今日讀經

不要忘記我的法則

¹我兒，不要忘記我的法則（或譯：指教）；你心要謹守我的誡命；My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

²因為它必將長久的日子，生命的年數與平安，加給你。for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

³不可使慈愛、誠實離開你，要繫在你頸項上，刻在你心版上。Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴這樣，你必在　神和世人眼前蒙恩寵，有聰明。Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

專心仰賴耶和華

⁵你要專心仰賴耶和華，不可倚靠自己的聰明，Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

⁶在你一切所行的事上都要認定他，他必指引你的路。in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

⁷不要自以為有智慧；要敬畏耶和華，遠離惡事。Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

⁸這便醫治你的肚臍，滋潤你的百骨。This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

以財物尊榮耶和華

⁹你要以財物和一切初熟的土產尊榮耶和華。Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;

¹⁰這樣，你的倉房必充滿有餘；你的酒醡有新酒盈溢。then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

不可輕看耶和華的管教

¹¹我兒，你不可輕看耶和華的管教（或譯：懲治），也不可厭煩他的責備；My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

¹²因為耶和華所愛的，他必責備，正如父親責備所喜愛的兒子。for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

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得智慧的有福

¹³得智慧，得聰明的，這人便為有福。Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,

¹⁴因為得智慧勝過得銀子，其利益強如精金，for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

¹⁵比珍珠（或譯：紅寶石）寶貴；你一切所喜愛的，都不足與比較。She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

¹⁶她右手有長壽，左手有富貴。Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

¹⁷她的道是安樂；她的路全是平安。All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

¹⁸她與持守她的作生命樹；持定她的，俱各有福。She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

¹⁹耶和華以智慧立地，以聰明定天，The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

²⁰以知識使深淵裂開，使天空滴下甘露。By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

謹守真智慧和謀略

²¹我兒，要謹守真智慧和謀略，不可使她離開你的眼目。My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

²²這樣，她必作你的生命，頸項的美飾。They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

²³你就坦然行路，不致碰腳。Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.

²⁴你躺下，必不懼怕；你躺臥，睡得香甜。When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

²⁵忽然來的驚恐，不要害怕；惡人遭毀滅，也不要恐懼。Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

²⁶因為耶和華是你所倚靠的；他必保守你的腳不陷入網羅。for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

善待鄰舍

²⁷你手若有行善的力量，不可推辭，就當向那應得的人施行。Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

²⁸你那裡若有現成的，不可對鄰舍說：去吧，明天再來，我必給你。Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.

²⁹你的鄰舍既在你附近安居，你不可設計害他。Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

³⁰人未曾加害與你，不可無故與他相爭。Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.

³¹不可嫉妒強暴的人，也不可選擇他所行的路。Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

³²因為，乖僻人為耶和華所憎惡；正直人為他所親密。for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

³³耶和華咒詛惡人的家庭，賜福與義人的居所。The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

³⁴他譏誚那好譏誚的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

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³⁵智慧人必承受尊榮；愚昧人高升也成為羞辱。The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

智慧為首

¹眾子啊，要聽父親的教訓，留心得知聰明。Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

²因我所給你們的是好教訓；不可離棄我的法則（或譯：指教）。For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

³我在父親面前為孝子，在母親眼中為獨一的嬌兒。When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

⁴父親教訓我說：你心要存記我的言語，遵守我的命令，便得存活。he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

⁵要得智慧，要得聰明，不可忘記，也不可偏離我口中的言語。Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

⁶不可離棄智慧，智慧就護衛你；要愛她，她就保守你。Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

⁷智慧為首；所以，要得智慧。在你一切所得之內必得聰明（或譯：用你一切所得的去換聰明）。Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

⁸高舉智慧，她就使你高升；懷抱智慧，她就使你尊榮。Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

⁹她必將華冠加在你頭上，把榮冕交給你。She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

聽受教訓就必延年益壽

¹⁰我兒，你要聽受我的言語，就必延年益壽。Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

¹¹我已指教你走智慧的道，引導你行正直的路。I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

¹²你行走，腳步必不致狹窄；你奔跑，也不致跌倒。When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

¹³要持定訓誨，不可放鬆；必當謹守，因為它是你的生命。Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

¹⁴不可行惡人的路；不要走壞人的道。Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

¹⁵要躲避，不可經過；要轉身而去。Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

¹⁶這等人若不行惡，不得睡覺；不使人跌倒，睡臥不安；For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

¹⁷因為他們以奸惡吃餅，以強暴喝酒。For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸但義人的路好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

¹⁹惡人的道好像幽暗，自己不知因甚麼跌倒。But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

保守你心

²⁰我兒，要留心聽我的言詞，側耳聽我的話語，My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

²¹都不可離你的眼目，要存記在你心中。Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

²²因為得著它的，就得了生命，又得了醫全體的良藥。For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

²³你要保守你心，勝過保守一切（或譯：你要切切保守你心），因為一生的果效是由心發出。Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

²⁴你要除掉邪僻的口，棄絕乖謬的嘴。Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

²⁵你的眼目要向前正看；你的眼睛（原文是皮）當向前直觀。Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

