今日读经

不要轻易为人作保

¹我儿，你若为朋友作保，替外人击掌，My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

²你就被口中的话语缠住，被嘴里的言语捉住。if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

³我儿，你既落在朋友手中，就当这样行才可救自己：你要自卑，去恳求你的朋友。then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

⁴不要容你的眼睛睡觉；不要容你的眼皮打盹。Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

⁵要救自己，如鹿脱离猎户的手，如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

懒惰人要察看蚂蚁

⁶懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧。Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

⁷蚂蚁没有元帅，没有官长，没有君王，Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

⁸尚且在夏天预备食物，在收割时聚敛粮食。it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

⁹懒惰人哪，你要睡到几时呢？你何时睡醒呢？How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

¹⁰再睡片时，打盹片时，抱着手躺卧片时，A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

¹¹你的贫穷就必如强盗速来，你的缺乏仿佛拿兵器的人来到。and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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无赖的恶徒

¹²无赖的恶徒，行动就用乖僻的口，A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³用眼传神，用脚示意，用指点划，winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

¹⁴心中乖僻，常设恶谋，布散纷争。With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

¹⁵所以，灾难必忽然临到他身；他必顷刻败坏，无法可治。Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

耶和华所恨恶的七样

¹⁶耶和华所恨恶的有六样，连他心所憎恶的共有七样：There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

¹⁷就是高傲的眼，撒谎的舌，流无辜人血的手，haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸图谋恶计的心，飞跑行恶的脚，a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

¹⁹吐谎言的假见证，并弟兄中布散纷争的人。a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

谨守父母的教训

²⁰我儿，要谨守你父亲的诫命；不可离弃你母亲的法则（或译：指教），My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹要常系在你心上，挂在你项上。Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

²²你行走，它必引导你；你躺卧，它必保守你；你睡醒，它必与你谈论。When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

²³因为诫命是灯，法则（或译：指教）是光，训诲的责备是生命的道，For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

远离恶妇

²⁴能保你远离恶妇，远离外女谄媚的舌头。to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

²⁵你心中不要恋慕她的美色，也不要被她眼皮勾引。Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

²⁶因为，妓女能使人只剩一块饼；淫妇猎取人宝贵的生命。For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

²⁷人若怀里搋火，衣服岂能不烧呢？Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

²⁸人若在火炭上走，脚岂能不烫呢？Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

²⁹亲近邻舍之妻的，也是如此；凡挨近她的，不免受罚。So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

贼偷窃还能赔偿

³⁰贼因饥饿偷窃充饥，人不藐视他，Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

³¹若被找着，他必赔还七倍，必将家中所有的尽都偿还。Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

³²与妇人行淫的，便是无知；行这事的，必丧掉生命。He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

³³他必受伤损，必被凌辱；他的羞耻不得涂抹。Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

³⁴因为人的嫉恨成了烈怒，报仇的时候决不留情。For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

³⁵什么赎价，他都不顾；你虽送许多礼物，他也不肯干休。He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

将我的命令存记在心

¹我儿，你要遵守我的言语，将我的命令存记在心。My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

²遵守我的命令就得存活；保守我的法则（或译：指教），好像保守眼中的瞳人，Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

³系在你指头上，刻在你心版上。Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴对智慧说：你是我的姊妹，称呼聪明为你的亲人，Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

⁵她就保你远离淫妇，远离说谄媚话的外女。that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

无知的少年人

⁶我曾在我房屋的窗户内，从我窗棂之间往外观看：For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

⁷见愚蒙人内，少年人中，分明有一个无知的少年人，I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

⁸从街上经过，走近淫妇的巷口，直往通她家的路去，crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

⁹在黄昏，或晚上，或半夜，或黑暗之中。at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

妓女打扮的妇人

¹⁰看哪，有一个妇人来迎接他，是妓女的打扮，有诡诈的心思。Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

¹¹这妇人喧嚷，不守约束，在家里停不住脚，She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

¹²有时在街市上，有时在宽阔处，或在各巷口蹲伏，Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

¹³拉住那少年人，与他亲嘴，脸无羞耻对他说：She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

¹⁴平安祭在我这里，今日才还了我所许的愿。“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.

¹⁵因此，我出来迎接你，恳切求见你的面，恰巧遇见了你。So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

¹⁶我已经用绣花毯子和埃及线织的花纹布铺了我的床。I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

¹⁷我又用没药、沉香、桂皮薰了我的榻。I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

¹⁸你来，我们可以饱享爱情，直到早晨；我们可以彼此亲爱欢乐。Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!

