Proverbs 22
1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
美名胜过大财； 恩宠强如金银。
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD 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 forsees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
通达人见祸藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, 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 does keep 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 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 rules 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 sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
撒罪孽的，必收灾祸； 他逞怒的杖也必废掉。
9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives 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 scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
赶出亵慢人，争端就消除； 纷争和羞辱也必止息。
11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall 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 the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
耶和华的眼目眷顾聪明人， 却倾败奸诈人的言语。
13 The slothful man says, 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 the LORD 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 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 oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to lack.
欺压贫穷为要利己的， 并送礼与富户的，都必缺乏。
17 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your 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 you keep them within you; they shall likewise be fitted in your lips.
你若心中存记， 嘴上咬定，这便为美。
19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
我今日以此特特指教你， 为要使你倚靠耶和华。
20 Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
谋略和知识的美事， 我岂没有写给你吗？
21 That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send unto you?
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 the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled 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 an angry man; and with a furious man you shall 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 you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
恐怕你效法他的行为， 自己就陷在网罗里。
26 Be not you one of them that shake 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 you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
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 your fathers have set.
你先祖所立的地界， 你不可挪移。
29 See you 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。
