Proverbs 10
1 These [are more] proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.
智慧的兒子使父親喜樂；愚昧的兒子，使母親憂愁。
2 Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you; but by living righteously you will live for (a long time/many years).
不義之財，毫無益處；惟有正義，救人脫免死亡。
3 Yahweh does not allow righteous [people] to starve, but he will prevent wicked [people] from getting what they want.
上主不忍義人受飢，卻使惡人大失所望。
4 Lazy people [soon] become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
游手好閒，使人貧窮；勤奮工作，使人富有。
5 Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep [and not work] during harvest time.
夏季貯蓄的，是明智的孩童；秋收酣睡的是無恥的兒子。
6 Righteous [people will] be blessed [by God]; [the nice things] that wicked [people] say [MTY] [sometimes] conceal the fact that they [are planning to] act violently.
上主的祝福在義人頭上，災禍卻使惡人啞口無言。
7 After righteous [people die], other people are blessed as they remember [what those people did before they died]; but we will soon forget wicked people [MTY] after they die.
義人受人懷念祝福，惡人卻必身敗名裂。
8 Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
心靈智慧的人，必接受命令；饒舌的愚的人，必自招喪亡。
9 Honest people will be safe, but [others] (OR, God) will find out those who are dishonest.
走正路的，行路穩妥；走邪路的，終必敗露。
10 Those who signal with their eyes [that they are about to do something that is wrong] cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful.
暗中擠眼的人，必引人煩惱；坦然規勸的人，必促進和平。
11 What righteous [people] say [MTY] is [like] a fountain that (gives life/enables people to live many years) [MET], but what wicked [people] say [MTY] hides [the fact] that they intend to act violently.
義人的口，是生命的泉源；惡人的口，是殘暴的淵藪。
12 When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them [for the wrong things that they do].
仇恨引起爭端，愛情遮掩一切過失。
13 Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.
有見識的口唇上，可找著智慧；棍杖只是為打缺乏智慧者的脊背。
14 Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.
智慧的人，隱諱自己的學問；愚昧人的口，招致逼近的喪亡。
15 The wealth that rich people have [protects them like a city is protected by a] strong wall around it [MET], but people who are poor suffer much [because they have no one to help them].
富人的財富，是他自己的堅城；窮人的零落，卻是他們的貧乏。
16 If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, [but] all that sinful people gain is to sin more.
義人的薪金，用以維持生活；惡人的收入，卻只用來犯罪。
17 Those who pay attention when others try to (correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong) will live (happily/for many years); but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
誰遵守勸告，必走向生命之路；誰輕視規勸，必自誤入迷途。
18 Those who will not admit that they hate [others] are liars, and those who slander [others] are foolish.
撒謊的唇舌，必暗藏仇恨；散播謠言的，必是愚昧人。
19 When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot [by what they say]; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much.
多言難免無過，明智的人必約束自己的唇舌。
20 What righteous/good [people] say [MTY] is [as valuable as] pure silver [MET]; what wicked [people] think is worthless.
義人的舌，貴若純金；惡人的心，賤似草芥。
21 What righteous [people] say [MTY] benefits many [people], but foolish people die because of the stupid [things that they do].
義人的唇舌教育群眾，愚人必因缺乏心智而死亡。
22 Yahweh blesses [some people] by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad).
使人致富的，是上主的祝福；營營的辛勞，卻無補於事。
23 Foolish people (have fun/enjoy) doing what is wrong, but wise/sensible people enjoy doing what is wise.
愚昧人樂於作惡，明哲人樂於求智。
24 Righteous [people] will get the good things that they want/desire, but what wicked [people] are afraid of is what will happen to them.
惡人畏懼的，反向他侵襲；義人的希望，終獲得應允。
25 When storms come, the wicked will (be blown away/never be safe), but righteous [people will] be safe forever.
暴風雨一過，惡人不復存在；義人卻根深蒂固。
26 We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, [just] like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.
懶漢之於派遣他的人，就如醋之於牙，煙之於目。
27 If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked [people] die before they become old.
敬畏上主，將延年益壽；惡人的歲月，必要短縮。
28 Righteous [people] confidently expect [that good things will happen to them], and that causes them to be happy/joyful; but when wicked [people] confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.
義人的期待，終歸是喜樂；惡人的希望，終歸是失望。
29 Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil.
上主的道路，是正人君子的保障；為作惡的人，卻是滅亡。
30 Righteous [people] will always be secure [LIT], but wicked people will be removed from their land (OR, from this earth).
義人永不會動搖，惡人決不會久留地上。
31 Righteous people [MTY] say things that are wise, but [God] will shut the mouths of people [MTY] who say what is not true.
義人的口，散播智慧；邪惡的舌，必被剷除。
32 Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked [people] [MTY] are [constantly] saying things that are not true.
義人的唇，常吐雅言；惡人的口，只說邪惡。