¹⁹因为我丈夫不在家，出门行远路；For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

²⁰他手拿银囊，必到月望才回家。He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

像牛往宰杀之地

²¹淫妇用许多巧言诱他随从，用谄媚的嘴逼他同行。With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

²²少年人立刻跟随她，好像牛往宰杀之地；又像愚昧人带锁链去受刑罚，He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

²³直等箭穿他的肝；如同雀鸟急入网罗，却不知是自丧己命。until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

不要偏向她的道

²⁴众子啊，现在要听从我，留心听我口中的话。Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

²⁵你的心不可偏向淫妇的道，不要入她的迷途。Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

²⁶因为，被她伤害仆倒的不少；被她杀戮的而且甚多。For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

²⁷她的家是在阴间之路，下到死亡之宫。Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

若死人不复活

²⁹不然，那些为死人受洗的，将来怎样呢？若死人总不复活，因何为他们受洗呢？If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

³⁰我们又因何时刻冒险呢？And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

³¹弟兄们，我在我主基督耶稣里，指着你们所夸的口极力地说，我是天天冒死。I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

³²我若当日像寻常人，在以弗所同野兽战斗，那于我有什么益处呢？若死人不复活，我们就吃吃喝喝吧！因为明天要死了。If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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滥交是败坏善行

³³你们不要自欺；滥交是败坏善行。Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

³⁴你们要醒悟为善，不要犯罪，因为有人不认识　神。我说这话是要叫你们羞愧。Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

死人怎样复活

³⁵或有人问：“死人怎样复活，带着什么身体来呢？”But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

³⁶无知的人哪，你所种的，若不死就不能生。You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

³⁷并且你所种的不是那将来的形体，不过是子粒，即如麦子，或是别样的谷。And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

³⁸但　神随自己的意思给他一个形体，并叫各等子粒各有自己的形体。But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

³⁹凡肉体各有不同：人是一样，兽又是一样，鸟又是一样，鱼又是一样。Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

⁴⁰有天上的形体，也有地上的形体；但天上形体的荣光是一样，地上形体的荣光又是一样。There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

⁴¹日有日的荣光，月有月的荣光，星有星的荣光；这星和那星的荣光也有分别。The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

种的必朽坏，复活的不朽坏

⁴²死人复活也是这样：所种的是必朽坏的，复活的是不朽坏的；So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

⁴³所种的是羞辱的，复活的是荣耀的；所种的是软弱的，复活的是强壮的；It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

⁴⁴所种的是血气的身体，复活的是灵性的身体。若有血气的身体，也必有灵性的身体。It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

首先的亚当与末后的亚当

⁴⁵经上也是这样记着说：“首先的人亚当成了有灵（灵：或译血气）的活人”；末后的亚当成了叫人活的灵。So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

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⁴⁶但属灵的不在先，属血气的在先，以后才有属灵的。The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

⁴⁷头一个人是出于地，乃属土；第二个人是出于天。The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

⁴⁸那属土的怎样，凡属土的也就怎样；属天的怎样，凡属天的也就怎样。As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.

⁴⁹我们既有属土的形状，将来也必有属天的形状。And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

我们都要改变

⁵⁰弟兄们，我告诉你们说，血肉之体不能承受　神的国，必朽坏的不能承受不朽坏的。Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

⁵¹我如今把一件奥秘的事告诉你们：我们不是都要睡觉，乃是都要改变，Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

⁵²就在一霎时，眨眼之间，号筒末次吹响的时候。因号筒要响，死人要复活成为不朽坏的，我们也要改变。in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

⁵³这必朽坏的总要变成（变成：原文是穿；下同）不朽坏的，这必死的总要变成不死的。For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

死被得胜吞灭

⁵⁴这必朽坏的既变成不朽坏的，这必死的既变成不死的，那时经上所记“死被得胜吞灭”的话就应验了。When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

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⁵⁵死啊！你得胜的权势在哪里？死啊！你的毒钩在哪里？“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

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⁵⁶死的毒钩就是罪，罪的权势就是律法。The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

⁵⁷感谢　神，使我们借着我们的主耶稣基督得胜。But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

务要坚固，不可摇动

⁵⁸所以，我亲爱的弟兄们，你们务要坚固，不可摇动，常常竭力多做主工；因为知道，你们的劳苦在主里面不是徒然的。Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.