今日读经

箴言的目的

¹以色列王大卫儿子所罗门的箴言：These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

²要使人晓得智慧和训诲，分辨通达的言语，for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

³使人处事领受智慧、仁义、公平、正直的训诲，and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

⁴使愚人灵明，使少年人有知识和谋略，To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

⁵使智慧人听见，增长学问，使聪明人得着智谋，let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

⁶使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言词和谜语。by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

⁷敬畏耶和华是知识的开端；愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

不要随从恶人的引诱

⁸我儿，要听你父亲的训诲，不可离弃你母亲的法则（或译：指教）；Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

⁹因为这要作你头上的华冠，你项上的金链。For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

¹⁰我儿，恶人若引诱你，你不可随从。My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

¹¹他们若说：你与我们同去，我们要埋伏流人之血，要蹲伏害无罪之人；If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

¹²我们好像阴间，把他们活活吞下；他们如同下坑的人，被我们囫囵吞了；let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

¹³我们必得各样宝物，将所掳来的，装满房屋；We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

¹⁴你与我们大家同分，我们共用一个囊袋；Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

¹⁵我儿，不要与他们同行一道，禁止你脚走他们的路。my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

¹⁶因为，他们的脚奔跑行恶；他们急速流人的血，For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

¹⁷好像飞鸟，网罗设在眼前仍不躲避。How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

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

¹⁹凡贪恋财利的，所行之路都是如此；这贪恋之心乃夺去得财者之命。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，在宽阔处发声，Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

²¹在热闹街头喊叫，在城门口，在城中发出言语，in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

²²说：你们愚昧人喜爱愚昧，亵慢人喜欢亵慢，愚顽人恨恶知识，要到几时呢？“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

²³你们当因我的责备回转；我要将我的灵浇灌你们，将我的话指示你们。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我呼唤，你们不肯听从；我伸手，无人理会；Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

²⁵反轻弃我一切的劝戒，不肯受我的责备。because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

²⁶你们遭灾难，我就发笑；惊恐临到你们，我必嗤笑。in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

²⁷惊恐临到你们，好像狂风；灾难来到，如同暴风；急难痛苦临到你们身上。when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

²⁸那时，你们必呼求我，我却不答应，恳切地寻找我，却寻不见。Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

²⁹因为，你们恨恶知识，不喜爱敬畏耶和华，For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

³⁰不听我的劝戒，藐视我一切的责备，They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

³¹所以必吃自结的果子，充满自设的计谋。So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²愚昧人背道，必杀己身；愚顽人安逸，必害己命。For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

³³惟有听从我的，必安然居住，得享安静，不怕灾祸。But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

寻求智慧如寻找银子

¹我儿，你若领受我的言语，存记我的命令，My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

²侧耳听智慧，专心求聪明，if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

³呼求明哲，扬声求聪明，if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

⁴寻找它，如寻找银子，搜求它，如搜求隐藏的珍宝，if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

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

⁶因为，耶和华赐人智慧；知识和聪明都由他口而出。For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁷他给正直人存留真智慧，给行为纯正的人作盾牌，He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

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

⁹你也必明白仁义、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；你的灵要以知识为美。For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

¹¹谋略必护卫你；聪明必保守你，Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

¹²要救你脱离恶道（或译：恶人的道），脱离说乖谬话的人。to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

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

¹⁴欢喜作恶，喜爱恶人的乖僻，from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

¹⁵在他们的道中弯曲，在他们的路上偏僻。whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

智慧救你脱离淫妇

¹⁶智慧要救你脱离淫妇，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她离弃幼年的配偶，忘了　神的盟约。who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

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

¹⁹凡到她那里去的，不得转回，也得不着生命的路。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，守义人的路。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惟有恶人必然剪除；奸诈的，必然拔出。but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

凡事都当造就人

²⁶弟兄们，这却怎么样呢？你们聚会的时候，各人或有诗歌，或有教训，或有启示，或有方言，或有翻出来的话，凡事都当造就人。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.

说方言要轮流，要有人翻

²⁷若有说方言的，只好两个人，至多三个人，且要轮流着说，也要一个人翻出来。If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

²⁸若没有人翻，就当在会中闭口，只对自己和　神说就是了。But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

先知讲道要慎思明辨

²⁹至于作先知讲道的，只好两个人或是三个人，其余的就当慎思明辨。Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

³⁰若旁边坐着的得了启示，那先说话的就当闭口不言。And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.

³¹因为你们都可以一个一个地作先知讲道，叫众人学道理，叫众人得劝勉。For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

³²先知的灵原是顺服先知的；The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

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

妇女在会中的规矩

³⁴妇女在会中要闭口不言，像在圣徒的众教会一样，因为不准她们说话。她们总要顺服，正如律法所说的。Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

³⁵她们若要学什么，可以在家里问自己的丈夫，因为妇女在会中说话原是可耻的。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.

这是主的命令

³⁶神的道理岂是从你们出来吗？岂是单临到你们吗？Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

³⁷若有人以为自己是先知，或是属灵的，就该知道，我所写给你们的是主的命令。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.

凡事按着次序行

³⁹所以我弟兄们，你们要切慕作先知讲道，也不要禁止说方言。So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

⁴⁰凡事都要规规矩矩地按着次序行。But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.