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 bringeth 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 [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
4 忿怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾， 惟有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？
Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
5 當面的責備強如背地的愛情。
Better [is] open reproof 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 lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
7 人吃飽了，厭惡蜂房的蜜； 人飢餓了，一切苦物都覺甘甜。
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a 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 wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering 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 — from counsel of the soul.
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 the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar 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 rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
12 通達人見禍藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they 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, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14 清晨起來，大聲給朋友祝福的， 就算是咒詛他。
Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
15 大雨之日連連滴漏， 和爭吵的婦人一樣；
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
16 想攔阻她的，便是攔阻風， 也是右手抓油。
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
17 鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來； 朋友相感也是如此。
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face 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。
The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
19 水中照臉，彼此相符； 人與人，心也相對。
As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金， 人的稱讚也試煉人。
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
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 dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
23 你要詳細知道你羊群的景況， 留心料理你的牛群；
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
24 因為資財不能永有， 冠冕豈能存到萬代？
For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
25 乾草割去，嫩草發現， 山上的菜蔬也被收斂。
Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
26 羊羔之毛是為你作衣服； 山羊是為作田地的價值，
Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
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 a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
