箴言 6
1 我儿，你若为朋友作保， 替外人击掌，
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, —have struck for a stranger thy hands,
2 你就被口中的话语缠住， 被嘴里的言语捉住。
Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, —thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.
3 我儿，你既落在朋友手中， 就当这样行才可救自己： 你要自卑，去恳求你的朋友。
Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;
4 不要容你的眼睛睡觉； 不要容你的眼皮打盹。
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
5 要救自己，如鹿脱离猎户的手， 如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
6 懒惰人哪， 你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧。
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
7 蚂蚁没有元帅， 没有官长，没有君王，
Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,
8 尚且在夏天预备食物， 在收割时聚敛粮食。
Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
9 懒惰人哪，你要睡到几时呢？ 你何时睡醒呢？
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
10 再睡片时，打盹片时， 抱着手躺卧片时，
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: —
11 你的贫穷就必如强盗速来， 你的缺乏仿佛拿兵器的人来到。
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
12 无赖的恶徒， 行动就用乖僻的口，
An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;
13 用眼传神， 用脚示意， 用指点划，
Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;
14 心中乖僻， 常设恶谋， 布散纷争。
[Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
15 所以，灾难必忽然临到他身； 他必顷刻败坏，无法可治。
For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.
16 耶和华所恨恶的有六样， 连他心所憎恶的共有七样：
These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: —
17 就是高傲的眼， 撒谎的舌， 流无辜人血的手，
Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;
18 图谋恶计的心， 飞跑行恶的脚，
A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
19 吐谎言的假见证， 并弟兄中布散纷争的人。
One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
20 我儿，要谨守你父亲的诫命； 不可离弃你母亲的法则，
Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
21 要常系在你心上， 挂在你项上。
Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;
22 你行走，它必引导你； 你躺卧，它必保守你； 你睡醒，它必与你谈论。
When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:
23 因为诫命是灯，法则是光， 训诲的责备是生命的道，
For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
24 能保你远离恶妇， 远离外女谄媚的舌头。
To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
25 你心中不要恋慕她的美色， 也不要被她眼皮勾引。
Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
26 因为，妓女能使人只剩一块饼； 淫妇猎取人宝贵的生命。
Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread, —and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!
27 人若怀里搋火， 衣服岂能不烧呢？
Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?
28 人若在火炭上走， 脚岂能不烫呢？
Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?
29 亲近邻舍之妻的，也是如此； 凡挨近她的，不免受罚。
So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
30 贼因饥饿偷窃充饥， 人不藐视他，
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
31 若被找着，他必赔还七倍， 必将家中所有的尽都偿还。
Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
32 与妇人行淫的，便是无知； 行这事的，必丧掉生命。
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
33 他必受伤损，必被凌辱； 他的羞耻不得涂抹。
Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
34 因为人的嫉恨成了烈怒， 报仇的时候决不留情。
For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;
35 什么赎价，他都不顾； 你虽送许多礼物，他也不肯干休。
He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.
