< Proverbs 2 >

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
我兒，你若領受我的言語， 存記我的命令，
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
側耳聽智慧， 專心求聰明，
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
呼求明哲， 揚聲求聰明，
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
尋找它，如尋找銀子， 搜求它，如搜求隱藏的珍寶，
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
你就明白敬畏耶和華， 得以認識上帝。
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
因為，耶和華賜人智慧； 知識和聰明都由他口而出。
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
他給正直人存留真智慧， 給行為純正的人作盾牌，
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
為要保守公平人的路， 護庇虔敬人的道。
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
你也必明白仁義、公平、 正直、一切的善道。
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
智慧必入你心； 你的靈要以知識為美。
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
謀略必護衛你； 聰明必保守你，
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;
要救你脫離惡道， 脫離說乖謬話的人。
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
那等人捨棄正直的路， 行走黑暗的道，
14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
歡喜作惡， 喜愛惡人的乖僻，
15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
在他們的道中彎曲， 在他們的路上偏僻。
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
智慧要救你脫離淫婦， 就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
她離棄幼年的配偶， 忘了上帝的盟約。
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
她的家陷入死地； 她的路偏向陰間。 (questioned)
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
凡到她那裏去的，不得轉回， 也得不着生命的路。
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
智慧必使你行善人的道， 守義人的路。
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
正直人必在世上居住； 完全人必在地上存留。
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
惟有惡人必然剪除； 奸詐的，必然拔出。

< Proverbs 2 >