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。	¹Honors do not suit the fool any more than snow in summer and rain at harvest.
²有如麻雀逃走，燕子飛去：無端的咒罵，也一去無蹤。	²The sparrow escapes, the swallow flies off, so the motiveless curse will have no effect.
³馬需要皮鞭，驢需要轡頭，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。	³A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, a stick for the backs of fools.
⁴回答愚昧人，別照樣愚昧，免得你也像他一樣；	⁴Do not answer the stupidity of fools lest you become like them.
⁵回答愚昧人，有時應愚昧，免得他自以為聰明。	⁵Answer the stupidity of the fool lest he consider himself intelligent.
⁶派遣愚昧人，去作傳話者，是自斷己足，是自尋苦惱。	⁶He who sends messages by a fool is cutting his own feet.
⁷猶如跛子的腳虛懸無力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。	⁷Like the unsteady legs of a lame man, such is a proverb 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。	⁸Honoring a fool is like tying a stone in a sling.
⁹箴言在愚人口中，猶如荊棘在醉漢手中。	⁹Like a thorn branch in a drunkard's hands, such is a proverb 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。	¹⁰Like an archer wounding all passersby, so is he who employs a fool.
¹¹愚人一再重複他的愚行，猶如狗再來吃牠嘔吐之物。	¹¹The fool reverts to his stupidity just as a dog returns to his vomit.
¹²你是否見過自作聰明的人？寄望於愚人比寄望於他更好。	¹²See that man who thinks himself wise? There is more hope for a fool!
¹³懶惰人常說：「路上有猛獅，街市有壯獅。」	¹³"There's a lion in the street," the lazy man says, "a lion in the square."
¹⁴懶人在床榻上輾轉，猶如門扇在樞紐上旋轉。	¹⁴The door turns on its hinges and the lazy man, on his bed.
¹⁵懶人伸手在盤中取食，送到口邊也感到辛苦。	¹⁵The idler dips his hand in the dish but is too tired to lift 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 idler considers himself wiser than many people who answer tactfully.
¹⁷干涉與己無關的爭端，有如抓過路狗的尾巴。	¹⁷Interfering in the disputes of others is like grabbing a passing dog by the tail.
¹⁸誰、	¹⁸As a madman hurls flaming, deadly arrows,
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 does the one who lies to his friend and then says, "It was just a joke."
²⁰沒有木柴，火即熄滅；沒有讒言，爭端即息。	²⁰For lack of wood, the fire goes out; for want of a gossiper, the quarrel dies down.
²¹誰惹事生非，挑撥爭端，是在火炭上加炭，火上加柴。	²¹Charcoal on hot coals, wood on a fire, and a quarrelsome man for stirring up disputes.
²²進讒者的話，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深處。	²²The words of the gossiper are delicious mouthfuls which go right down to the bottom of the stomach.
²³口蜜腹劍的人，有如塗上銀的陶器。	²³Like silver on earthenware, so are smooth lips with a corrupt heart.
²⁴懷恨他人的，善措詞掩飾；但在他心底，卻藏有陰險。	²⁴The one who hates, disguises his words and keeps his treachery inside;
²⁵誰聲調過柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七種惡。	²⁵do not trust his sweet language for seven evils fill his heart.
²⁶仇恨雖可以詭計來掩飾，但在集會中險惡必敗露。	²⁶But although he conceals his hatred like a hypocrite, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
²⁷挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滾轉石頭的必為石所壓。	²⁷He who digs a pit falls in it and the rock he rolls away falls back on him.
²⁸撒謊的唇舌，必痛恨真理；諂媚的嘴臉，必製造喪亡。	²⁸The liar hates his victims, the flattering mouth brings destruction.

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