箴言 27
1 不要為明日自誇， 因為一日要生何事，你尚且不能知道。
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
2 要別人誇獎你，不可用口自誇； 等外人稱讚你，不可用嘴自稱。
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 石頭重，沙土沉， 愚妄人的惱怒比這兩樣更重。
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
4 忿怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾， 惟有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 當面的責備強如背地的愛情。
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠； 仇敵連連親嘴卻是多餘。
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 人吃飽了，厭惡蜂房的蜜； 人飢餓了，一切苦物都覺甘甜。
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 人離本處飄流， 好像雀鳥離窩遊飛。
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 膏油與香料使人心喜悅； 朋友誠實的勸教也是如此甘美。
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
10 你的朋友和父親的朋友， 你都不可離棄。 你遭難的日子，不要上弟兄的家去； 相近的鄰舍強如遠方的弟兄。
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 我兒，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心歡喜， 使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
12 通達人見禍藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13 誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外女作保，誰就承當。
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
14 清晨起來，大聲給朋友祝福的， 就算是咒詛他。
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
15 大雨之日連連滴漏， 和爭吵的婦人一樣；
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
16 想攔阻她的，便是攔阻風， 也是右手抓油。
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
17 鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來； 朋友相感也是如此。
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 看守無花果樹的，必吃樹上的果子； 敬奉主人的，必得尊榮。
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
19 水中照臉，彼此相符； 人與人，心也相對。
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金， 人的稱讚也試煉人。
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22 你雖用杵將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中， 他的愚妄還是離不了他。
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
23 你要詳細知道你羊群的景況， 留心料理你的牛群；
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
24 因為資財不能永有， 冠冕豈能存到萬代？
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
25 乾草割去，嫩草發現， 山上的菜蔬也被收斂。
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26 羊羔之毛是為你作衣服； 山羊是為作田地的價值，
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
27 並有母山羊奶夠你吃， 也夠你的家眷吃， 且夠養你的婢女。
and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
