Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
有如夏日下雪，秋收降雨，不合時令；同樣愚昧的人獲得光榮，亦不適宜。
2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
有如麻雀逃走，燕子飛去：無端的咒罵，也一去無蹤。
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
馬需要皮鞭，驢需要轡頭，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
回答愚昧人，別照樣愚昧，免得你也像他一樣；
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
回答愚昧人，有時應愚昧，免得他自以為聰明。
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
派遣愚昧人，去作傳話者，是自斷己足，是自尋苦惱。
7 The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
猶如跛子的腳虛懸無力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。
8 As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
將光榮體面授給愚昧人，無異將寶石投在石堆裏。
9 [As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
箴言在愚人口中，猶如荊棘在醉漢手中。
10 [As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
雇用愚人或過路人的人，無異射傷眾人的弓箭手。
11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeateth his folly.
愚人一再重複他的愚行，猶如狗再來吃牠嘔吐之物。
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
你是否見過自作聰明的人﹖寄望於愚人必寄望於他更好。
13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
懶惰人常說：「路上有猛獅，街市有壯獅。」
14 [As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
懶人在床榻上輾轉，猶如門扇在樞紐上旋轉。
15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
懶人伸手在盤中取食，送到口邊也感到辛苦。
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
懶惰人自認為聰明人，遠勝過七個善於應對的人。
17 He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
干涉與己無關的爭端，有如抓過路狗的尾巴。
18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
誰騙了人而後說：「我只開玩笑! 」
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
猶如狂人投擲火把、利箭和死亡。
20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
沒有木柴，火即熄滅；沒有讒言，爭端即息。
21 [As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
誰惹事生非，挑撥爭端，是在火炭上加炭，火上加柴。
22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
進讒者的話，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深處。
23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
口蜜腹劍的人，有如塗上銀的陶器。
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
懷恨他人的，善措詞掩飾；但在他心底，卻藏有陰險。
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
誰聲調過柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七種惡。
26 Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.
仇恨雖可以詭計來掩飾，但在集會中險惡必敗露。
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滾轉石頭的必為石所壓。
28 A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
撒謊的唇舌，必痛恨真理；諂媚的嘴臉必製造喪亡。
