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Proverbs 1 1 Like snow in summer, or rain in harvest, honor for a fool is out of place. 有如夏日下雪，秋收降雨，不合时令；同样愚昧的人获得光荣，亦不适宜。 2 Like the sparrow in its flitting, like the swallow in its flight, a curse uncalled-for arrives nowhere. 3 The whip for the horse, the bridle for the ass, and the rod for the back of fools. 马需要皮鞭，驴需要辔头，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。 4 2 Answer not the fool according to his folly, lest you too become like him. 回答愚昧人，别照样愚昧，免得你也象他一样； 5 Answer the fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes. 回答愚昧人，有时应愚昧，免得他自以为聪明。 6 He cuts off his feet, he drinks down violence, who sends messages by a fool. 派遣愚昧人，去作传话人，是自断己足，是自寻苦恼。 7 3 A proverb in the mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs. 犹如跛子的脚虚悬无力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。 8 Like one who entangles the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool. 将光荣体面授给愚昧人，无异将宝石投在石堆里。 9 Like a thorn stick brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 箴言在愚人口中，犹如荆棘在醉汉手中。 10 Like an archer wounding all who pass by is he who hires a drunken fool. 雇用愚人或过路人的人，无异射伤众人的弓手。 11 As the dog returns to his vomit, so the fool repeats his folly. 愚人一再重复他的愚行，犹如狗再吃它呕吐之物。 12 You see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 你是否见过自作聪明的人？寄望于愚人必寄望于他更好。 13 The sluggard says, ＂There is a lion in the street, a lion in the middle of the square!＂ 14 The door turns on its hinges, the sluggard, on his bed! 懒人在床榻上辗转，犹如门扇在枢纽上旋转。 15 The sluggard loses his hand in the dish; he is too weary to lift it to his mouth. 16 The sluggard imagines himself wiser than seven men who answer with good sense. 懒惰人自视为聪明，远胜过七个善于应对的人。 17 Like the man who seizes a passing dog by the ears is he who meddles in a quarrel not his own. 干涉与己无关的争端，有如抓过路狗的尾巴。 18 Like a crazed archer scattering firebrands and deadly arrows 谁骗了人而后说：＂我只开玩笑！＂ 19 Is the man who deceives his neighbor, and then says, ＂I was only joking.＂ 犹如狂人投掷火把、利箭和死亡。 20 For lack of wood, the fire dies out; and when there is no talebearer, strife subsides. 没有木柴，火即熄灭；没有谗言，争端即息。 21 What a bellows is to live coals, what wood is to fire, such is a contentious man in enkindling strife. 谁惹事生非，挑拨争端，是在火炭上加炭，火柴上加柴。 22 The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels that sink into one's inmost being. 进谗者的话，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深处。 23 Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips with a wicked heart. 口蜜腹剑的人，有如涂上银的陶器。 24 With his lips an enemy pretends, but in his inmost being he maintains deceit; 怀恨他人的，善措词掩饰；但在他心底，却藏有阴险。 25 4 When he speaks graciously, trust him not, for seven abominations are in his heart. 谁声调过柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七种恶。 26 A man may conceal hatred under dissimulation, but his malice will be revealed in the assembly. 仇恨虽可以诡计来掩饰，但在集会中险恶必败露。 27 He who digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon him who rolls it. 挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滚转石头的必为石所压。 28 The lying tongue is its owner's enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin. 撒谎的唇舌，必痛恨真理；谄媚的嘴脸，必制造丧亡。 Footnotes(注解) 1 [1-28] Concrete images describe the vices of fools (Proverb 26:1-12), of sluggards (Proverb 26:13-16), of meddlers (Proverb 26:17-19), of talebearers (Proverb 26:20-22), and of flatterers (Proverb 26:23-28). 2 [4-5] There is no contradiction between these two proverbs. In any answer the wise man gives he must protect his own interest against the fool. 3 [7-9] The fool abuses whatever knowledge he possesses. 4 [25] Seven abominations: many evil intentions. |
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