Proverbs 26
1 Just [like] [SIM] [it is not appropriate for] snow [to fall] in summer time, or rain [to fall] at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.
夏天落雪，收割時下雨，都不相宜； 愚昧人得尊榮也是如此。
2 Like [SIM] birds that fly by [and do not alight/land on anything], if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you (do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong).
麻雀往來，燕子翻飛； 這樣，無故的咒詛也必不臨到。
3 It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey [to force them to go where we want them to go], and similarly [SIM] [it is often necessary to strike] foolish people with a stick [to cause them to do what is right].
鞭子是為打馬，轡頭是為勒驢； 刑杖是為打愚昧人的背。
4 If a foolish person asks a foolish question, [do not answer him], because [if you answer his question], you are just as foolish as he is.
不要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他， 恐怕你與他一樣。
5 If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is (not very wise/foolish).
要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他， 免得他自以為有智慧。
6 Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone [is himself doing something as foolish as] cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.
藉愚昧人手寄信的， 是砍斷自己的腳，自受損害。
7 A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly [SIM] [it is useless for] a foolish person to speak [MTY] (proverbs/wise sayings).
瘸子的腳空存無用； 箴言在愚昧人的口中也是如此。
8 Tying a stone in a sling [so that it cannot be thrown at a target] is [as foolish as] [SIM] honoring a foolish person.
將尊榮給愚昧人的， 好像人把石子包在機弦裏。
9 If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, [he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that] (OR, [he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand]); similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, [they do not help anyone who hears them].
箴言在愚昧人的口中， 好像荊棘刺入醉漢的手。
10 A man who shoots arrows [to try] to wound everybody who is near [is foolish]; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person [who passes by is very foolish].
雇愚昧人的，與雇過路人的， 就像射傷眾人的弓箭手。
11 A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is [like] [SIM] a dog returning to [eat] what it has vomited.
愚昧人行愚妄事，行了又行， 就如狗轉過來吃牠所吐的。
12 [God] can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
你見自以為有智慧的人嗎？ 愚昧人比他更有指望。
13 Lazy people [just stay inside their houses and do nothing]; [they keep] saying “[I think] there is a lion in the street!”
懶惰人說：道上有猛獅， 街上有壯獅。
14 A door [continually] swings back and forth on its hinges [and does not go anywhere]; similarly [SIM], lazy people [just continually turn over] in their beds [and never do anything].
門在樞紐轉動， 懶惰人在床上也是如此。
15 Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish [to get some food] but do not [even] lift the food up to their mouths.
懶惰人放手在盤子裏， 就是向口撤回也以為勞乏。
16 Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer [others’ questions] with good sense.
懶惰人看自己比七個善於應對的人更有智慧。
17 Anyone who (meddles/involves himself) in a quarrel that does not concern him is [as foolish as] [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
過路被事激動，管理不干己的爭競， 好像人揪住狗耳。
18 Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
人欺凌鄰舍，卻說： 我豈不是戲耍嗎？ 他就像瘋狂的人拋擲火把、利箭， 與殺人的兵器。
19 are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and [then] say, “I was only joking.”
20 If there is no [more] firewood [to put on the fire], the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who (gossip/tell people things that are not true), quarreling will end.
火缺了柴就必熄滅； 無人傳舌，爭競便止息。
21 [Putting] charcoal on burning coals or [putting] wood on a fire [causes the fire to keep burning]; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
好爭競的人煽惑爭端， 就如餘火加炭，火上加柴一樣。
22 People [enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like] [SIM] they enjoy tasty food; they [enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like] they enjoy swallowing tasty food.
傳舌人的言語，如同美食， 深入人的心腹。
23 People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a [cheap] clay pot.
火熱的嘴，奸惡的心， 好像銀渣包的瓦器。
24 Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning [to harm that person].
怨恨人的，用嘴粉飾， 心裏卻藏着詭詐；
25 When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that [Yahweh] hates.
他用甜言蜜語，你不可信他， 因為他心中有七樣可憎惡的。
26 They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate [that person], but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things [that they have done].
他雖用詭詐遮掩自己的怨恨， 他的邪惡必在會中顯露。
27 Those who dig a deep pit [for other people to fall into] will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down [to crush someone].
挖陷坑的，自己必掉在其中； 滾石頭的，石頭必反滾在他身上。
28 Those [MTY] who tell lies to others [really] hate them, and those who deceive [others] ruin them.
虛謊的舌恨他所壓傷的人； 諂媚的口敗壞人的事。
