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， 因為一日要生何事，你尚且不能知道。
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, A stranger, and not your own lips.
要別人誇獎你，不可用口自誇； 等外人稱讚你，不可用嘴自稱。
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than them both.
石頭重，沙土沉， 愚妄人的惱怒比這兩樣更重。
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who stands before jealousy?
忿怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾， 惟有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
當面的責備強如背地的愛情。
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, And the kisses of an enemy [are] abundant.
朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠； 仇敵連連親嘴卻是多餘。
7 A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.
人吃飽了，厭惡蜂房的蜜； 人飢餓了，一切苦物都覺甘甜。
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
人離本處飄流， 好像雀鳥離窩遊飛。
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
膏油與香料使人心喜悅； 朋友誠實的勸教也是如此甘美。
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.
你的朋友和父親的朋友， 你都不可離棄。 你遭難的日子，不要上弟兄的家去； 相近的鄰舍強如遠方的弟兄。
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, And I return a word [to] my reproacher.
我兒，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心歡喜， 使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。
12 The prudent has seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
通達人見禍藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
13 Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, And pledge it for a strange woman.
誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外女作保，誰就承當。
14 Whoever is greeting his friend with a loud voice, Rising early in the morning, It is reckoned a light thing to him.
清晨起來，大聲給朋友祝福的， 就算是咒詛他。
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
大雨之日連連滴漏， 和爭吵的婦人一樣；
16 Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calls out.
想攔阻她的，便是攔阻風， 也是右手抓油。
17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來； 朋友相感也是如此。
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，必吃樹上的果子； 敬奉主人的，必得尊榮。
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
水中照臉，彼此相符； 人與人，心也相對。
陰間和滅亡永不滿足； 人的眼目也是如此。 (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金， 人的稱讚也試煉人。
22 If you beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly does not turn aside from off him.
你雖用杵將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中， 他的愚妄還是離不了他。
23 Know the face of your flock well, Set your heart to the droves,
你要詳細知道你羊群的景況， 留心料理你的牛群；
24 For riches [are] not for all time, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
因為資財不能永有， 冠冕豈能存到萬代？
25 The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, And the herbs of mountains gathered.
乾草割去，嫩草發現， 山上的菜蔬也被收斂。
26 Lambs [are] for your clothing, And the price of the field [are] male goats,
羊羔之毛是為你作衣服； 山羊是為作田地的價值，
27 And a sufficiency of goats’ milk [is] for your bread, For bread to your house, and life to your girls!
並有母山羊奶夠你吃， 也夠你的家眷吃， 且夠養你的婢女。
