Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor [is] not fitting for a fool.
有如夏日下雪，秋收降雨，不合時令；同樣愚昧的人獲得光榮，亦不適宜。
2 As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause does not come.
有如麻雀逃走，燕子飛去：無端的咒罵，也一去無蹤。
3 A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
馬需要皮鞭，驢需要轡頭，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you are like to him—even you.
回答愚昧人，別照樣愚昧，免得你也像他一樣；
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he is wise in his own eyes.
回答愚昧人，有時應愚昧，免得他自以為聰明。
6 He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
派遣愚昧人，去作傳話者，是自斷己足，是自尋苦惱。
7 The two legs of the lame have been weak, And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
猶如跛子的腳虛懸無力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。
8 As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honor to a fool.
將光榮體面授給愚昧人，無異將寶石投在石堆裏。
9 A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
箴言在愚人口中，猶如荊棘在醉漢手中。
10 The Former of all [is] great, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
雇用愚人或過路人的人，無異射傷眾人的弓箭手。
11 As a dog has returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
愚人一再重複他的愚行，猶如狗再來吃牠嘔吐之物。
12 You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
你是否見過自作聰明的人﹖寄望於愚人必寄望於他更好。
13 The slothful has said, “A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.”
懶惰人常說：「路上有猛獅，街市有壯獅。」
14 The door turns around on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
懶人在床榻上輾轉，猶如門扇在樞紐上旋轉。
15 The slothful has hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
懶人伸手在盤中取食，送到口邊也感到辛苦。
16 Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
懶惰人自認為聰明人，遠勝過七個善於應對的人。
17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.
干涉與己無關的爭端，有如抓過路狗的尾巴。
18 As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
誰騙了人而後說：「我只開玩笑! 」
19 So has a man deceived his neighbor, And has said, “Am I not playing?”
猶如狂人投擲火把、利箭和死亡。
20 Fire is going out without wood, And contention ceases without a tale-bearer,
沒有木柴，火即熄滅；沒有讒言，爭端即息。
21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
誰惹事生非，挑撥爭端，是在火炭上加炭，火上加柴。
22 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
進讒者的話，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深處。
23 Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
口蜜腹劍的人，有如塗上銀的陶器。
24 A hater pretends by his lips, And he places deceit in his heart,
懷恨他人的，善措詞掩飾；但在他心底，卻藏有陰險。
25 When his voice is gracious do not trust in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
誰聲調過柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七種惡。
26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Its wickedness is revealed in an assembly.
仇恨雖可以詭計來掩飾，但在集會中險惡必敗露。
27 Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, And the roller of a stone, it turns to him.
挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滾轉石頭的必為石所壓。
28 A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth works an overthrow!
撒謊的唇舌，必痛恨真理；諂媚的嘴臉必製造喪亡。
