Proverbs:Chapter 6

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Proverbs:Chapter 6

箴言	Proverbs
¹我兒，你如果為你的朋友作保，或為外人擊掌；	¹My son, if you have stood bail for your neighbor or guaranteed the word of a stranger;
²你如果為你口中說的話所連累，為你口中的言詞所束縛，	²if you have committed yourself with your own lips, know that you have trapped yourself with your own words.
³那麼，我兒，你既然已陷在你友人的手中，你就該逃脫，該這樣做：火速前去，央求你的友人，	³Then do this, my son: release yourself. If you have fallen into the hands of your neighbor, go speedily, kneel down and plead with him;
⁴不要合上眼睛睡覺，也不要垂下眼瞼假寐，	⁴do not give sleep to your eyes or rest to your eyelids.
⁵應急速解救自己，如羚羊掙脫羅網，飛鳥逃脫獵人的圈套。	⁵Break free, like a gazelle from the trap or a bird from the hand.
⁶懶漢，你去看看螞蟻，觀察牠的作風，便可得些智識：	⁶You idler, go to the ant, watch her ways and be wise.
⁷牠沒有領袖，沒有監督，沒有君王；	⁷She has no master, no steward or overseer.
⁸但在夏天卻知準備食糧，在秋收時積貯養料。	⁸She secures food in summer and stores up provisions during harvest time.
⁹懶漢，你要睡到幾時，你幾時纔睡醒﹖	⁹How long, you idler, are you going to lie around? When do you intend to rise from sleep?
¹⁰「再睡片刻，再假寐片刻，再抱臂躺臥片刻！」	¹⁰A little sleep, a little drowsiness and your laziness creeps upon you and then, like a tramp,
¹¹這樣貧窮就要如同竊賊，困乏也要如同武士，向你侵襲。	¹¹poverty comes, bringing misery like a vagabond.
¹²無賴與惡徒，行事滿口欺詐；	¹²The villain, the unjust man, goes about with a sneer on his lips,
¹³他以眼傳神，以腳示意，以手指東畫西。	¹³winking his eye, shuffling his feet and beckoning with his finger.
¹⁴他存心不良，常蓄意惹事生非。	¹⁴His heart is deceitful; he is forever plotting evil and causing arguments.
¹⁵為此，他的喪亡必突然來臨，霎時間全被毀滅，無法挽救。	¹⁵Therefore, disaster will suddenly and irrevocably overtake him.
¹⁶上主憎恨的事，共有六件，連他心裏最厭惡的事，共有七件：	¹⁶There are six things Yahweh hates; seven his inner being detests:
¹⁷傲慢的眼睛，撒謊的舌頭，流無辜者血的手，	¹⁷the proud look, the lying tongue, hands which spill innocent blood,
¹⁸策劃陰謀的心，疾趨行惡的腳，	¹⁸the depraved heart, feet which speed towards evil,
¹⁹說謊的假見證，和在兄弟間搬弄是非的人。	¹⁹a false and lying witness and the one who sows discord among people.
²⁰我兒，應堅守你父親的命令，不要放棄你母親的教訓；	²⁰My son, respect your father's instruction and do not reject your mother's teaching.
²¹應將二者常刻在你心中，繫在你的頸項上。	²¹Hold them forever in your heart and hang them around your neck.
²²她們在你行路時引領你，在你躺臥時看護你；在你醒來時與你交談。	²²These will guard your footsteps, protect you when you sleep and speak to you on waking.
²³因為父命是盞燈，母教是光明，嚴格的勸告是生命的道路，	²³For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light; correction teaches you the way of life.
²⁴使你遠避惡意的女人，離開淫婦阿諛的言詞，	²⁴It will protect you from the evil woman, the smooth talking of the stranger.
²⁵不讓你的心貪戀她的美色，不讓她的秋波迷惑你，	²⁵Do not covet her beauty in your heart or let her captivate you with her looks.
²⁶因為娼妓所求的只是一塊餅，有夫之婦卻獵取寶貴的生命。	²⁶For the prostitute deserves a piece of bread but the adulteress hunts after your worthy life.
²⁷人豈能懷中藏火，而不燒毀自己的衣服﹖	²⁷Can you hold fire in your pocket without setting fire to your clothes or
²⁸人豈能在火炭上行走，而不灼傷自己的腳﹖	²⁸walk on hot coals without burning your feet?
²⁹與他人妻子通姦的人就是這樣：凡接近她的，必難免受罰。	²⁹So it is for the man who approaches his neighbor's wife: all who touch her will be punished.
³⁰盜賊若因饑餓行竊以果腹，人都不鄙視他；	³⁰One does not condemn the hungry thief who steals to fill his stomach;
³¹但若被擒獲了，他仍須七倍償還，交出家中所有的財物。	³¹nevertheless, if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold and give all the goods in his house.
³²與婦人通姦的人，實屬愚眛，他這樣做，卻是毀滅自己。	³²How senseless is the adulterer! Whoever commits adultery destroys himself.
³³他必遭受可恥的打擊，並且他的恥辱，永不得拭去；	³³He will reap blows and contempt and his disgrace will not be erased.
³⁴因為妒火能激怒男人，使他在報復時，決不留情；	³⁴Jealousy inflames the husband's heart and when he can take revenge he will have no mercy.
³⁵任何的賠償，他都不理睬；即使你多送禮品，他也不肯罷休。	³⁵He will accept nothing, neither reparation nor lavish gifts.

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