Proverbs:Chapter 23
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| 1幾時你與首長坐席，應記着，在你面前的是誰。 | 1If you sit at a table with a great man, beware of what is in front of you; |
| 2你若過於貪食，應在咽喉上，放上一把刀。 | 2if your appetite is too great, put a knife to your throat. |
| 3休要羨慕他的珍饈，因那是騙人的食品。 | 3Do not greedily desire his fine food for it is deceptive nourishment. |
| 4不要辛苦企求致富，反應放棄這種企圖。 | 4Do not wear yourself out trying to be rich, do not dwell on it. |
| 5你向之一注目，即不再存在了：它會生出翅膀，如鷹向天飛去。 | 5Set your eyes on wealth and it no longer exists; it sprouts wings and flies into the sky like an eagle. |
| 6不要與虎視眈眈的人進食，也不要羨慕他的山珍海味， | 6Do not eat with the wicked man or be greedy for his choice food. |
| 7因為他原是只顧自己的人，他口頭雖對你說「請吃請喝！」但他的心中並不與你友善； | 7All is appearance, for he plots in his heart. "Eat and drink," he says but he is not to be trusted. |
| 8你吃下的那口食物，還得吐出；你婉轉悅耳的言辭，盡屬枉費。 | 8You will spit it out as soon as it is tasted and your words of praise will be wasted. |
| 9不要與愚人交耳接談，因他必輕視你的高見。 | 9Do not speak with a fool; he will not be able to appreciate your remarks. |
| 10不要移動孀婦的地界，不要侵佔孤兒的田地； | 10Do not move the ancient boundaries or take possession of the orphan's land because his Avenger is powerful; |
| 11因為他們的辯護者是大能的，他必為他們的案件與你爭辯。 | 11he will take sides against you. |
| 12你應專心接受教訓，傾耳細聽益智之言。 | 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of wisdom. |
| 13對孩童不可忽略懲戒；用棍打他，他不致死去。 | 13Do not hold back from correcting a youth; the rod will not kill him. |
| 14你用棍杖打他，是救他的靈魂免下陰府。 | 14With several strokes, you save him from death. |
| 15我兒，你若心懷智慧，我也誠心喜樂； | 15My son, if your heart is wise, then my own heart is glad, |
| 16你的唇舌若談吐正義的事，我的五衷也必會踴躍歡欣。 | 16and my whole being will rejoice when you speak the truth. |
| 17心裏不要羨慕罪人，欲要日日敬畏上主； | 17Do not envy sinners but, each day, fear Yahweh; then you will have a future and |
| 18這樣，你的將來必然順利，你的希望絕不落空。 | 18your hope will not be in vain. |
| 19我兒，你要聽話，作個明智人；且要引領你的心走上正道。 | 19Listen, my son, and you will be wise and you will make your heart go straight on its way. |
| 20貪嗜酒肉的人，不可與之來往； | 20Do not be one of those who get drunk with wine or who stuff themselves with meat, |
| 21因為嗜酒貪食的人，必陷於窮困；貪懶好睡的人，必衣着襤褸。 | 21since the drunkard and the glutton impoverish themselves and the sleepyhead is clothed in rags. |
| 22對生養你的父親，應當聽從；對你年邁的母親，不可輕視。 | 22Listen to your father who begot you; do not despise your mother in her old age. |
| 23應獲取真理，不可出賣，還有智慧、訓誨和見識。 | 23Acquire truth and never sell it; gain wisdom, discipline and discernment. |
| 24義人的父親，必欣然喜樂；生育慧子的，必為此歡騰。 | 24Happy the father of a virtuous man! How he will rejoice, |
| 25應使你的父親因你而喜悅，應使你的生母因你而快樂。 | 25he who fathers a wise man! May your father and mother rejoice and may she who bore you be glad. |
| 26我兒，將你的心交給我，注目於我的道路： | 26My son, give me your heart, that your eyes may delight in my ways. |
| 27妓女是一個深坑，淫婦是一個陷阱； | 27You should know that the prostitute is a deep abyss and the unknown woman a narrow well. |
| 28她潛伏着，實如強盜，使人世間，增添奸夫。 | 28Like a thief she lies in wait and she increases the sinners among men. |
| 29是誰將哀鳴，是誰將悲嘆？是誰將爭吵，是誰將抱怨？是誰將無故受傷，是誰將雙目赤紅？ | 29For whom are the cries and laments? For whom the complaints and sighs? For whom the blows without reason? For whom the eyes which see double? |
| 30是那流連於醉鄉，去搜求醇酒的人。 | 30For those who abandon themselves to wine and go in search of the well-blended wine. |
| 31你不要注視酒色怎樣紅，在杯中怎樣閃耀，飲下去怎樣痛快！ | 31Do not consider the wine: how red it is and how sparkling the glass! How smoothly it flows! |
| 32終究它要咬人如蛇，刺人如虺。 | 32In the end, it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. |
| 33那時，你的眼要見到奇景，你的心要吐出狂語。 | 33Your eyes will see strange things and you will end up speaking nonsense. |
| 34你宛如躺在海中心，睡在桅杆頂。 | 34You will be like a man asleep on the high seas or at the rudder: "They hit me but I am not hurt. |
| 35「人打我，我不痛，人捶我，我不覺；我何時甦醒，好再去尋醉！」 | 35They beat me but I feel nothing. When will I wake up? I will go in search of more." |
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