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美名勝過大財

¹美名勝過大財；恩寵強如金銀。A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

²富戶窮人在世相遇，都為耶和華所造。The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

³通達人見禍藏躲；愚蒙人前往受害。The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

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⁴敬畏耶和華心存謙卑，就得富有、尊榮、生命為賞賜。The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

⁵乖僻人的路上有荊棘和網羅；保守自己生命的，必要遠離。Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

教養孩童

⁶教養孩童，使他走當行的道，就是到老他也不偏離。Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

富戶與窮人

⁷富戶管轄窮人；欠債的是債主的僕人。The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

⁸撒罪孽的，必收災禍；他逞怒的杖也必廢掉。He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

⁹眼目慈善的，就必蒙福，因他將食物分給窮人。A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

¹⁰趕出褻慢人，爭端就消除；紛爭和羞辱也必止息。Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

¹¹喜愛清心的人因他嘴上的恩言，王必與他為友。He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

¹²耶和華的眼目眷顧聰明人，卻傾敗奸詐人的言語。The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

¹³懶惰人說：外頭有獅子；我在街上就必被殺。The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

¹⁴淫婦的口為深坑；耶和華所憎惡的，必陷在其中。The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

¹⁵愚蒙迷住孩童的心，用管教的杖可以遠遠趕除。Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

¹⁶欺壓貧窮為要利己的，並送禮與富戶的，都必缺乏。Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

智慧人的言語

¹⁷你須側耳聽受智慧人的言語，留心領會我的知識。Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

¹⁸你若心中存記，嘴上咬定，這便為美。for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

¹⁹我今日以此特特指教你，為要使你倚靠耶和華。So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.

²⁰謀略和知識的美事，我豈沒有寫給你嗎？Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

²¹要使你知道真言的實理，你好將真言回覆那打發你來的人。to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

不可欺壓窮人，不結交暴怒的人

²²貧窮人，你不可因他貧窮就搶奪他的物，也不可在城門口欺壓困苦人；Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

²³因耶和華必為他辨屈；搶奪他的，耶和華必奪取那人的命。for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

²⁴好生氣的人，不可與他結交；暴怒的人，不可與他來往；Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

²⁵恐怕你效法他的行為，自己就陷在網羅裡。or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

不要為欠債的作保

²⁶不要與人擊掌，不要為欠債的作保。Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

²⁷你若沒有甚麼償還，何必使人奪去你睡臥的床呢？If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

不可挪移地界

²⁸你先祖所立的地界，你不可挪移。Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

²⁹你看見辦事殷勤的人嗎？他必站在君王面前，必不站在下賤人面前。Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

與官長坐席

¹你若與官長坐席，要留意在你面前的是誰。When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

²你若是貪食的，就當拿刀放在喉嚨上。and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

³不可貪戀他的美食，因為是哄人的食物。Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

不要勞碌求富

⁴不要勞碌求富，休仗自己的聰明。Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

⁵你豈要定睛在虛無的錢財上嗎？因錢財必長翅膀，如鷹向天飛去。When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

⁶不要吃惡眼人的飯，也不要貪他的美味；Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

⁷因為他心怎樣思量，他為人就是怎樣。他雖對你說，請吃，請喝，他的心卻與你相背。for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

⁸你所吃的那點食物必吐出來；你所說的甘美言語也必落空。You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹你不要說話給愚昧人聽，因他必藐視你智慧的言語。Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

不可侵入孤兒的田地

¹⁰不可挪移古時的地界，也不可侵入孤兒的田地；Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹因他們的救贖主大有能力，他必向你為他們辨屈。for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

管教與智慧

¹²你要留心領受訓誨，側耳聽從知識的言語。Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

¹³不可不管教孩童；你用杖打他，他必不至於死。Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

¹⁴你要用杖打他，就可以救他的靈魂免下陰間。Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

¹⁵我兒，你心若存智慧，我的心也甚歡喜。My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

¹⁶你的嘴若說正直話，我的心腸也必快樂。My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

不要嫉妒罪人

¹⁷你心中不要嫉妒罪人，只要終日敬畏耶和華；Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

¹⁸因為至終必有善報，你的指望也不致斷絕。For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁹我兒，你當聽，當存智慧，好在正道上引導你的心。Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

²⁰好飲酒的，好吃肉的，不要與他們來往；Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

²¹因為好酒貪食的，必致貧窮；好睡覺的，必穿破爛衣服。For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

