箴言 27
1 不要為明日自誇，因為你不知今天能發生什麼。
Make no boast for thyself of the coming day; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 只應讓人讚美你，你不應開口自誇；讚你的該是他人，不該是你的唇舌。
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3 石頭重，沙礫沉，愚人的忿怒，比二者都重。
A stone hath heaviness, and the sand, weight; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.
4 憤怒固然殘酷，暴怒更是猛烈；可是面對妒恨，有誰能夠抵受﹖
Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 公開的責斥，勝於暗中的溺愛。
Better is open reproof than concealed love.
6 友人的抨擊是忠誠，仇人的擁吻是欺騙。
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but deceptive are the kisses of an enemy.
7 人若吃飽了，蜂蜜也厭惡；若肚子饑餓，苦物也甘甜。
The satisfied soul treadeth under foot fine honey; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 離家飄泊的遊子，有如無巢可歸的雀鳥。
As a bird that wandereth away from her nest, so is a man that wandereth away from his place.
9 香油和香料，能暢快人心；朋友的勸勉，能撫慰人靈。
Oil and perfume cause the heart to rejoice, and so do the sweet words of a friend more than one's own counsel.
10 你的知心朋友，你父親的至交，你切不可離棄；在你憂患的時日，不要進兄弟的家。靠近的鄰舍，勝於遠地的兄弟。
Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, thou must not forsake; but into thy brother's house enter not on the day of thy calamity: better is a near neighbor than a distant brother.
11 我兒，作個智慧人，使我心高興，好叫我回答笑罵我的人。
Become wise, my son, and cause my heart to rejoice, that I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.
12 精明人遇見災禍，即行隱避；無知者反向前走，自招損害。
The prudent foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13 誰為外方人作保，拿出他的衣服；誰為異族人作保，以他本人作質。
Take his garment, for he became surety for a stranger; and on account of an alien woman take a pledge of him.
14 清晨向人高聲祝福，就等於向他人咀咒。
When one saluteth his friend with a loud voice, when rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.
15 豪雨的時日，滴漏不已：好吵的女人，也是如此；
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 誰願意攔阻她，無異攔阻狂風，又好似右手抓油。
He that would conceal her might conceal the wind, and as [fragrant] oil on his right hand, which would betray itself.
17 朋友互相砥礪，有如以鐵銼鐵。
Iron is sharpened by iron: so doth a man sharpen himself on the countenance of his friend.
18 看守無花果樹的，必食其果；護守自己主人的，必受器重。
Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.
19 人心不同，猶如其面。
As the water [showeth] to the face the [reflected] face: so doth the heart of man show itself to man.
The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 鍋煉銀，爐煉金，諂媚煉人心。
[As] the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man [proved] according to his praise.
22 你盡可在臼中將愚人舂碎，但他的昏愚卻永不能剷除。
Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.
23 對你羊群的情況，應加注意；對你的家畜，應常留心照料；
Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds;
24 因為錢財並不能永存，寶藏也不能永留萬代。
For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations.
25 割去了乾草，青草又叢生；山間的野草，也收集起來；
When the grass is past, young verdure showeth itself, and then are gathered the herbs of the mountains.
26 那時羔羊供你衣料，山羊供你地價，
The sheep are for thy clothing, and he-goats are the purchase-price of a field.
27 羊奶足以養你，維持你的家庭，養活你的婢女。
And thou wilt have enough of goats' milk for thy food, for the food of thy household, and the support for thy maidens.
