Proverbs 22
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
信譽比多財可取，敬仰必金銀可貴。
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
富人與窮人彼此相遇，二者皆為上主所造。
3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
精明人遇見災禍，即行隱避；無知者反向前走，自招損害。
4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
謙卑的賞報，是敬畏上主，是享有財富、尊榮和生命。
5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
邪惡者的路上，滿佈荊棘羅網；潔身自愛的人，必能遠而避之。
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
你教導孩童應行的道路，待他老年時也不會離棄。
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
富人宰割窮人，債主奴役債戶。
8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
播種邪惡的，必收穫災禍；他辛苦工作，必全屬徒然。
9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
目光慈祥的，必蒙受祝福，因他將食糧，施捨給狂人。
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
趕走了狂人，就除了爭執；爭訟與侮辱，亦相繼止息。
11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
純潔的心靈，是上主所愛；優雅的唇舌，是君王所悅。
12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
上主的眼目，常衛護知識；敗類的言論，必加以毀滅。
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
只有懶人說：「外面有獅子，在街市之中，我會被吞噬。」
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
淫婦們的口，實是個深坑；上主惱怒的，必墮入其中。
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
孩童心中藏愚昧，只有戒尺能驅逐。
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
欺壓窮人，是使他致富；饋贈富者，是使他貧窮。
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
你應當傾聽智者的訓言，應專心致意領會我的知識。
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
你若細心存想，常在口中誦念，必會令你喜悅。
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
為使你的信賴全托於上主，我今日特將道路指示給你。
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
關於教誨和知識，我豈未多次寫過；
21 to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
使你認識真言實理，答覆前來問你的人﹖
22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
你不可因為人窮而剝削窮人，亦不可在城門口欺壓弱小者；
23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
因為他們的案件，上主必予以辯護；凡剝奪他們的人，上主必討其生命。
24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
易怒的人，不可與他交結，暴躁的人，不要與他往來，
25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
免得你沾染他的惡習，甘冒喪失性命的危險。
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
不要為別人擊掌，不要為債務作保；
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
免得你沒有什麼償還時，連你的床榻也被人奪走。
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
祖先立定的舊界，你不要加以移動。
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
你曾見過辦事能幹的人嗎﹖他必侍立在君王面前，決不侍立在庸人面前。
