Proverbs箴言-23－愛薇塔樂學英文

Proverbs箴言-23

23:1	[hb5]	你若與官長坐席、要留意在你面前的是誰。
	[kjv]	When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
	[bbe]	When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
23:2	[hb5]	你若是貪食的、就當拿刀放在喉嚨上。
	[kjv]	And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
	[bbe]	And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
23:3	[hb5]	不可貪戀他的美食、因為是哄人的食物。
	[kjv]	Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
	[bbe]	Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
23:4	[hb5]	不要勞碌求富、休仗自己的聰明。
	[kjv]	Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
	[bbe]	Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
23:5	[hb5]	你豈要定睛在虛無的錢財上麼．因錢財必長翅膀、如鷹向天飛去。
	[kjv]	Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
	[bbe]	Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
23:6	[hb5]	不要喫惡眼人的飯、也不要貪他的美味．
	[kjv]	Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
	[bbe]	Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
23:7	[hb5]	因為他心怎樣思量、他為人就是怎樣．他雖對你說、請喫、請喝、他的心卻與你相背。
	[kjv]	For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
	[bbe]	For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
23:8	[hb5]	你所喫的那點食物、必吐出來．你所說的甘美言語、也必落空。
	[kjv]	The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
	[bbe]	The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
23:9	[hb5]	你不要說話給愚昧人聽．因他必藐視你智慧的言語。
	[kjv]	Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
	[bbe]	Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
23:10	[hb5]	不可挪移古時的地界．也不可侵入孤兒的田地。
	[kjv]	Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
	[bbe]	Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
23:11	[hb5]	因他們的救贖主、大有能力．他必向你為他們辨屈。
	[kjv]	For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
	[bbe]	For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
23:12	[hb5]	你要留心領受訓誨。側耳聽從知識的言語。
	[kjv]	Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
	[bbe]	Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
23:13	[hb5]	不可不管教孩童、你用杖打他、他必不至於死。
	[kjv]	Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
	[bbe]	Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
23:14	[hb5]	你要用杖打他、就可以救他的靈魂免下陰間。
	[kjv]	Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
	[bbe]	Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
23:15	[hb5]	我兒、你心若存智慧、我的心也甚歡喜。
	[kjv]	My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
	[bbe]	My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
23:16	[hb5]	你的嘴若說正直話、我的心腸也必快樂。
	[kjv]	Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
	[bbe]	And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
23:17	[hb5]	你心中不要嫉妒罪人．只要終日敬畏耶和華。
	[kjv]	Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
	[bbe]	Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
23:18	[hb5]	因為至終必有善報．你的指望也不至斷絕。
	[kjv]	For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
	[bbe]	For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
23:19	[hb5]	我兒、你當聽、當存智慧、好在正道上引導你的心。
	[kjv]	Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
	[bbe]	Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
23:20	[hb5]	好飲酒的、好喫肉的、不要與他們來往。
	[kjv]	Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
	[bbe]	Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
23:21	[hb5]	因為好酒貪食的、必致貧窮．好睡覺的、必穿破爛衣服。
	[kjv]	For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
	[bbe]	For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
23:22	[hb5]	你要聽從生你的父親．你母親老了、也不可藐視他。
	[kjv]	Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
	[bbe]	Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
23:23	[hb5]	你當買真理．就是智慧、訓誨、和聰明、也都不可賣。
	[kjv]	Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
	[bbe]	Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
23:24	[hb5]	義人的父親、必大得快樂．人生智慧的兒子、必因他歡喜。
	[kjv]	The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
	[bbe]	The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
23:25	[hb5]	你要使父母歡喜．使生你的快樂。
	[kjv]	Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
	[bbe]	Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
23:26	[hb5]	我兒、要將你的心歸我．你的眼目、也要喜悅我的道路。
	[kjv]	My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
	[bbe]	My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
23:27	[hb5]	妓女是深坑．外女是窄阱．
	[kjv]	For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
	[bbe]	For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
23:28	[hb5]	他埋伏好像強盜、他使人中多有奸詐的。
	[kjv]	She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
	[bbe]	Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
23:29	[hb5]	誰有禍患、誰有憂愁、誰有爭鬥、誰有哀歎、〔或作怨言〕誰無故受傷、誰眼目紅赤、
	[kjv]	Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
	[bbe]	Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
23:30	[hb5]	就是那流連飲酒、常去尋找調和酒的人。
	[kjv]	They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
	[bbe]	Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
23:31	[hb5]	酒發紅、在杯中閃爍、你不可觀看、雖然下咽舒暢、終久是咬你如蛇、刺你如毒蛇。
	[kjv]	Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
	[bbe]	Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
23:32	[hb5]	見上節
	[kjv]	At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
	[bbe]	In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
23:33	[hb5]	你眼必看見異怪的事。〔異怪的事或作淫婦〕你心必發出乖謬的話．
	[kjv]	Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
	[bbe]	Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
23:34	[hb5]	你必像躺在海中、或像臥在桅杆上．
	[kjv]	Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
	[bbe]	Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
23:35	[hb5]	你必說、人打我我卻未受傷、人鞭打我我竟不覺得、我幾時清醒、我仍去尋酒。
	[kjv]	They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
	[bbe]	They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.