Proverbs 11
1 Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
上主深惡假秤，卻喜愛法碼準確。
2 Pride has come, and shame comes, And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
傲慢來到，恥辱隨後而至；智慧只與謙遜人相處。
3 The integrity of the upright leads them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
正直的人，以正義為領導；背義的人，必為邪惡所毀滅。
4 Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivers from death.
在上主盛怒之日，財富毫無用途；只有正義，能救人免於死亡。
5 The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
完人的正義，為他修平道路；惡人必因自己的邪惡而顛仆。
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
正直的人，將因自己的正義而獲救；奸詐的人，反為自己的惡計所連累。
7 In the death of a wicked man, hope perishes, And the expectation of the iniquitous has been lost.
惡人一死，他的希望盡成泡影；同樣，奸匪的期待也全然消失。
8 The righteous is drawn out from distress, And the wicked goes in instead of him.
義人得免患難，惡人反來頂替。
9 A hypocrite corrupts his friend with the mouth, And the righteous are drawn out by knowledge.
假善人以口舌，傷害自己的近人；義人因有知識，卻得以保全。
10 A city exults in the good of the righteous, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.
幾時義人幸運，全城歡騰；幾時惡人滅亡，歡聲四起。
11 By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
義人的祝福，使城市興隆；惡人的口舌，使城市傾覆。
12 Whoever is despising his neighbor lacks heart, And a man of understanding keeps silence.
嘲弄自己朋友的人，毫無識趣；有見識的人，必沉默寡言。
13 A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
往來傳話的人，必洩露秘密；心地誠樸的人，方能不露實情。
14 Without counsels a people falls, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
人民缺乏領導，勢必衰弱；人民的得救，正在於謀士眾多。
15 An evil [one] suffers when he has been guarantor [for] a stranger, And whoever hates striking hands [in agreement] is confident.
為外人作保的，必自討苦吃；厭惡作保的，必自享安全。
16 A gracious woman retains honor, And terrible [men] retain riches.
淑德的婦女，必為丈夫取得光榮；惱恨正義的婦女，正是一恥辱的寶座；懶散的人失落自己的財物，勤謹的人反取得財富。
17 A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
為人慈善，是造福己身；殘酷的人，反自傷己命。
18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.
惡人所賺得的工資，是空虛的；播種正義者的報酬，纔是真實的。
19 Correctly [is] righteousness for life, And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
恒行正義，必走向生命；追求邪惡，必自趨喪亡。
20 The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
上主憎惡心邪的人，喜悅舉止無瑕的人。
21 Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
惡人始終不能逃避懲罰，義人的後裔必獲得拯救。
22 A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.
女人美麗而不精明，猶如套在豬鼻上的金環。
23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
義人的心願必獲善報；惡人的希望終歸破滅。
24 There is [one] who is scattering, and yet is increased, And [one] who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
有人慷慨好施，反更富有；有人過於吝嗇，反更貧窮。
25 A liberal soul is made fat, And whoever is watering, he also is watered.
慈善為懷的人，必得富裕；施惠於人的人，必蒙施惠。
26 Whoever is withholding grain, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling.
屯積糧食的人，必受人民咀咒；祝福卻降在賣糧食者的頭上。
27 Whoever is earnestly seeking good Seeks a pleasing thing, And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.
慕求美善的，必求得恩寵；追求邪惡的，邪惡必臨其身。
28 Whoever is confident in his wealth falls, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
信賴自己財富的人，必至衰落；義人卻茂盛有如綠葉。
29 Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart.
危害自己家庭的，必承受虛幻；愚昧的人，必作心智者的奴隸。
30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
義人的果實是生命樹，智慧的人能奪取人心。
31 Behold, the righteous is repaid in the earth, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
看義人在地上還遭受報復，惡人和罪人更將如何﹖
