箴言 26
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。
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2 有如麻雀逃走，燕子飛去：無端的咒罵，也一去無蹤。
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless lighteth not.
3 馬需要皮鞭，驢需要轡頭，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 回答愚昧人，別照樣愚昧，免得你也像他一樣；
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 回答愚昧人，有時應愚昧，免得他自以為聰明。
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 派遣愚昧人，去作傳話者，是自斷己足，是自尋苦惱。
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
7 猶如跛子的腳虛懸無力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。
The legs of the lame hang loose: so is a parable 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。
As a bag of gems in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9 箴言在愚人口中，猶如荊棘在醉漢手中。
[As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the month of fools.
10 雇用愚人或過路人的人，無異射傷眾人的弓箭手。
[As] an archer that woundeth all, so is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
11 愚人一再重複他的愚行，猶如狗再來吃牠嘔吐之物。
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [so is] a fool that repeateth his folly.
12 你是否見過自作聰明的人﹖寄望於愚人必寄望於他更好。
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
13 懶惰人常說：「路上有猛獅，街市有壯獅。」
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14 懶人在床榻上輾轉，猶如門扇在樞紐上旋轉。
[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15 懶人伸手在盤中取食，送到口邊也感到辛苦。
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 懶惰人自認為聰明人，遠勝過七個善於應對的人。
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
17 干涉與己無關的爭端，有如抓過路狗的尾巴。
He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
18 誰騙了人而後說：「我只開玩笑! 」
As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death;
19 猶如狂人投擲火把、利箭和死亡。
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
20 沒有木柴，火即熄滅；沒有讒言，爭端即息。
For lack of wood the fire goeth out: and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
21 誰惹事生非，挑撥爭端，是在火炭上加炭，火上加柴。
[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
22 進讒者的話，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深處。
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 口蜜腹劍的人，有如塗上銀的陶器。
Fervent lips and a wicked heart are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24 懷恨他人的，善措詞掩飾；但在他心底，卻藏有陰險。
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
25 誰聲調過柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七種惡。
When he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart:
26 仇恨雖可以詭計來掩飾，但在集會中險惡必敗露。
Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, his wickedness shall be openly shewed before the congregation.
27 挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滾轉石頭的必為石所壓。
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
28 撒謊的唇舌，必痛恨真理；諂媚的嘴臉必製造喪亡。
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
