Proverbs 6
1 My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,
我兒，你如果為你的朋友作保，或為外人擊掌；
2 you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, [because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it]. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.
你如果為你口中說的話所連累，為你口中的言詞所束縛，
3 So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your [wealth: ] Humbly go to your friend and plead with him [to cancel the agreement]!
那麼，我兒，你既然已陷在你友人的手中，你就該逃脫，該這樣做：火速前去，央求你的友人，
4 Do not wait until tomorrow; [go immediately]! Do not rest until you [go and talk with him].
不要合上眼睛睡覺，也不要垂下眼瞼假寐，
5 Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter [or] like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
應急速解救自己，如羚羊掙脫羅網，飛鳥逃脫獵人的圈套。
6 You lazy individual, learn something from [watching] the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
懶漢，你去看看螞蟻，觀察牠的作風，便可得些智識：
7 They do not have a king or a governor or any [other] person who rules them [and forces them to work],
牠沒有領袖，沒有監督，沒有君王，
8 [but] they work hard [all] during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
但在夏天卻知準備食糧，在秋收時積貯養料。
9 [But], you lazy loafer, how long will you [continue to] sleep [RHQ]? Are you never going to get up from sleeping [and go to work]?
懶漢，你要睡到幾時，你幾時纔睡醒﹖「
10 You sleep a for a little time; [you say, “I will take] just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands [across your chest] and rest;
再睡片刻，再假寐片刻，再抱臂躺臥片刻! 」
11 and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.
這樣貧窮就要如同竊賊，困乏也要如同武士，向你侵襲。
12 [I will describe for you what] worthless and evil people [are like]. They constantly lie;
無賴與惡徒，行事滿口欺詐；
13 by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal [to their friends what they are intending/planning to do].
他以眼傳神，以腳示意，以手指東畫西。
14 They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.
他存心不良，常蓄意惹事生非。
15 But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
為此，他的喪亡必突然來臨，霎時間全被毀滅，無法挽救。
16 There are six, [maybe] seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. [They are]:
上主憎恨的事，共有六件，連他心裏最厭惡的事，共有七件：
17 People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
傲慢的眼睛，撒謊的舌頭，流無i辜者血的手，
18 people who plan to do evil deeds; people [SYN] who run quickly to do wrong things;
策劃陰謀的心，疾趨行惡的腳，
19 people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.
說謊的假見證，和在兄弟間搬弄事非的人。
20 My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
我兒，應堅守你父親的命令，不要放棄你母親的教訓；
21 Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be [like a beautiful necklace] around your neck.
應將二者常刻在你心中，繫在你的頸項上。
22 [If you follow our advice, it will be as though] what we have taught you [PRS] will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you.
她們在你行路時引領你，在你躺臥時看護你；在你醒來時與你交談。
23 These commands and what we teach you [will be like] a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having [a good] life.
因為父命是盞燈，母教是光明，嚴格的勸告是生命的道路，
24 Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from [listening to] the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
使你遠避惡意的女人，離開淫婦阿諛的言詞，
25 [Even] if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her (with her eyes/by the way she looks at you).
不讓你的心貪戀她的美色，不讓她的秋波迷惑你，
26 [Do not forget that] you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but [if you sleep with] another man’s wife, (it may cost you/you may lose) your life.
因為娼妓所求的只是一塊餅，有夫之婦卻獵取寶貴的生命。
27 Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned [RHQ]?
人豈能懷中藏火，而不燒毀自己的衣服﹖
28 Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet?
人豈能在火炭上行走，而不灼傷自己的腳﹖
29 [No]! And in the same way, anyone who (sleeps with/has sex with) another man’s wife will [suffer for doing that]. [He will certainly] [LIT] be punished severely.
與他人妻子通姦的人就是這樣：凡接近她的，必難免受罰。
30 We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry.
盜賊若因饑餓行竊以果腹，人都不鄙視他；
31 But [if he steals something and then] is caught [by the police], he will have to pay back (seven times as much as/much more than) he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house [to get enough money to pay it back].
但若被擒獲了，他仍須七倍償還，交出家中所有的財物。
32 [But] a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, [because] he is destroying his own self/soul [by what he is doing].
與婦人通姦的人，實屬愚眛，他這樣做，卻是毀滅自己。
33 [That woman’s husband] will wound him badly, and [other people] will despise him. His shame will never end.
他必遭受可恥的打擊，並且他的恥辱，永不得拭去，
34 Because that woman’s husband will (be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her), he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully [toward the man who slept with his wife].
因為妒火能激怒男人，使他在報復時，決不留情；
35 And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to (appease him/cause him to stop being angry).
任何的賠償，他都不理睬；即便你多送禮品，他也不肯罷休。
