箴言:Chapter 6

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 become surety to your neighbor, given your hand in pledge to another,
²你如果為你口中說的話所連累，為你口中的言詞所束縛，	²You have been snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth;
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，	³So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's power: Go, hurry, stir up your neighbor!
⁴不要合上眼睛睡覺，也不要垂下眼瞼假寐，	⁴Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber 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。	⁵Free yourself as a gazelle from the snare, or as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
⁶懶漢，你去看看螞蟻，觀察牠的作風，便可得些智識：	⁶Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;
⁷牠沒有領袖，沒有監督，沒有君王；	⁷For though she has no chief, no commander or ruler,
⁸但在夏天卻知準備食糧，在秋收時積貯養料。	⁸She procures her food in the summer, stores up her provisions in the harvest.
⁹懶漢，你要睡到幾時，你幾時纔睡醒﹖	⁹How long, O sluggard, will you rest? when will you rise from your sleep?
¹⁰「再睡片刻，再假寐片刻，再抱臂躺臥片刻！」	¹⁰"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest!"
¹¹這樣貧窮就要如同竊賊，困乏也要如同武士，向你侵襲。	¹¹Then will poverty come upon you like a highway man, and want like an armed man.
¹²無賴與惡徒，行事滿口欺詐；	¹²A scoundrel, a villain, is he who deals in crooked talk.
¹³他以眼傳神，以腳示意，以手指東畫西。	¹³He winks his eyes, shuffles his feet, makes signs with his fingers;
¹⁴他存心不良，常蓄意惹事生非。	¹⁴He has perversity in his heart, is always plotting evil, sows discord.
¹⁵為此，他的喪亡必突然來臨，霎時間全被毀滅，無法挽救。	¹⁵Therefore suddenly ruin comes upon him; in an instant he is crushed beyond cure./td>
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 the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;
¹⁷傲慢的眼睛，撒謊的舌頭，流無辜者血的手，	¹⁷Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
¹⁸策劃陰謀的心，疾趨行惡的腳，	¹⁸A heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,,
¹⁹說謊的假見證，和在兄弟間搬弄是非的人。	¹⁹The false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
²⁰我兒，應堅守你父親的命令，不要放棄你母親的教訓；	²⁰Observe, my son, your father's bidding, and reject not your mother's teaching;
²¹應將二者常刻在你心中，繫在你的頸項上。	²¹Keep them fastened over your heart always, put 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。	²²When you lie down she will watch over you, and when you wake, she will share your concerns; wherever you turn, she will guide you.
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 bidding is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and a way to life are the reproofs of discipline;
²⁴使你遠避惡意的女人，離開淫婦阿諛的言詞，	²⁴To keep you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
²⁵不讓你的心貪戀她的美色，不讓她的秋波迷惑你，	²⁵Lust not in your heart after her beauty, let her not captivate you with her glance!
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 price of a loose woman may be scarcely a loaf of bread, But if she is married, she is a trap for your precious life.
²⁷人豈能懷中藏火，而不燒毀自己的衣服﹖	²⁷Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his garments not burned?
²⁸人豈能在火炭上行走，而不灼傷自己的腳﹖	²⁸Or can a man walk on live coals, and his feet not be scorched
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 with him who goes in to his neighbor's wife - none who touches her shall go unpunished.
³⁰盜賊若因饑餓行竊以果腹，人都不鄙視他；	³⁰Men despise not the thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry;
³¹但若被擒獲了，他仍須七倍償還，交出家中所有的財物。	³¹Yet if he be caught he must pay back sevenfold; all the wealth of his house he may yield up.
³²與婦人通姦的人，實屬愚眛，他這樣做，卻是毀滅自己。	³²But he who commits adultery is a fool; he who would destroy himself does it.
³³他必遭受可恥的打擊，並且他的恥辱，永不得拭去；	³³A degrading beating will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away;
³⁴因為妒火能激怒男人，使他在報復時，決不留情；	³⁴For vindictive is the husband's wrath, he will have no pity on the day of vengeance;
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 not consider any restitution, nor be satisfied with the greatest gifts.

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