箴言 4
1 眾子啊，要聽父親的教訓， 留心得知聰明。
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend, that ye may learn understanding!
2 因我所給你們的是好教訓； 不可離棄我的法則。
For I give you good instruction; Forsake ye not my commandments.
3 我在父親面前為孝子， 在母親眼中為獨一的嬌兒。
For I was my father's son, A tender and only child in the sight of my mother.
4 父親教訓我說：你心要存記我的言語， 遵守我的命令，便得存活。
He taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments, and live.
5 要得智慧，要得聰明，不可忘記， 也不可偏離我口中的言語。
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, and depart not from, the words of my mouth.
6 不可離棄智慧，智慧就護衛你； 要愛她，她就保守你。
Forsake her not, and she will guard thee: Love her, and she will preserve thee.
7 智慧為首； 所以，要得智慧。 在你一切所得之內必得聰明。
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore gain wisdom, And with all thy gain, gain understanding.
8 高舉智慧，她就使你高升； 懷抱智慧，她就使你尊榮。
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her;
9 她必將華冠加在你頭上， 把榮冕交給你。
She will give to thy head a graceful wreath, A beautiful crown will she bestow upon thee.
10 我兒，你要聽受我的言語， 就必延年益壽。
Hear, O my son! and receive my sayings! So shall the years of thy life be many.
11 我已指教你走智慧的道， 引導你行正直的路。
I have taught thee the way of wisdom, I have guided thee in the right path.
12 你行走，腳步必不致狹窄； 你奔跑，也不致跌倒。
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be confined; And, when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 要持定訓誨，不可放鬆； 必當謹守，因為它是你的生命。
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; Keep her, for she is thy life.
14 不可行惡人的路； 不要走壞人的道。
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men;
15 要躲避，不可經過； 要轉身而去。
Avoid it, pass not upon it, Turn from it, and go away.
16 這等人若不行惡，不得睡覺； 不使人跌倒，睡臥不安；
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; Yea, their sleep is taken away, unless they have caused some to fall.
17 因為他們以奸惡吃餅， 以強暴喝酒。
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
18 但義人的路好像黎明的光， 越照越明，直到日午。
But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, Which groweth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
19 惡人的道好像幽暗， 自己不知因甚麼跌倒。
The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
20 我兒，要留心聽我的言詞， 側耳聽我的話語，
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear to my sayings;
21 都不可離你的眼目， 要存記在你心中。
Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart!
22 因為得着它的，就得了生命， 又得了醫全體的良藥。
For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
23 你要保守你心，勝過保守一切， 因為一生的果效是由心發出。
More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.
24 你要除掉邪僻的口， 棄絕乖謬的嘴。
Put away from thee a deceitful mouth, And remove far from thee perverse lips.
25 你的眼目要向前正看； 你的眼睛當向前直觀。
Let thine eyes look straight forward, And thine eyelids be directed before thee.
26 要修平你腳下的路， 堅定你一切的道。
Give heed to the path of thy foot, And let all thy ways be steadfast.
27 不可偏向左右； 要使你的腳離開邪惡。
Turn not to the right hand or to the left; Remove thy foot from evil.
