Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
不要為明日自誇， 因為一日要生何事，你尚且不能知道。
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.
要別人誇獎你，不可用口自誇； 等外人稱讚你，不可用嘴自稱。
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than both.
石頭重，沙土沉， 愚妄人的惱怒比這兩樣更重。
4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
忿怒為殘忍，怒氣為狂瀾， 惟有嫉妒，誰能敵得住呢？
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
當面的責備強如背地的愛情。
6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠； 仇敵連連親嘴卻是多餘。
7 The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
人吃飽了，厭惡蜂房的蜜； 人飢餓了，一切苦物都覺甘甜。
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
人離本處飄流， 好像雀鳥離窩遊飛。
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
膏油與香料使人心喜悅； 朋友誠實的勸教也是如此甘美。
10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.
你的朋友和父親的朋友， 你都不可離棄。 你遭難的日子，不要上弟兄的家去； 相近的鄰舍強如遠方的弟兄。
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
我兒，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心歡喜， 使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。
12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
通達人見禍藏躲； 愚蒙人前往受害。
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服； 誰為外女作保，誰就承當。
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
清晨起來，大聲給朋友祝福的， 就算是咒詛他。
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
大雨之日連連滴漏， 和爭吵的婦人一樣；
16 Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
想攔阻她的，便是攔阻風， 也是右手抓油。
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來； 朋友相感也是如此。
18 He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
看守無花果樹的，必吃樹上的果子； 敬奉主人的，必得尊榮。
19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
水中照臉，彼此相符； 人與人，心也相對。
陰間和滅亡永不滿足； 人的眼目也是如此。 (Sheol h7585)
21 [As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金， 人的稱讚也試煉人。
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
你雖用杵將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中， 他的愚妄還是離不了他。
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
你要詳細知道你羊群的景況， 留心料理你的牛群；
24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
因為資財不能永有， 冠冕豈能存到萬代？
25 The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
乾草割去，嫩草發現， 山上的菜蔬也被收斂。
26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
羊羔之毛是為你作衣服； 山羊是為作田地的價值，
27 And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy maidens.
並有母山羊奶夠你吃， 也夠你的家眷吃， 且夠養你的婢女。
