# 箴-Pro 23 ## 箴23:1 你若与官长坐席，要留意在你面前的是谁。 Pro 23:1 “When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,” ## 箴23:2 你若是贪食的，就当拿刀放在喉咙上。 Pro 23:2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. ## 箴23:3 不可贪恋他的美食，因为是哄人的食物。 Pro 23:3 “Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.” ## 箴23:4 不要劳碌求富，休仗自己的聪明。 Pro 23:4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. ## 箴23:5 你岂要定睛在虚无的钱财上吗？因钱财必长翅膀，如鹰向天飞去。 Pro 23:5 “When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.” ## 箴23:6 不要吃恶眼人的饭，也不要贪他的美味。 Pro 23:6 “Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,” ## 箴23:7 因为他心怎样思量，他为人就是怎样；他虽对你说，“请吃，请喝。”他的心却与你相背。 Pro 23:7 “for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.” ## 箴23:8 你所吃的那点食物，必吐出来；你所说的甘美言语，也必落空。 Pro 23:8 “You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.” ## 箴23:9 你不要说话给愚昧人听，因他必藐视你智慧的言语。 Pro 23:9 “Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.” ## 箴23:10 不可挪移古时的地界。也不可侵入孤儿的田地， Pro 23:10 “Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,” ## 箴23:11 因他们的救赎主，大有能力，他必向你为他们辨屈。 Pro 23:11 for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you. ## 箴23:12 你要留心领受训诲，侧耳听从知识的言语。 Pro 23:12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. ## 箴23:13 不可不管教孩童，你用杖打他，他必不至于死。 Pro 23:13 “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.” ## 箴23:14 你要用杖打他，就可以救他的灵魂免下阴间。 Pro 23:14 “If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.” ## 箴23:15 我儿，你心若存智慧，我的心也甚欢喜。 Pro 23:15 “My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.” ## 箴23:16 你的嘴若说正直话，我的心肠也必快乐。 Pro 23:16 My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. ## 箴23:17 你心中不要嫉妒罪人，只要终日敬畏耶和华， Pro 23:17 “Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.” ## 箴23:18 因为至终必有善报，你的指望也不至断绝。 Pro 23:18 “Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.” ## 箴23:19 我儿，你当听，当存智慧，好在正道上引导你的心。 Pro 23:19 “Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.” ## 箴23:20 好饮酒的，好吃肉的，不要与他们来往， Pro 23:20 “Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,” ## 箴23:21 因为好酒贪食的，必致贫穷；好睡觉的，必穿破烂衣服。 Pro 23:21 “for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.” ## 箴23:22 你要听从生你的父亲，你母亲老了，也不可藐视她。 Pro 23:22 “Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.” ## 箴23:23 你当买真理，就是智慧、训诲和聪明，也都不可卖。 Pro 23:23 “Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.” ## 箴23:24 义人的父亲，必大得快乐；人生智慧的儿子，必因他欢喜。 Pro 23:24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. ## 箴23:25 你要使父母欢喜，使生你的快乐。 Pro 23:25 Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. ## 箴23:26 我儿，要将你的心归我，你的眼目，也要喜悦我的道路。 Pro 23:26 “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.” ## 箴23:27 妓女是深坑，外女是窄阱， Pro 23:27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well. ## 箴23:28 她埋伏好象强盗，她使人中多有奸诈的。 Pro 23:28 She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind. ## 箴23:29 谁有祸患？谁有忧愁？谁有争斗？谁有哀叹(或作“怨言”)？谁无故受伤？谁眼目红赤？ Pro 23:29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? ## 箴23:30 就是那流连饮酒，常去寻找调和酒的人。 Pro 23:30 Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. ## 箴23:31 \- Pro 23:31 “Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.” ## 箴23:32 酒发红，在杯中闪烁，你不可观看，虽然下咽舒畅，终久是咬你如蛇，刺你如毒蛇。 Pro 23:32 In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. ## 箴23:33 你眼必看见异怪的事。(“异怪的事”或作“淫妇”)，你心必发出乖谬的话； Pro 23:33 “Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things.” ## 箴23:34 你必象躺在海中，或象卧在桅杆上。 Pro 23:34 “You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.” ## 箴23:35 你必说：“人打我，我却未受伤；人鞭打我，我竟不觉得。我几时清醒，我仍去寻酒。” Pro 23:35 “They struck me, you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.”