箴言 12
1 喜愛受教的人，必喜愛智慧；憎恨規勸的人，真是糊塗。
If you love knowledge, you will love discipline. Anyone who hates being corrected is stupid!
2 善心的人，必得上主喜悅；心術邪惡的人，必受降罰。
The Lord blesses the good, but he condemns anyone with evil schemes.
3 沒有人作惡而能穩立，唯有義人的根基永不動搖。
Wickedness doesn't provide security, but those who live right are deeply rooted and cannot be moved.
4 賢能的妻子，是她丈夫的冠冕；無恥的妻子，宛如丈夫骨中的腐蝕。
A good wife is a crown for her husband, but one who brings shame is like rot in his bones.
5 義人思念公正，惡人計劃詭譎。
Good people make plans that are fair, but the advice of the wicked is deceptive.
6 惡人的言談，是流血的陷阱；義人的口舌，設法搭救他人。
The words of the wicked are like a violent ambush, but those of honest people save them.
7 惡人一旦傾覆，便不復存在；義人的家室，卻得以久存。
The wicked are destroyed, and they're gone, but the family of the good stands firm.
8 人憑自己的識見，獲得讚美；但心地邪僻的人，必受輕視。
People are appreciated for talking sense, but those with perverted minds are despised.
9 一個自給自足的平民，比愛排場而缺食的人，更為可貴。
Better to be a humble man serving himself than a boastful man who has nothing to eat.
10 義人珍惜禽獸的生命，惡人的心腸殘忍刻薄。
Good people look after their animals, but the care given by wicked is really cruelty.
11 自耕其地的人，必得飽食；追求虛幻的人，實屬愚昧。
If you cultivate the land you'll have plenty of food, but if you chase after worthless things you're stupid.
12 邪惡的想望，是惡人的羅網；義人的根基，卻永不動搖。
Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.
13 惡人失口，自尋苦惱；義人卻能幸免受累。
The wicked trap themselves by their own sinful words, but good people escape trouble.
14 人必飽嘗自己口舌的果實，必按自己的行為獲得報應。
What you say brings you rewards, and your work returns to bless you.
15 愚昧的人，常以為自己的道路正直；但明智的人，卻常聽從勸告。
Stupid people think they're on the right track, but if you're wise you listen to advice.
16 愚昧的人，立時顯出自己的憤怒；機智的人，卻忍辱而不外露。
Stupid people get angry immediately, but if you're sensible you ignore an insult.
17 吐露真情，是彰顯正義；作假見證，是自欺欺人。
Whoever tells the truth is being honest, but a false witness tells lies.
18 出言不慎，有如利刃傷人；智者的口，卻常療愈他人。
Some people's hasty words cut like a knife, but the words of the wise bring healing.
19 講實話的唇舌，永垂不朽；說謊話的舌頭，瞬息即逝。
Words of truth last forever, but lies are gone in a moment.
20 圖謀惡事的，心懷欺詐；策劃和平的，必得喜樂。
Deceit is in the mind of those planning evil, but those who plan peace have joy.
21 義人常無往不利，惡人卻備受災殃。
No harm comes to the good, but trouble fills the wicked.
22 欺詐的唇舌，為上主所深惡；行事誠實的，纔為他所中悅。
The Lord hates liars but is happy with those who are trustworthy.
23 機智的人，使自己的才學深藏不露；心中愚昧的人，只會彰顯自己的愚蠢。
If you're sensible, you don't show off your knowledge, but stupid people announce their stupidity.
24 勤勞的手，必要掌權；懶慢的手，只有服役。
Hard work brings leadership, but laziness brings slavery.
25 憂鬱使人心消沉，良言使人心快活。
If you're anxious, you're weighed down, but an encouraging word will cheer you up.
26 義人給自己的友伴指示道路，惡人的行動卻引人誤入歧途。
Good people look out for their friends, but the way the wicked live leads them astray.
27 懶惰的人，無米為炊；勤勞的人，腰纏萬貫。
Lazy people don't catch their prey, but if you work hard you can become rich.
28 正義的路，導向生命；邪惡的路，引人喪亡。
The path of right leads to life, it doesn't lead to death.
