Proverbs 11
1 Yahweh detests [people who use] scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with [those who use] correct weights on the scales.
詭詐的天平為耶和華所憎惡； 公平的法碼為他所喜悅。
2 [People who are] proud will [eventually] be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.
驕傲來，羞恥也來； 謙遜人卻有智慧。
3 [People who are] good are guided by [doing what is] honest; those who are not honest will be ruined because of the wrong things that they do.
正直人的純正必引導自己； 奸詐人的乖僻必毀滅自己。
4 [Your] money will not help [you] on the day that [God] judges [and punishes people]; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.
發怒的日子資財無益； 惟有公義能救人脫離死亡。
5 When people are honest and good, that will (direct their paths/show them what is right for them to do); but wicked [people will] experience disasters because of the evil things that they do.
完全人的義必指引他的路； 但惡人必因自己的惡跌倒。
6 [God] rescues/protects righteous [people] because they (are honest/do what is right), but those who (are treacherous/cannot be trusted) will be trapped because of their being greedy.
正直人的義必拯救自己； 奸詐人必陷在自己的罪孽中。
7 When wicked [people] die, they cannot confidently expect to receive anything [that is good]; they expect that [their money] will help/save them, but it will not.
惡人一死，他的指望必滅絕； 罪人的盼望也必滅沒。
8 [Yahweh] rescues righteous [people] from their troubles/difficulties; instead, it is the wicked who will have troubles.
義人得脫離患難， 有惡人來代替他。
9 Godless people can ruin others by what they say [MTY], but righteous [people will] be saved by [their (own] good sense/being wise).
不虔敬的人用口敗壞鄰舍； 義人卻因知識得救。
10 When things go well for righteous [people], [the people in] [MTY] their city are happy, and they shout joyfully when wicked [people] die.
義人享福，合城喜樂； 惡人滅亡，人都歡呼。
11 When righteous [people request God to] bless a city, that city will become great, but cities are ruined by what wicked [people] say [MTY].
城因正直人祝福便高舉， 卻因邪惡人的口就傾覆。
12 It is foolish to despise others; those who (have good sense/are wise) do not say anything [to criticize others].
藐視鄰舍的，毫無智慧； 明哲人卻靜默不言。
13 Those who (spread gossip/tell bad things about others) will tell your secrets [to others], but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets [to others].
往來傳舌的，洩漏密事； 心中誠實的，遮隱事情。
14 A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have [leaders] who guide it [wisely]; but if there are many [good] advisors, the nation remains secure.
無智謀，民就敗落； 謀士多，人便安居。
15 If you promise a stranger that you will pay his debt [if he cannot pay it himself], you will regret it. You will be safe if you refuse to guarantee that you will pay someone else’s debts.
為外人作保的，必受虧損； 恨惡擊掌的，卻得安穩。
16 [People] honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, [but that is all that they will get].
恩德的婦女得尊榮； 強暴的男子得資財。
17 Those who are kind benefit themselves [because others will be kind to them], but those who are cruel will hurt themselves [because others will be cruel to them].
仁慈的人善待自己； 殘忍的人擾害己身。
18 If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them [because they will not keep it for very long], but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded [by God forever].
惡人經營，得虛浮的工價； 撒義種的，得實在的果效。
19 Those who always do what is right will live [a long/happy life], but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live [very long].
恆心為義的，必得生命； 追求邪惡的，必致死亡。
20 Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
心中乖僻的，為耶和華所憎惡； 行事完全的，為他所喜悅。
21 It is certain that [Yahweh] will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape [from being punished].
惡人雖然連手，必不免受罰； 義人的後裔必得拯救。
22 [It is] ([unsuitable/not proper/disgusting]) for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like [SIM] [it is unsuitable/disgusting] for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.
婦女美貌而無見識， 如同金環帶在豬鼻上。
23 When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good [to them and to others], but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry.
義人的心願盡得好處； 惡人的指望致干忿怒。
24 Some people give [their money] generously [to poor people], but they become richer [in spite of that], and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor [in spite of that].
有施散的，卻更增添； 有吝惜過度的，反致窮乏。
25 Those who give generously [to others] will prosper; if you help others, [they/someone] will help you, too.
好施捨的，必得豐裕； 滋潤人的，必得滋潤。
26 People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain [and does not sell it], waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it [when people need it, even when the price is not high].
屯糧不賣的，民必咒詛他； 情願出賣的，人必為他祝福。
27 If you sincerely want to [do what is] right, [people] will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get.
懇切求善的，就求得恩惠； 惟獨求惡的，惡必臨到他身。
28 Those who trust in their money will [disappear like the] withered [leaves that fall from the trees], but righteous [people] will keep going strong, like green leaves [in the summer].
倚仗自己財物的，必跌倒； 義人必發旺，如青葉。
29 Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing [MET] [from them], and those who do foolish things [like that] will [some day] become the servants of wise [people].
擾害己家的，必承受清風； 愚昧人必作慧心人的僕人。
30 Those who live righteously will live [for a long time], but [those who act] violently will destroy [their own] lives (OR, those who are wise will have many people come and live with them).
義人所結的果子就是生命樹； 有智慧的，必能得人。
31 [Sometimes] righteous [people] are rewarded [here] on the earth, but it is much more certain that very wicked people [DOU] [will be rewarded by being punished].
看哪，義人在世尚且受報， 何況惡人和罪人呢？
