Proverbs 1

1 These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

1 这是大卫的儿子以色列王所罗门的箴言。

2 for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

2 为使人认识智慧和教诲， 领悟真知灼见，

3 and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

3 接受精明处事的教诲， 为人处事仁义、公平、正直；

4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

4 使愚昧人明智， 使年轻人有知识和明辨力；

5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

5 使智者听了长学问， 明哲听了得指引；

6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

6 使人领悟箴言和比喻， 明白智者的话和谜语。

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

7 知识始于敬畏耶和华， 愚人轻视智慧和教诲。

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

8 孩子啊， 你要听从父亲的教诲， 不可背弃母亲的训诲。

9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

9 因为这要作你头上的华冠， 颈上的项链。

10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

10 孩子啊，恶人若引诱你， 不要屈从。

11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

11 他们若说：“跟我们来吧， 我们去埋伏杀人， 任意暗害无辜者；

12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

12 我们要像阴间一样生吞他们， 整个吞没他们， 使他们如坠入坟墓的人；

13 We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

13 我们必得到各样宝物， 把战利品装满我们的房屋。

14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

14 跟我们一起干吧， 大家有福同享！”

15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

15 孩子啊， 不要走他们的道， 切莫行他们的路。

16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

16 因为他们奔向罪恶， 急速地去杀人流血。

17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

17 在飞鸟眼前设网罗，徒劳无功。

18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

18 他们埋伏，却自流己血； 他们伏击，却自害己命。

19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

19 这就是贪爱不义之财者的结局， 不义之财终要夺去他们的性命。

20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

20 智慧在大街上高喊， 在广场上扬声，

21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

21 在热闹的街头宣告， 在城门口发言：

22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

22 “你们愚昧人喜爱愚昧， 嘲讽者以嘲弄为乐， 无知者厌恶知识， 要到什么时候呢？

23 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.

23 你们若因我的责备而回转， 我就向你们显明我的旨意 ， 叫你们明白我的话语。

24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

24 我呼唤你们， 你们却充耳不闻； 我向你们招手， 你们却视若无睹。

25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

25 你们漠视我的劝诫， 不接受我的责备。

26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

26 因此， 你们遭遇灾难时， 我必发笑； 惊恐临到你们时， 我必嗤笑。

27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

27 那时，恐惧如风暴袭击你们， 灾难如旋风临到你们， 忧愁和苦难吞没你们。

28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

28 你们呼求我， 我也不回答； 你们恳切地寻找我， 却找不到。

29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

29 因为你们厌恶知识， 决定不敬畏耶和华，

30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

30 不接受我的劝诫， 又藐视我的责备。

31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

31 所以，你们必自食其果， 因自己的恶谋而吃尽苦头。

32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

32 愚昧人背离正道， 自招灭亡； 愚顽人逍遥自在， 毁掉自己。

33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

33 然而，那听从我的必安然居住， 得享安宁， 不怕灾祸。”