今日讀經

酒使人褻慢

¹酒能使人褻慢，濃酒使人喧嚷；凡因酒錯誤的，就無智慧。Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

²王的威嚇如同獅子吼叫；惹動他怒的，是自害己命。The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

³遠離紛爭是人的尊榮；愚妄人都愛爭鬧。It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

懶惰人不肯耕種

⁴懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種，到收割的時候，他必討飯而無所得。The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

人心的謀略如深水

⁵人心懷藏謀略，好像深水，惟明哲人才能汲引出來。The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

⁶人多述說自己的仁慈，但忠信人誰能遇著呢？Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

⁷行為純正的義人，他的子孫是有福的！The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

⁸王坐在審判的位上，以眼目驅散諸惡。A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

⁹誰能說，我潔淨了我的心，我脫淨了我的罪？Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

兩樣的法碼

¹⁰兩樣的法碼，兩樣的升斗，都為耶和華所憎惡。Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.

¹¹孩童的動作是清潔，是正直，都顯明他的本性。Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

¹²能聽的耳，能看的眼，都是耶和華所造的。Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.

¹³不要貪睡，免致貧窮；眼要睜開，你就吃飽。Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

買賣、口舌與產業

¹⁴買物的說：不好，不好；及至買去，他便自誇。“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

¹⁵有金子和許多珍珠（或譯：紅寶石），惟有知識的嘴乃為貴重的珍寶。There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.

¹⁶誰為生人作保，就拿誰的衣服；誰為外人作保，誰就要承當。Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

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¹⁷以虛謊而得的食物，人覺甘甜；但後來，他的口必充滿塵沙。Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

¹⁸計謀都憑籌算立定；打仗要憑智謀。Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

¹⁹往來傳舌的，洩漏密事；大張嘴的，不可與他結交。He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

²⁰咒罵父母的，他的燈必滅，變為漆黑的黑暗。Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

²¹起初速得的產業，終久卻不為福。An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

不要以惡報惡

²²你不要說，我要以惡報惡；要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

²³兩樣的法碼為耶和華所憎惡；詭詐的天平也為不善。Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

²⁴人的腳步為耶和華所定；人豈能明白自己的路呢？A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

²⁵人冒失說，這是聖物，許願之後才查問，就是自陷網羅。It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

王與人的靈

²⁶智慧的王簸散惡人，用碌碡滾軋他們。A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

²⁷人的靈是耶和華的燈，鑒察人的心腹。The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

²⁸王因仁慈和誠實得以保全他的國位，也因仁慈立穩。Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

²⁹強壯乃少年人的榮耀；白髮為老年人的尊榮。The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

³⁰鞭傷除淨人的罪惡；責打能入人的心腹。Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

王的心在耶和華手中

¹王的心在耶和華手中，好像隴溝的水隨意流轉。The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

²人所行的，在自己眼中都看為正；惟有耶和華衡量人心。All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

³行仁義公平比獻祭更蒙耶和華悅納。To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

驕傲、急躁與詭詐

⁴惡人發達（發達：原文是燈），眼高心傲，這乃是罪。Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.

⁵殷勤籌劃的，足致豐裕；行事急躁的，都必缺乏。The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

⁶用詭詐之舌求財的，就是自己取死；所得之財乃是吹來吹去的浮雲。Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

⁷惡人的強暴必將自己掃除，因他們不肯按公平行事。The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

⁸負罪之人的路甚是彎曲；至於清潔的人，他所行的乃是正直。The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

寧可住在房頂的角上

⁹寧可住在房頂的角上，不在寬闊的房屋與爭吵的婦人同住。Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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¹⁰惡人的心樂人受禍；他眼並不憐恤鄰舍。The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

¹¹褻慢的人受刑罰，愚蒙的人就得智慧；智慧人受訓誨，便得知識。When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

¹²義人思想惡人的家，知道惡人傾倒，必致滅亡。The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

塞耳不聽窮人

¹³塞耳不聽窮人哀求的，他將來呼籲也不蒙應允。Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

¹⁴暗中送的禮物挽回怒氣；懷中搋的賄賂止息暴怒。A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.

