Proverbs 30
1 Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.
瑪薩人雅刻之子阿古爾的格言，即他給依提耳、給依提耳和烏加耳的斷語：
2 For I am more brutish than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.
我比誰都愚蠢，沒有人的才智。
3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet I know the knowledge of the Holy Ones.
我從來沒有學得智慧，致能通曉聖者的知識。
4 Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His Name? And what [is] His Son’s Name? Surely you know!
誰曾上升過天而又降下﹖誰能將風收集在手中﹖誰能將水聚集在大衣內﹖誰為這大地立定了邊界﹖他叫什麼名字﹖其子姓甚名誰﹖你知道嗎﹖
5 Every saying of God [is] tried, He [is] a shield to those trusting in Him.
天主的每一句話，都是經火精煉的；凡托庇於他的人，他必要作其護盾。
6 Do not add to His words, lest He reason with you, And you have been found false.
對他所說的話，不可加添什麼；免得他指責你，證明你在說謊。
7 Two things I have asked from You, Do not withhold from me before I die.
我求你兩件事，在我未死以前，請不要拒絕我：
8 Put vanity and a lying word far from me, Do not give poverty or wealth to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
令虛偽和欺詐遠離我，貧乏或富裕勿賜與我，只供予我必需的食糧，
9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the Name of my God.
免得我吃飽了，背叛你說：「誰是上主﹖」或是過於貧乏，因而行竊，加辱我天主的名。
10 Do not accuse a servant to his lord, Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
別在主人前，誹謗他的奴僕，怕他咒罵你，你就不免受罰。
11 A generation lightly esteems their father, And does not bless their mother.
有一種人，咒罵父親；自己母親，也不祝福。
12 A generation—pure in their own eyes, But not washed from their own filth.
有一種人，自視清高；自身污穢，卻不洗滌。
13 A generation—how high are their eyes, Indeed, their eyelids are lifted up.
有一種人，眼睛傲慢，目空一切。
14 A generation—their teeth [are] swords, And their jaw-teeth [are] knives, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men.
有一種人，牙如利劍，齒如快刀，地上弱小，人間貧民，吞食一空。
15 To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said “Sufficiency”;
水蛭有兩個女兒，常說「給我! 給我! 」不知足的東西，共有三樣，總不說「夠了」的，共有四樣：
16 Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth—it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire—it has not said, “Sufficiency,” (Sheol h7585)
即陰府、荒胎、總飲不足水的地，和總不說「夠了」的火。 (Sheol h7585)
17 An eye that mocks at a father, And despises to obey a mother, Ravens of the valley dig it out, And young eagles eat it.
誰嘲笑父親，或輕視年老的母親，願他的眼睛，被谷中的烏鴉啄去，為小鷹所食。
18 Three things have been too wonderful for me, Indeed, four that I have not known:
令我稱奇的事，共有三樣，連我不明瞭的，共有四樣：
19 The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
即鷹在天空飛翔的道，蛇在岩石爬行的道，船在海中航行的道，以及男女交合之道。
20 So—the way of an adulterous woman, She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”
淫婦的作風是這樣：她吃了後，抹抹口說：「我並沒有為非作歹。」
21 For three things has earth been troubled, And for four—it is not able to bear:
使地戰慄的事，共有三樣，連不可容忍的，共有四樣：
22 For a servant when he reigns, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
即奴隸為王，愚人飽食，
23 For a hated one when she rules, And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.
醜女出嫁，婢女當家。
24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
地上的小動物中，有四種極其聰明：
25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare their food in summer,
螞蟻是無力的一群，卻在夏日儲備食糧；
26 hyraxes [are] a people not strong, And they place their house in a rock,
岩貍是無能的一群，卻在岩石中築巢穴；
27 There is no king to the locust, And it goes out—each one shouting,
蝗虫雖然沒有君王，卻知一齊列隊出發；
28 A spider with two hands takes hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
壁虎能用手來捕捉，卻經常出入於皇宮。
29 There are three going well, Indeed, four are good in going:
舉止昂然之物，共有三樣，連威儀赫赫的，共有四樣：
30 An old lion—mighty among beasts, That does not turn back from the face of any,
即獸中稱雄的獅子，面臨一切從不退縮；
31 A girt one of the loins, Also a male goat, And a king—troops with him.
獨步雞群中的雄雞，開頭領隊的公山羊，和檢閱人民的君王。
32 If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, And if you have devised evil—hand to mouth!
你一時糊塗，高舉了自己，當你反省時，應以手掩口；
33 For the churning of milk brings out butter, And the wringing of the nose brings out blood, And the forcing of anger brings out strife!
因為攪動乳汁，可出奶油；用力扭鼻，可流鮮血；激起憤怒，必生爭端。
