Proverbs 27
1 Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
不要為明日自誇，因為你不知今天能發生什麼。
2 Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
只應讓人讚美你，你不應開口自誇；讚你的該是他人，不該是你的唇舌。
3 Stone may be heavy, and sand may weigh a lot, but the annoyance caused by stupid people is the biggest burden of all.
石頭重，沙礫沉，愚人的忿怒，比二者都重。
4 Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
憤怒固然殘酷，暴怒更是猛烈；可是面對妒恨，有誰能夠抵受﹖
5 Open criticism is better than hidden love.
公開的責斥，勝於暗中的溺愛。
6 A friend's honest comments may hurt you, but an enemy's kisses are over the top.
友人的抨擊是忠誠，仇人的擁吻是欺騙。
7 If you're full up, you can't face honey; but if you're starving, even bitter food tastes sweet.
人若吃飽了，蜂蜜也厭惡；若肚子饑餓，苦物也甘甜。
8 Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.
離家飄泊的遊子，有如無巢可歸的雀鳥。
9 Perfume and scented oils make you feel happy, but good advice from a friend is even better.
香油和香料，能暢快人心；朋友的勸勉，能撫慰人靈。
10 Don't give up on your friends or your family's friends. Don't go to a relative's house when you've got trouble. A friend nearby is more useful than a relative far away.
你的知心朋友，你父親的至交，你切不可離棄；在你憂患的時日，不要進兄弟的家。靠近的鄰舍，勝於遠地的兄弟。
11 My son, make me happy by being wise, so I can respond to anyone who criticizes me.
我兒，作個智慧人，使我心高興，好叫我回答笑罵我的人。
12 If you're sensible you see danger coming and get out of the way; but stupid people just 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。
13 If someone guarantees a stranger's debt with their cloak, be sure to take it! Make sure you have whatever is pledged to an immoral woman!
誰為外方人作保，拿出他的衣服；誰為異族人作保，以他本人作質。
14 If when you get up every morning you shout a loud hello to your neighbors, they will see that as a curse!
清晨向人高聲祝福，就等於向他人咀咒。
15 An argumentative wife is as irritating as constant dripping on a rainy day.
豪雨的時日，滴漏不已：好吵的女人，也是如此；
16 Trying to stop her is like trying to make the wind stop or trying to hold olive oil in your hand.
誰願意攔阻她，無異攔阻狂風，又好似右手抓油。
17 An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.
朋友互相砥礪，有如以鐵銼鐵。
18 Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.
看守無花果樹的，必食其果；護守自己主人的，必受器重。
19 Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.
人心不同，猶如其面。
20 In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
陰府和冥域，總填不滿；世人的眼睛，從不滿足。 (Sheol h7585)
21 Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.
鍋煉銀，爐煉金，諂媚煉人心。
22 Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.
你盡可在臼中將愚人舂碎，但他的昏愚卻永不能剷除。
23 You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,
對你羊群的情況，應加注意；對你的家畜，應常留心照料；
24 for wealth doesn't last forever—is a crown passed down through all generations?
因為錢財並不能永存，寶藏也不能永留萬代。
25 Once the hay is cut, and the new growth begins, and fodder from the mountains is gathered,
割去了乾草，青草又叢生；山間的野草，也收集起來；
26 and the lambs have provided you wool to make clothing, and the sale of goats have paid for a field,
那時羔羊供你衣料，山羊供你地價，
27 there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.
羊奶足以養你，維持你的家庭，養活你的婢女。
