Proverbs 28
1 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
惡人無人追蹤，仍然竄逃；義人安然自得，有如雄獅。
2 By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.
由於國家的罪，領袖時有更迭；惟賴明哲之士，邦國方能久存。
3 A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
欺壓弱小的惡霸，有如沖沒穀糧的暴雨。
4 Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
違法的人，稱揚敗類；守法的人，與之為敵。
5 Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
作惡的人，不明瞭正義；尋求上主的，卻全洞識。
6 Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
為人正直的窮人，勝於行為邪僻的富人。
7 Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
遵守法律的，是智慧之子；交結蕩子的，是取辱己父。
8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
誰放貸取利增加己產，是為憐恤貧乏者積蓄。
9 Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
對於法律，人若充耳不聞，他的祈禱，也為上主所惡。
10 Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
勾引正直的人走上邪路的，必落在自己所掘的坑內；但正直的人仍能繼承幸福。
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
富貴的人，自認為有智慧，聰明的窮人一眼即看穿。
12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
義人獲勝，群情歡騰；惡霸當道，人人走避。
13 Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
文過飾非的，必不會順利；認錯悔改的，將蒙受憐憫。
14 O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
常戒慎的人，必蒙祝福；心硬如鐵者，必遭災禍。
15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
暴君欺凌貧窮弱小，有如咆哮怒獅，飢餓野熊。
16 A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
無知的昏君，必橫行霸道；憎恨貪婪的，將延年益壽。
17 A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
身負血債者，雖逃至死地，也無人搭救。
18 Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
行走正路的，必安然無恙；愛走曲徑的，必墮入陷阱。
19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
自耕其地的，必常得飽食；追求虛幻的，必飽嘗貧苦。
20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
忠誠篤實的人，將滿渥福祉；急於致富的人，將難免無過。
21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
顧及人的情面，原非一件好事；但為一片麵包，人卻陷身不義。
22 Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
眼睛貪婪的人，匆匆急於致富；豈知貧乏窮困，即將臨他身上!
23 Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
責斥他人的，終比奉承的，更得人愛戴。
24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
向自己父母行竊，卻說「這並不是罪，」與強盜是同路人。
25 Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
貪得無厭的人，必引起爭端；信賴上主的人，必心安理得。
26 Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
自恃聰明的，實是糊塗人；行事智慧的，必安全無恙。
27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
樂施濟貧的，決不會匱乏；視若無睹的，必飽受咒罵。
28 In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
惡霸當道，人人走避；惡霸滅亡，義人興旺。
