Proverbs 24
1 Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
你不要妒忌作惡的人，不要希求與他們共處；
2 because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
因為他們的心靈，只圖謀不軌；他們的嘴唇，只講論是非。
3 People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
因著智慧，家庭得以興建；因著明智，家庭得以穩定。
4 By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
各種珍奇可愛的寶物，因著智識可儲藏滿室。
5 Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
智慧人勝於壯士，明智人強於勇士；
6 Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
因為作戰須有智謀，勝利在於謀士眾多。
7 Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
為愚昧的人，智慧太高妙；他在城門口，只好不開口。
8 Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
籌劃作惡的人，可稱為陰險家。
9 It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
愚人的計謀只是罪惡；狂妄的人為人所憎惡。
10 If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
你若萎靡不振，到災難的日子，必然氣竭力盡。
11 [If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
被帶去受死的人，你應拯救他；行將被殺戮的人，你要挽救他。
12 If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
或許你要說：「看! 我全不知道! 」難道那權衡人心的能不明瞭﹖難道監察你心靈的能不知道﹖他必按每人的作為還報每人。
13 My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
我兒，你要吃蜜，因為蜜好；蜂房的蜜，香甜可口。
14 Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
對你的靈魂，智慧也是這樣：你找得了她，必有好前途；你所希望的，決不會落空。
15 Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
惡惡人對義人的家，不要圖謀不軌；對他的住所，不要加以破壞；
16 [Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
因為義人雖七次跌倒，仍然要起來；但是惡人一失足，必陷禍患中。
17 Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
你的仇人跌倒，且不要高興；他若失足摔倒，且不要心喜；
18 because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
免得上主看見而不快，因而撤消對他的忿怒。
19 Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
對作惡的人，你不要動怒；對乖戾之徒，也不必嫉妒；
20 because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
因為惡人終沒有好前途，惡人的燈必要熄滅。
21 My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
我兒，上主和君王，你都要敬畏；對他們二者，皆不可觸怒；
22 because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
因為他們的懲罰可突然而至；他們的摧殘，有誰能知曉﹖
23 Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
以下是智者的箴言：在判案時，顧及情面，決不公平。
24 If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
誰對惡人說：「你是正義的。」人民必罵他，百姓必恨他。
25 but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
按公道加罰的，必事事順遂；美好的祝福，必臨於其身。
26 Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
應答適宜的人，宛如與人接吻。
27 First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
你要先在外經營好事業，在田間將工作準備停當，然後纔可建立你的家室。
28 [In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
不要輕易作證，反對你的近人；也不要以你的口舌，欺騙他人。
29 Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
不可說：「人怎樣待我，我怎樣待人；照人之所行，我向他還報。」
30 One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
我走過懶惰人的田地，經過愚昧人的葡萄園：
31 I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
看，到處是荊棘，滿地是蒺黎，石牆也倒了!
32 When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
我看了，便心下自思；我見了，取得了教訓：「
33 [If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
再睡片刻，再假寐片刻，再抱臂躺臥片刻」──
34 [soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
這樣，貧窮就要如同竊賊，困乏也要如同武士，向你侵襲。