²⁶要修平你腳下的路，堅定你一切的道。Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

²⁷不可偏向左右；要使你的腳離開邪惡。Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

遠離淫婦

¹我兒，要留心我智慧的話語，側耳聽我聰明的言詞，My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

²為要使你謹守謀略，嘴唇保存知識。that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

³因為淫婦的嘴滴下蜂蜜；她的口比油更滑，Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

⁴至終卻苦似茵蔯，快如兩刃的刀。in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

⁵她的腳下入死地；她腳步踏住陰間，Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

⁶以致她找不著生命平坦的道。她的路變遷不定，自己還不知道。She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

⁷眾子啊，現在要聽從我；不可離棄我口中的話。So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

⁸你所行的道要離她遠，不可就近她的房門，Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

⁹恐怕將你的尊榮給別人，將你的歲月給殘忍的人；lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

¹⁰恐怕外人滿得你的力量，你勞碌得來的，歸入外人的家；lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

¹¹終久，你皮肉和身體消毀，你就悲歎，At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

¹²說：我怎麼恨惡訓誨，心中藐視責備，and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

¹³也不聽從我師傅的話，又不側耳聽那教訓我的人？I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

¹⁴我在聖會裡，幾乎落在諸般惡中。I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

喝自己池中的水

¹⁵你要喝自己池中的水，飲自己井裡的活水。Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

¹⁶你的泉源豈可漲溢在外？你的河水豈可流在街上？Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷惟獨歸你一人，不可與外人同用。Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

¹⁸要使你的泉源蒙福；要喜悅你幼年所娶的妻。May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

¹⁹她如可愛的麀鹿，可喜的母鹿；願她的胸懷使你時時知足，她的愛情使你常常戀慕。A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

²⁰我兒，你為何戀慕淫婦？為何抱外女的胸懷？Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

人所行的都在耶和華眼前

²¹因為，人所行的道都在耶和華眼前；他也修平人一切的路。For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

²²惡人必被自己的罪孽捉住；他必被自己的罪惡如繩索纏繞。The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

²³他因不受訓誨就必死亡；又因愚昧過甚，必走差了路。He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

我所傳給你們的福音

¹弟兄們，我如今把先前所傳給你們的福音告訴你們知道；這福音你們也領受了，又靠著站立得住，Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

²並且你們若不是徒然相信，能以持守我所傳給你們的，就必因這福音得救。By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

基督死了、埋葬了、復活了

³我當日所領受又傳給你們的：第一，就是基督照聖經所說，為我們的罪死了，For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

⁴而且埋葬了；又照聖經所說，第三天復活了，that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

復活的主向許多人顯現

⁵並且顯給磯法看，然後顯給十二使徒看；and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.

⁶後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看，其中一大半到如今還在，卻也有已經睡了的。After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

⁷以後顯給雅各看，再顯給眾使徒看，Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

⁸末了也顯給我看；我如同未到產期而生的人一般。And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

我是使徒中最小的

⁹我原是使徒中最小的，不配稱為使徒，因為我從前逼迫　神的教會。For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

¹⁰然而，我今日成了何等人，是蒙　神的恩才成的，並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦；這原不是我，乃是　神的恩與我同在。But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

¹¹不拘是我，是眾使徒，我們如此傳，你們也如此信了。Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

若沒有死人復活

¹²既傳基督是從死裡復活了，怎麼在你們中間有人說沒有死人復活的事呢？But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

¹³若沒有死人復活的事，基督也就沒有復活了。If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

¹⁴若基督沒有復活，我們所傳的便是枉然，你們所信的也是枉然；And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

¹⁵並且明顯我們是為　神妄作見證的，因我們見證　神是叫基督復活了。若死人真不復活，　神也就沒有叫基督復活了。In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

¹⁶因為死人若不復活，基督也就沒有復活了。For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

¹⁷基督若沒有復活，你們的信便是徒然，你們仍在罪裡。And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

¹⁸就是在基督裡睡了的人也滅亡了。Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

¹⁹我們若靠基督只在今生有指望，就算比眾人更可憐。If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

基督成了初熟的果子

²⁰但基督已經從死裡復活，成為睡了之人初熟的果子。But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

²¹死既是因一人而來，死人復活也是因一人而來。For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

²²在亞當裡眾人都死了；照樣，在基督裡眾人也都要復活。For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

²³但各人是按著自己的次序復活：初熟的果子是基督；以後，在他來的時候，是那些屬基督的。But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

把國交與父神

²⁴再後，末期到了，那時基督既將一切執政的、掌權的、有能的都毀滅了，就把國交與父　神。Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

²⁵因為基督必要作王，等　神把一切仇敵都放在他的腳下。For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

²⁶儘末了所毀滅的仇敵就是死。The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

²⁷因為經上說：「　神叫萬物都服在他的腳下。」既說萬物都服了他，明顯那叫萬物服他的，不在其內了。For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.

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²⁸萬物既服了他，那時子也要自己服那叫萬物服他的，叫　神在萬物之上，為萬物之主。And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.