Proverbs:Chapter 26

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Proverbs:Chapter 26

箴言	Proverbs
¹有如夏日下雪，秋收降雨，不合時令；同樣，愚昧的人獲得光榮，亦不適宜。	¹As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
²有如麻雀逃走，燕子飛去：無端的咒罵，也一去無蹤。	²As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.
³馬需要皮鞭，驢需要轡頭，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。	³A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
⁴回答愚昧人，別照樣愚昧，免得你也像他一樣；	⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
⁵回答愚昧人，有時應愚昧，免得他自以為聰明。	⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
⁶派遣愚昧人，去作傳話者，是自斷己足，是自尋苦惱。	⁶He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
⁷猶如跛子的腳虛懸無力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。	⁷As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
⁸將光榮體面授給愚昧人，無異將寶石投在石堆裏。	⁸As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
⁹箴言在愚人口中，猶如荊棘在醉漢手中。	⁹As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
¹⁰雇用愚人或過路人的人，無異射傷眾人的弓箭手。	¹⁰Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.
¹¹愚人一再重複他的愚行，猶如狗再來吃牠嘔吐之物。	¹¹As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.
¹²你是否見過自作聰明的人？寄望於愚人比寄望於他更好。	¹²Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
¹³懶惰人常說：「路上有猛獅，街市有壯獅。」	¹³The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
¹⁴懶人在床榻上輾轉，猶如門扇在樞紐上旋轉。	¹⁴As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
¹⁵懶人伸手在盤中取食，送到口邊也感到辛苦。	¹⁵The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.
¹⁶懶惰人自認為聰明人，遠勝過七個善於應對的人。	¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
¹⁷干涉與己無關的爭端，有如抓過路狗的尾巴。	¹⁷As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.
¹⁸誰、	¹⁸As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death:
¹⁹騙了人而後說：「我只開玩笑！」猶如狂人投擲火把、利箭和死亡。	¹⁹So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.
²⁰沒有木柴，火即熄滅；沒有讒言，爭端即息。	²⁰When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
²¹誰惹事生非，挑撥爭端，是在火炭上加炭，火上加柴。	²¹As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
²²進讒者的話，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深處。	²²The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
²³口蜜腹劍的人，有如塗上銀的陶器。	²³Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
²⁴懷恨他人的，善措詞掩飾；但在他心底，卻藏有陰險。	²⁴An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.
²⁵誰聲調過柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七種惡。	²⁵When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.
²⁶仇恨雖可以詭計來掩飾，但在集會中險惡必敗露。	²⁶He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
²⁷挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滾轉石頭的必為石所壓。	²⁷He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.
²⁸撒謊的唇舌，必痛恨真理；諂媚的嘴臉，必製造喪亡。	²⁸A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.

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