¹⁵秉公行義使義人喜樂，使作孽的人敗壞。Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

¹⁶迷離通達道路的，必住在陰魂的會中。The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

¹⁷愛宴樂的，必致窮乏；好酒，愛膏油的，必不富足。He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

¹⁸惡人作了義人的贖價；奸詐人代替正直人。The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

¹⁹寧可住在曠野，不與爭吵使氣的婦人同住。Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

積蓄與揮霍

²⁰智慧人家中積蓄寶物膏油；愚昧人隨得來隨吞下。Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

²¹追求公義仁慈的，就尋得生命、公義，和尊榮。He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

²²智慧人爬上勇士的城牆，傾覆他所倚靠的堅壘。A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

²³謹守口與舌的，就保守自己免受災難。He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

²⁴心驕氣傲的人名叫褻慢；他行事狂妄，都出於驕傲。Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.

²⁵懶惰人的心願將他殺害，因為他手不肯做工。The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

²⁶有終日貪得無饜的；義人施捨而不吝惜。All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

²⁷惡人的祭物是可憎的；何況他存惡意來獻呢？The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

²⁸作假見證的必滅亡；惟有聽真情而言的，其言長存。A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

²⁹惡人臉無羞恥；正直人行事堅定。A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.

得勝乃在乎耶和華

³⁰沒有人能以智慧、聰明、謀略敵擋耶和華。There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

³¹馬是為打仗之日預備的；得勝乃在乎耶和華。A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.

不要同負一軛

¹⁴你們和不信的原不相配，不要同負一軛。義和不義有甚麼相交呢？光明和黑暗有甚麼相通呢？Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

¹⁵基督和彼列（彼列就是撒但的別名）有甚麼相和呢？信主的和不信主的有甚麼相干呢？What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

¹⁶神的殿和偶像有甚麼相同呢？因為我們是永生　神的殿，就如　神曾說：我要在他們中間居住，在他們中間來往；我要作他們的　神；他們要作我的子民。What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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¹⁷又說：你們務要從他們中間出來，與他們分別；不要沾不潔淨的物，我就收納你們。“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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¹⁸我要作你們的父；你們要作我的兒女。這是全能的主說的。And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

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潔淨自己，得以成聖

¹親愛的弟兄啊，我們既有這等應許，就當潔淨自己，除去身體、靈魂一切的污穢，敬畏　神，得以成聖。Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

心地寬大收納我們

²你們要心地寬大收納我們。我們未曾虧負誰，未曾敗壞誰，未曾佔誰的便宜。Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

³我說這話，不是要定你們的罪。我已經說過，你們常在我們心裡，情願與你們同生同死。I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

⁴我大大地放膽，向你們說話；我因你們多多誇口，滿得安慰；我們在一切患難中分外地快樂。Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

提多帶來安慰

⁵我們從前就是到了馬其頓的時候，身體也不得安寧，周圍遭患難，外有爭戰，內有懼怕。For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

⁶但那安慰喪氣之人的　神藉著提多來安慰了我們；But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

⁷不但藉著他來，也藉著他從你們所得的安慰，安慰了我們；因他把你們的想念、哀慟，和向我的熱心，都告訴了我，叫我更加歡喜。and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

依著神意思的憂愁

⁸我先前寫信叫你們憂愁，我後來雖然懊悔，如今卻不懊悔；因我知道，那信叫你們憂愁不過是暫時的。Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—

⁹如今我歡喜，不是因你們憂愁，是因你們從憂愁中生出懊悔來。你們依著　神的意思憂愁，凡事就不至於因我們受虧損了。yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

¹⁰因為依著　神的意思憂愁，就生出沒有後悔的懊悔來，以致得救；但世俗的憂愁是叫人死。Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

¹¹你看，你們依著　神的意思憂愁，從此就生出何等的殷勤、自訴、自恨、恐懼、想念、熱心、責罰（或譯：自責）。在這一切事上，你們都表明自己是潔淨的。Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

¹²我雖然從前寫信給你們，卻不是為那虧負人的，也不是為那受人虧負的，乃要在　神面前把你們顧念我們的熱心表明出來。So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

提多的歡喜

¹³故此，我們得了安慰。並且在安慰之中，因你們眾人使提多心裡暢快歡喜，我們就更加歡喜了。On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

¹⁴我若對提多誇獎了你們甚麼，也覺得沒有慚愧；因我對提多誇獎你們的話成了真的，正如我對你們所說的話也都是真的。Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

¹⁵並且提多想起你們眾人的順服，是怎樣恐懼戰兢地接待他，他愛你們的心腸就越發熱了。And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

¹⁶我如今歡喜，能在凡事上為你們放心。I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.