Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
你若與官長坐席， 要留意在你面前的是誰。
2 And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
你若是貪食的， 就當拿刀放在喉嚨上。
3 Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
不可貪戀他的美食， 因為是哄人的食物。
4 Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
不要勞碌求富， 休仗自己的聰明。
5 Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
你豈要定睛在虛無的錢財上嗎？ 因錢財必長翅膀，如鷹向天飛去。
6 Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
不要吃惡眼人的飯， 也不要貪他的美味；
7 For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.
因為他心怎樣思量， 他為人就是怎樣。 他雖對你說，請吃，請喝， 他的心卻與你相背。
8 As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
你所吃的那點食物必吐出來； 你所說的甘美言語也必落空。
9 In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.
你不要說話給愚昧人聽， 因他必藐視你智慧的言語。
10 Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
不可挪移古時的地界， 也不可侵入孤兒的田地；
11 For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
因他們的救贖主大有能力， 他必向你為他們辨屈。
12 Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
你要留心領受訓誨， 側耳聽從知識的言語。
13 Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
不可不管教孩童； 你用杖打他，他必不至於死。
你要用杖打他， 就可以救他的靈魂免下陰間。 (Sheol h7585)
15 My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
我兒，你心若存智慧， 我的心也甚歡喜。
16 So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
你的嘴若說正直話， 我的心腸也必快樂。
17 Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
你心中不要嫉妒罪人， 只要終日敬畏耶和華；
18 For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
因為至終必有善報， 你的指望也不致斷絕。
19 Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
我兒，你當聽，當存智慧， 好在正道上引導你的心。
20 Do not be among them who tipple with wine, —among them who are gluttons;
好飲酒的，好吃肉的， 不要與他們來往；
21 For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
因為好酒貪食的，必致貧窮； 好睡覺的，必穿破爛衣服。
22 Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.
你要聽從生你的父親； 你母親老了，也不可藐視她。
23 Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
你當買真理； 就是智慧、訓誨，和聰明也都不可賣。
24 Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
義人的父親必大得快樂； 人生智慧的兒子，必因他歡喜。
25 Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.
你要使父母歡喜， 使生你的快樂。
26 Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
我兒，要將你的心歸我； 你的眼目也要喜悅我的道路。
27 For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
妓女是深坑； 外女是窄阱。
28 Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.
她埋伏好像強盜； 她使人中多有奸詐的。
29 Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?
誰有禍患？誰有憂愁？ 誰有爭鬥？誰有哀歎？ 誰無故受傷？誰眼目紅赤？
30 They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.
就是那流連飲酒、 常去尋找調和酒的人。
31 Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
酒發紅，在杯中閃爍， 你不可觀看， 雖然下咽舒暢， 終久是咬你如蛇，刺你如毒蛇。
32 Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
33 Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
你眼必看見異怪的事； 你心必發出乖謬的話。
34 So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, —or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:
你必像躺在海中， 或像臥在桅杆上。
35 They smote me—I felt no pain, They struck me down—I noticed it not, —When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!
你必說：人打我，我卻未受傷； 人鞭打我，我竟不覺得。 我幾時清醒，我仍去尋酒。
