Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
酒能使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧嚷； 凡因酒错误的，就无智慧。
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
王的威吓如同狮子吼叫； 惹动他怒的，是自害己命。
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
远离纷争是人的尊荣； 愚妄人都爱争闹。
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
人心怀藏谋略，好像深水， 惟明哲人才能汲引出来。
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
人多述说自己的仁慈， 但忠信人谁能遇着呢？
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
行为纯正的义人， 他的子孙是有福的！
8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
王坐在审判的位上， 以眼目驱散诸恶。
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
谁能说，我洁净了我的心， 我脱净了我的罪？
10 Differing weights, and differing measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
两样的法码，两样的升斗， 都为耶和华所憎恶。
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
孩童的动作是清洁，是正直， 都显明他的本性。
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
能听的耳，能看的眼， 都是耶和华所造的。
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
不要贪睡，免致贫穷； 眼要睁开，你就吃饱。
14 It is nothing, it is nothing, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
买物的说：不好，不好； 及至买去，他便自夸。
15 There is gold, and an abundance of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
有金子和许多珍珠， 惟有知识的嘴乃为贵重的珍宝。
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for an adulteress.
谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服； 谁为外人作保，谁就要承当。
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
以虚谎而得的食物，人觉甘甜； 但后来，他的口必充满尘沙。
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
计谋都凭筹算立定； 打仗要凭智谋。
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
往来传舌的，泄漏密事； 大张嘴的，不可与他结交。
20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
咒骂父母的，他的灯必灭， 变为漆黑的黑暗。
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
起初速得的产业， 终久却不为福。
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
你不要说，我要以恶报恶； 要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。
23 Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
两样的法码为耶和华所憎恶； 诡诈的天平也为不善。
24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
人的脚步为耶和华所定； 人岂能明白自己的路呢？
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
人冒失说，这是圣物， 许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
智慧的王簸散恶人， 用碌碡滚轧他们。
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
人的灵是耶和华的灯， 鉴察人的心腹。
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
王因仁慈和诚实得以保全他的国位， 也因仁慈立稳。
29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
强壮乃少年人的荣耀； 白发为老年人的尊荣。
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
鞭伤除净人的罪恶； 责打能入人的心腹。
