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箴言的目的

¹以色列王大衛兒子所羅門的箴言：These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

²要使人曉得智慧和訓誨，分辨通達的言語，for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

³使人處事領受智慧、仁義、公平、正直的訓誨，and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

⁴使愚人靈明，使少年人有知識和謀略，To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

⁵使智慧人聽見，增長學問，使聰明人得著智謀，let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

⁶使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言詞和謎語。by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

⁷敬畏耶和華是知識的開端；愚妄人藐視智慧和訓誨。The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

不要隨從惡人的引誘

⁸我兒，要聽你父親的訓誨，不可離棄你母親的法則（或譯：指教）；Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

⁹因為這要作你頭上的華冠，你項上的金鍊。For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

¹⁰我兒，惡人若引誘你，你不可隨從。My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

¹¹他們若說：你與我們同去，我們要埋伏流人之血，要蹲伏害無罪之人；If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

¹²我們好像陰間，把他們活活吞下；他們如同下坑的人，被我們囫圇吞了；let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

¹³我們必得各樣寶物，將所擄來的，裝滿房屋；We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

¹⁴你與我們大家同分，我們共用一個囊袋；Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

¹⁵我兒，不要與他們同行一道，禁止你腳走他們的路。my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

¹⁶因為，他們的腳奔跑行惡；他們急速流人的血，For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

¹⁷好像飛鳥，網羅設在眼前仍不躲避。How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

¹⁸這些人埋伏，是為自流己血；蹲伏，是為自害己命。But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

¹⁹凡貪戀財利的，所行之路都是如此；這貪戀之心乃奪去得財者之命。Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

智慧在街市上呼喊

²⁰智慧在街市上呼喊，在寬闊處發聲，Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

²¹在熱鬧街頭喊叫，在城門口，在城中發出言語，in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

²²說：你們愚昧人喜愛愚昧，褻慢人喜歡褻慢，愚頑人恨惡知識，要到幾時呢？“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

²³你們當因我的責備回轉；我要將我的靈澆灌你們，將我的話指示你們。If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

²⁴我呼喚，你們不肯聽從；我伸手，無人理會；Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

²⁵反輕棄我一切的勸戒，不肯受我的責備。because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

²⁶你們遭災難，我就發笑；驚恐臨到你們，我必嗤笑。in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

²⁷驚恐臨到你們，好像狂風；災難來到，如同暴風；急難痛苦臨到你們身上。when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

²⁸那時，你們必呼求我，我卻不答應，懇切地尋找我，卻尋不見。Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

²⁹因為，你們恨惡知識，不喜愛敬畏耶和華，For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

³⁰不聽我的勸戒，藐視我一切的責備，They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

³¹所以必吃自結的果子，充滿自設的計謀。So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²愚昧人背道，必殺己身；愚頑人安逸，必害己命。For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

³³惟有聽從我的，必安然居住，得享安靜，不怕災禍。But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

尋求智慧如尋找銀子

¹我兒，你若領受我的言語，存記我的命令，My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

²側耳聽智慧，專心求聰明，if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

³呼求明哲，揚聲求聰明，if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

⁴尋找它，如尋找銀子，搜求它，如搜求隱藏的珍寶，if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

⁵你就明白敬畏耶和華，得以認識　神。then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

⁶因為，耶和華賜人智慧；知識和聰明都由他口而出。For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁷他給正直人存留真智慧，給行為純正的人作盾牌，He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

⁸為要保守公平人的路，護庇虔敬人的道。to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

⁹你也必明白仁義、公平、正直、一切的善道。Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

智慧必入你心

¹⁰智慧必入你心；你的靈要以知識為美。For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

¹¹謀略必護衛你；聰明必保守你，Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

¹²要救你脫離惡道（或譯：惡人的道），脫離說乖謬話的人。to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

¹³那等人捨棄正直的路，行走黑暗的道，from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴歡喜作惡，喜愛惡人的乖僻，from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

¹⁵在他們的道中彎曲，在他們的路上偏僻。whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

智慧救你脫離淫婦

¹⁶智慧要救你脫離淫婦，就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

¹⁷她離棄幼年的配偶，忘了　神的盟約。who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

¹⁸她的家陷入死地；她的路偏向陰間。For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

¹⁹凡到她那裡去的，不得轉回，也得不著生命的路。None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

行善人的道

²⁰智慧必使你行善人的道，守義人的路。So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

²¹正直人必在世上居住；完全人必在地上存留。For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

²²惟有惡人必然剪除；奸詐的，必然拔出。but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

凡事都當造就人

²⁶弟兄們，這卻怎麼樣呢？你們聚會的時候，各人或有詩歌，或有教訓，或有啟示，或有方言，或有翻出來的話，凡事都當造就人。What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

說方言要輪流，要有人翻

²⁷若有說方言的，只好兩個人，至多三個人，且要輪流著說，也要一個人翻出來。If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

²⁸若沒有人翻，就當在會中閉口，只對自己和　神說就是了。But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

先知講道要慎思明辨

²⁹至於作先知講道的，只好兩個人或是三個人，其餘的就當慎思明辨。Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

³⁰若旁邊坐著的得了啟示，那先說話的就當閉口不言。And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.

³¹因為你們都可以一個一個地作先知講道，叫眾人學道理，叫眾人得勸勉。For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

³²先知的靈原是順服先知的；The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

³³因為　神不是叫人混亂，乃是叫人安靜。For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

婦女在會中的規矩

³⁴婦女在會中要閉口不言，像在聖徒的眾教會一樣，因為不准她們說話。她們總要順服，正如律法所說的。Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

³⁵她們若要學甚麼，可以在家裡問自己的丈夫，因為婦女在會中說話原是可恥的。If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

這是主的命令

³⁶神的道理豈是從你們出來嗎？豈是單臨到你們嗎？Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

³⁷若有人以為自己是先知，或是屬靈的，就該知道，我所寫給你們的是主的命令。If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

³⁸若有不知道的，就由他不知道吧！But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.

凡事按著次序行

³⁹所以我弟兄們，你們要切慕作先知講道，也不要禁止說方言。So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

⁴⁰凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.