²²你要聽從生你的父親；你母親老了，也不可藐視她。Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

²³你當買真理；就是智慧、訓誨，和聰明也都不可賣。Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

²⁴義人的父親必大得快樂；人生智慧的兒子，必因他歡喜。The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

²⁵你要使父母歡喜，使生你的快樂。May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

遠離淫婦

²⁶我兒，要將你的心歸我；你的眼目也要喜悅我的道路。My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

²⁷妓女是深坑；外女是窄阱。For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

²⁸她埋伏好像強盜；她使人中多有奸詐的。Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

醉酒的禍患

²⁹誰有禍患？誰有憂愁？誰有爭鬥？誰有哀歎（或譯：怨言）？誰無故受傷？誰眼目紅赤？Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

³⁰就是那流連飲酒、常去尋找調和酒的人。Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

^31–32酒發紅，在杯中閃爍，你不可觀看，雖然下咽舒暢，終久是咬你如蛇，刺你如毒蛇。Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

³³你眼必看見異怪的事（或譯：淫婦）；你心必發出乖謬的話。Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

³⁴你必像躺在海中，或像臥在桅杆上。You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

³⁵你必說：人打我，我卻未受傷；人鞭打我，我竟不覺得。我幾時清醒，我仍去尋酒。“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

馬其頓眾教會的榜樣

¹弟兄們，我把　神賜給馬其頓眾教會的恩告訴你們，Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

²就是他們在患難中受大試煉的時候，仍有滿足的快樂，在極窮之間還格外顯出他們樂捐的厚恩。In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

³我可以證明，他們是按著力量，而且也過了力量，自己甘心樂意地捐助，For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

⁴再三地求我們，准他們在這供給聖徒的恩情上有分；they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

⁵並且他們所做的，不但照我們所想望的，更照　神的旨意先把自己獻給主，又歸附了我們。And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

在慈惠的事上也要滿足

⁶因此我勸提多，既然在你們中間開辦這慈惠的事，就當辦成了。So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

⁷你們既然在信心、口才、知識、熱心，和待我們的愛心上，都格外顯出滿足來，就當在這慈惠的事上也格外顯出滿足來。But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

⁸我說這話，不是吩咐你們，乃是藉著別人的熱心試驗你們愛心的實在。I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

基督為你們成了貧窮

⁹你們知道我們主耶穌基督的恩典：他本來富足，卻為你們成了貧窮，叫你們因他的貧窮，可以成為富足。For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

把開始的事辦成

¹⁰我在這事上把我的意見告訴你們，是與你們有益；因為你們下手辦這事，而且起此心意，已經有一年了，And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

¹¹如今就當辦成這事。既有願做的心，也當照你們所有的去辦成。Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.

¹²因為人若有願做的心，必蒙悅納，乃是照他所有的，並不是照他所無的。For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

要均平

¹³我原不是要別人輕省，你們受累，It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

¹⁴乃要均平，就是要你們的富餘，現在可以補他們的不足，使他們的富餘，將來也可以補你們的不足，這就均平了。At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.

¹⁵如經上所記：多收的也沒有餘；少收的也沒有缺。As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

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提多和一位弟兄

¹⁶多謝　神，感動提多的心，叫他待你們殷勤，像我一樣。But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

¹⁷他固然是聽了我的勸，但自己更是熱心，情願往你們那裡去。For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

¹⁸我們還打發一位兄弟和他同去，這人在福音上得了眾教會的稱讚。Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

¹⁹不但這樣，他也被眾教會挑選，和我們同行，把所託與我們的這捐貲送到了，可以榮耀主，又表明我們樂意的心。More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

錢財經手要光明

²⁰這就免得有人因我們收的捐銀很多，就挑我們的不是。We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.

²¹我們留心行光明的事，不但在主面前，就在人面前也是這樣。For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

又一位熱心的弟兄

²²我們又打發一位兄弟同去；這人的熱心，我們在許多事上屢次試驗過。現在他因為深信你們，就更加熱心了。And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

²³論到提多，他是我的同伴，一同為你們勞碌的。論到那兩位兄弟，他們是眾教會的使者，是基督的榮耀。As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

²⁴所以，你們務要在眾教會面前顯明你們愛心的憑據，並我所誇獎你們的憑據。In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.