一切换取哲理。

你要高举智慧,智慧就必使你高升;

你要怀抱智慧,智慧就必使你得尊荣。

智慧必把华冠加在你头上,

把荣冕赐给你。”

10 我儿,你要听,并要接受我所说的,

这样,你就必延年益寿。

11 我指教你走智慧的道,

引导你行正直的路。

12 你行走的时候,脚步必不会受阻碍;

你奔跑的时候,也不会跌倒。

13 你要坚守教训,不可放松;

要谨守教训,因为那是你的生命。

14 不可走进恶人的路径,

不可踏上坏人的道路。

15 要躲避,不可从那里经过,

要转身离去。

16 因为他们不行恶,就不能入睡;

不使人跌倒,就要失眠。

17 他们吃的,是奸恶的饭;

他们喝的,是强暴的酒。

18 义人的路径却像黎明的曙光,

越来越明亮,直到日午。

19 恶人的道路幽暗,

他们不知道自己因甚么跌倒。

20 我儿,要留心听我的话,

侧耳听我所说的。

21 不可让它们离开你的眼目,

要谨记在你的心中。

22 因为得着它们就是得着生命,

整个人也得着医治。

23 你要谨守你的心,胜过谨守一切,

因为生命的泉源由此而出。

24 你要除掉欺诈的口,

远离乖谬的嘴唇。

25 你双眼要向前正视,

你的眼睛要向前直望。

26 你要谨慎你脚下的路径,

你一切所行的就必稳妥。

27 不可偏左偏右,

要使你的脚远离恶事。

父亲的教诲

孩子们啊,
    你们要听从父亲的教诲,
    留心学习,以便领悟,
因为我给你们的训诲是美好的,
    不可背弃我的教导。
我年幼时在父亲身边,
    是母亲唯一的宠儿。
父亲教导我说:
    “要牢记我的话,
    遵守我的诫命,就必存活。
你要寻求智慧和悟性,
    不要忘记或违背我的吩咐。
不可离弃智慧,智慧必护佑你;
    你要热爱智慧,智慧必看顾你。
智慧至上,要寻求智慧,
    要不惜一切,求得悟性。
高举智慧,她必使你受尊崇;
    拥抱智慧,她必使你得尊荣。
她必为你戴上华冠,
    加上荣冕。”

10 孩子啊,你要听从我的教导,
    就必延年益寿。
11 我已经指示你走智慧之道,
    引导你行正确的路。
12 你行走,必不受妨碍;
    你奔跑,绝不会跌倒。
13 你要持守教诲,不要松懈;
    要守护好,因为那是你的生命。
14 不要涉足恶人的道,
    不要行走坏人的路;
15 要避开,不可踏足,
    要绕道而行。
16 因为他们不作恶就无法入睡,
    不绊倒人就无法安眠;
17 他们吃的是邪恶饼,
    喝的是残暴酒。
18 义人的道路好像黎明的曙光,
    越照越亮,直到大放光明。
19 恶人的道路一片幽暗,
    他们不知被何物绊倒。

20 孩子啊,你要聆听我的吩咐,
    侧耳听我的训言;
21 不要让它们离开你的视线,
    要牢记在心。
22 因为得到它们就得到生命,
    全身也必康健。
23 要一丝不苟地守护你的心,
    因为生命之泉从心中涌出。
24 不讲欺诈之言,
    不说荒谬的话。
25 眼睛要正视前方,
    双目要向前直看。
26 要铺平脚下的路,
    使所行之道稳妥。
27 不可偏右偏左,
    要远离恶事。

Security in Wisdom

Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
(C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, and live.
(E)Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
(F)Love her, and she will keep you.
(G)Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
(H)Exalt her, and she will promote you;
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
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

  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
  2. Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light
  3. Proverbs 4:24 devious

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.