Proverbs 13
1 Children who are wise (pay attention/heed it) when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them [for their bad behavior].
智慧之子，聽從父親的教訓；輕狂的人，不聽任何人規勸。
2 Good people are rewarded [IDM] for the good things [MET] that they say, but those who desire to deceive others are [very] eager to act violently.
義人必飽嘗自己口舌的果實，惡人的慾望只有飽食強暴。
3 Those who are [very] careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life; those who talk (without thinking/too much) will ruin themselves.
謹口慎言，方能自保性命；信口開河，終必自取滅亡。
4 People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.
懶人雖常盼望，卻一無所得；勤勞的人，卻常如願以償。
5 Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do (is very disgraceful/stinks) [DOU].
義人憎惡謊言，惡人令人可憎可惡。
6 The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful [behavior will] ruin wicked people.
正義保衛行為正直的人，邪惡卻使罪人滅亡。
7 Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.
有人自充富人，其實一貧如洗；有人佯作窮人，其實腰纏萬貫。
8 Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, [with the result that they will be protected, not killed], but poor people [do not have to worry about that because] no one threatens to kill them.
富人的錢財只是性命的贖價，窮人卻沒有這樣的威脅。
9 Righteous [people] are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked [people] are like [MET] a lamp that will [soon] be extinguished.
義人的光明，必要高升；惡人的燈火，勢必熄滅。
10 [People] who are arrogant/proud [always] cause strife; those who are wise ask [other people] for good advice.
傲慢只有引起爭端，虛心受教的人纔有智慧。
11 Those who acquire a lot of money quickly [by doing what is wrong, probably] will lose it [quickly], but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase.
儻來之物，容易消逝；經久積存，日漸增多。
12 When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, (it causes them to despair/they become very sad); but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that [will be like a tree] [MET] [whose fruit gives you] life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).
希望遲不兌現，令人心神煩惱；願望獲得滿足，像株生命樹。
13 Those who despise [the good] advice [that others give them] are bringing ruin on themselves; those who pay attention to that advice will (be secure/succeed).
誰輕視法令，必遭滅亡；誰敬畏誡命，必得安全。
14 What wise [people] teach is [like] a fountain whose [water] gives life [MET]; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
智慧人的教訓是生命的泉源，人可賴以脫免死亡的羅網。
15 [People] respect those who have good sense, but those who cannot be trusted are on the road to being ruined/destroyed (OR, will have a lot of difficulties/troubles).
明哲的規勸，使人蒙恩，殘暴人的舉止，粗魯蠻橫。
16 Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show [by what they say and do] that they are foolish.
精明的人，常按理智行事；愚昧的人，只自誇其糊塗。
17 Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully [deliver their messages] cause people to act peacefully.
奸妄的使者，使人陷於災禍；忠誠的使者，給人帶來安和。
18 Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; [people] respect those who accept it when they are rebuked [for their bad behavior].
拒絕規勸的，必遭貧苦羞辱；接受懲戒的，反要受人尊敬。
19 It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil.
願望獲得滿足，能使心靈愉快；遠離邪惡，卻為愚昧人所深惡。
20 Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who (are close friends of/associate with) foolish people will (regret it/be ruined).
與智慧人往來，可成智慧人；與愚昧人作伴，必受其連累。
21 Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous [people].
惡運追蹤罪人，義人卻得善報。
22 When good people [die], their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners [die], the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous [people].
善人為子子孫孫留下產業，罪人的財富是為義人積蓄。
23 [Sometimes] poor [people’s] fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
窮人開墾的田地，生產大量食物；誰若缺乏正義，定不免於滅亡。
24 Those who do not punish their children [for bad behavior] do not [really] love them; those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.
不肯使用棍杖的人，實是恨自己的兒子；真愛兒子的人，必時加以懲罰。
25 Righteous [people] have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked [people] [SYN] are [always] empty.
義人必得飽食，惡人無以果腹。
