Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.
不要為明日自誇，因為你不知今天能發生什麼。
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, A stranger, and not your own lips.
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 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
石頭重，沙礫沉，愚人的忿怒，比二者都重。
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before 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 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
公開的責斥，勝於暗中的溺愛。
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
友人的抨擊是忠誠，仇人的擁吻是欺騙。
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
人若吃飽了，蜂蜜也厭惡；若肚子饑餓，苦物也甘甜。
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
離家飄泊的遊子，有如無巢可歸的雀鳥。
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
香油和香料，能暢快人心；朋友的勸勉，能撫慰人靈。
10 Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father, And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity, A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.
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 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
我兒，作個智慧人，使我心高興，好叫我回答笑罵我的人。
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
精明人遇見災禍，即行隱避；無知者反向前走，自招損害。
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange 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 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
清晨向人高聲祝福，就等於向他人咀咒。
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
豪雨的時日，滴漏不已：好吵的女人，也是如此；
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
誰願意攔阻她，無異攔阻狂風，又好似右手抓油。
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
朋友互相砥礪，有如以鐵銼鐵。
18 The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honored.
看守無花果樹的，必食其果；護守自己主人的，必受器重。
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
人心不同，猶如其面。
陰府和冥域，總填不滿；世人的眼睛，從不滿足。 (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
鍋煉銀，爐煉金，諂媚煉人心。
22 If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off him.
你盡可在臼中將愚人舂碎，但他的昏愚卻永不能剷除。
23 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
對你羊群的情況，應加注意；對你的家畜，應常留心照料；
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
因為錢財並不能永存，寶藏也不能永留萬代。
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
割去了乾草，青草又叢生；山間的野草，也收集起來；
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
那時羔羊供你衣料，山羊供你地價，
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
羊奶足以養你，維持你的家庭，養活你的婢女。
