Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
智慧的兒子使父親喜樂；愚昧的兒子，使母親憂愁。
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
不義之財，毫無益處；惟有正義，救人脫免死亡。
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
上主不忍義人受飢，卻使惡人大失所望。
4 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
游手好閒，使人貧窮；勤奮工作，使人富有。
5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
夏季貯蓄的，是明智的孩童；秋收酣睡的是無恥的兒子。
6 Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
上主的祝福在義人頭上，災禍卻使惡人啞口無言。
7 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.
義人受人懷念祝福，惡人卻必身敗名裂。
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
心靈智慧的人，必接受命令；饒舌的愚的人，必自招喪亡。
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
走正路的，行路穩妥；走邪路的，終必敗露。
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
暗中擠眼的人，必引人煩惱；坦然規勸的人，必促進和平。
11 The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
義人的口，是生命的泉源；惡人的口，是殘暴的淵藪。
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
仇恨引起爭端，愛情遮掩一切過失。
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
有見識的口唇上，可找著智慧；棍杖只是為打缺乏智慧者的脊背。
14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
智慧的人，隱諱自己的學問；愚昧人的口，招致逼近的喪亡。
15 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
富人的財富，是他自己的堅城；窮人的零落，卻是他們的貧乏。
16 The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
義人的薪金，用以維持生活；惡人的收入，卻只用來犯罪。
17 He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
誰遵守勸告，必走向生命之路；誰輕視規勸，必自誤入迷途。
18 He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
撒謊的唇舌，必暗藏仇恨；散播謠言的，必是愚昧人。
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that restraineth his lips [is] wise.
多言難免無過，明智的人必約束自己的唇舌。
20 The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
義人的舌，貴若純金；惡人的心，賤似草芥。
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
義人的唇舌教育群眾，愚人必因缺乏心智而死亡。
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
使人致富的，是上主的祝福；營營的辛勞，卻無補於事。
23 [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
愚昧人樂於作惡，明哲人樂於求智。
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
惡人畏懼的，反向他侵襲；義人的希望，終獲得應允。
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
暴風雨一過，惡人不復存在；義人卻根深蒂固。
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
懶漢之於派遣他的人，就如醋之於牙，煙之於目。
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
敬畏上主，將延年益壽；惡人的歲月，必要短縮。
28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
義人的期待，終歸是喜樂；惡人的希望，終歸是失望。
29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
上主的道路，是正人君子的保障；為作惡的人，卻是滅亡。
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
義人永不會動搖，惡人決不會久留地上。
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
義人的口，散播智慧；邪惡的舌，必被剷除。
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.
義人的唇，常吐雅言；惡人的口，只說邪惡。
