Proverbs 20
1 Drinking a lot of wine or [other] strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated.
酒能使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧嚷； 凡因酒错误的，就无智慧。
2 Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
王的威吓如同狮子吼叫； 惹动他怒的，是自害己命。
3 [People] respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people [love to] quarrel.
远离纷争是人的尊荣； 愚妄人都爱争闹。
4 [If] a lazy man does not plow [his fields at the right/proper time], he will look for [crops] at harvest [time], but there will be nothing there.
懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种， 到收割的时候，他必讨饭而无所得。
5 [Just] as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.
人心怀藏谋略，好像深水， 惟明哲人才能汲引出来。
6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted [to do what they say that they will do], but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
人多述说自己的仁慈， 但忠信人谁能遇着呢？
7 If parents conduct their lives as they should, [God] blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate).
行为纯正的义人， 他的子孙是有福的！
8 A king who sits on his throne to judge people can [easily] [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
王坐在审判的位上， 以眼目驱散诸恶。
9 There is no one [RHQ] who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have (gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful).”
谁能说，我洁净了我的心， 我脱净了我的罪？
10 Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
两样的法码，两样的升斗， 都为耶和华所憎恶。
11 Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether (what they do/their behavior) is honest and right [or not].
孩童的动作是清洁，是正直， 都显明他的本性。
12 Two of the things that Yahweh has created [for us] are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
能听的耳，能看的眼， 都是耶和华所造的。
13 If you want to sleep [all the time], you will become poor; if you stay awake [and work], you will have plenty of food.
不要贪睡，免致贫穷； 眼要睁开，你就吃饱。
14 People [look at things that they are about] to buy, [and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they] say, “(It is no good/It is poor quality),” but [after they buy it], they go and boast [about having bought it for a cheap price].
买物的说：不好，不好； 及至买去，他便自夸。
15 Gold and precious stones are [valuable], but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
有金子和许多珍珠， 惟有知识的嘴乃为贵重的珍宝。
16 If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it [DOU], [you deserve to] have someone take your coat from you.
谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服； 谁为外人作保，谁就要承当。
17 People [may] think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later [they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy] eating gravel/sand.
以虚谎而得的食物，人觉甘甜； 但后来，他的口必充满尘沙。
18 When people give you good advice, [if you do what they suggest], your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
计谋都凭筹算立定； 打仗要凭智谋。
19 Those who go around telling gossip are [always] telling secrets to [others]; so stay away from people who foolishly talk [too much].
往来传舌的，泄漏密事； 大张嘴的，不可与他结交。
20 If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, [just] like a lamp is extinguished.
咒骂父母的，他的灯必灭， 变为漆黑的黑暗。
21 If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
起初速得的产业， 终久却不为福。
22 Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh [to do something about it], and he will (help you/[do what is right]).
你不要说，我要以恶报恶； 要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。
23 Yahweh detests [those who use] dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
两样的法码为耶和华所憎恶； 诡诈的天平也为不善。
24 Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so (how can we (understand/know) what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot (understand/know) what will happen before it happens.) [RHQ]
人的脚步为耶和华所定； 人岂能明白自己的路呢？
25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.
人冒失说，这是圣物， 许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。
26 Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
智慧的王簸散恶人， 用碌碡滚轧他们。
27 Our consciences are [like] lamps that Yahweh [has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking] [MET]; they reveal what is hidden deep in our (minds/inner beings).
人的灵是耶和华的灯， 鉴察人的心腹。
28 Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
王因仁慈和诚实得以保全他的国位， 也因仁慈立稳。
29 We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.
强壮乃少年人的荣耀； 白发为老年人的尊荣。
30 When we are beaten or whipped, it [can] cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us [by punishing us], it [can] cause our behavior to become good.
鞭伤除净人的罪恶； 责打能入人的心腹。
