Proverbs 22
1 A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
美名胜过大财； 恩宠强如金银。
2 The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
富户穷人在世相遇， 都为耶和华所造。
3 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
通达人见祸藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
4 The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life.
敬畏耶和华心存谦卑， 就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。
5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
乖僻人的路上有荆棘和网罗； 保守自己生命的，必要远离。
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
教养孩童，使他走当行的道， 就是到老他也不偏离。
7 The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
富户管辖穷人； 欠债的是债主的仆人。
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
撒罪孽的，必收灾祸； 他逞怒的杖也必废掉。
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
眼目慈善的，就必蒙福， 因他将食物分给穷人。
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
赶出亵慢人，争端就消除； 纷争和羞辱也必止息。
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
喜爱清心的人因他嘴上的恩言， 王必与他为友。
12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
耶和华的眼目眷顾聪明人， 却倾败奸诈人的言语。
13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
懒惰人说：外头有狮子； 我在街上就必被杀。
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
淫妇的口为深坑； 耶和华所憎恶的，必陷在其中。
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
愚蒙迷住孩童的心， 用管教的杖可以远远赶除。
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
欺压贫穷为要利己的， 并送礼与富户的，都必缺乏。
17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
你须侧耳听受智慧人的言语， 留心领会我的知识。
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
你若心中存记， 嘴上咬定，这便为美。
19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
我今日以此特特指教你， 为要使你倚靠耶和华。
20 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
谋略和知识的美事， 我岂没有写给你吗？
21 To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
要使你知道真言的实理， 你好将真言回复那打发你来的人。
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
贫穷人，你不可因他贫穷就抢夺他的物， 也不可在城门口欺压困苦人；
23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
因耶和华必为他辨屈； 抢夺他的，耶和华必夺取那人的命。
24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
好生气的人，不可与他结交； 暴怒的人，不可与他来往；
25 Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
恐怕你效法他的行为， 自己就陷在网罗里。
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
不要与人击掌， 不要为欠债的作保。
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
你若没有什么偿还， 何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢？
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
你先祖所立的地界， 你不可挪移。
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
你看见办事殷勤的人吗？ 他必站在君王面前， 必不站在下贱人面前。
