Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

1 孩子啊， 你若接受我的教诲， 珍爱我的诫命，

2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

2 侧耳聆听智慧， 倾心渴慕悟性；

3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

3 你若呼求洞见， 高声寻求悟性，

4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

4 寻它如寻银子， 找它如找宝藏，

5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

5 你就会懂得敬畏耶和华， 能够认识上帝。

6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

6 因为耶和华赐人智慧， 知识和悟性出自祂的口。

7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

7 祂使正直人充满智慧， 是行为纯全者的盾牌。

8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

8 祂看守正义之路， 护卫虔诚人的道。

9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

9 这样，你就明白何为仁义、 公平、正直， 及一切美善之道。

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

10 因为智慧必进入你心， 知识必令你的灵欢乐。

11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

11 明辨力必护佑你， 悟性必看顾你。

12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

12 智慧必救你远离恶道， 脱离言语荒谬的人。

13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

13 他们舍弃正道，走上黑路，

14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

14 以行恶为乐，喜爱恶人的邪僻；

15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

15 他们的道路歪邪，行径扭曲。

16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

16 智慧要救你脱离淫妇， 脱离花言巧语的妓女。

17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

17 她撇弃了年轻时的丈夫， 忘了在上帝面前立的约。

18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

18 她的家通向死亡， 她的路直达阴间。

19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

19 到她那里的人都有去无回， 找不到生命之道。

20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

20 所以你要行善人的路， 守义人的道。

21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

21 因为在地上， 正直人必安居， 纯全无过的人必长存，

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

22 地上的恶人必被铲除， 世上的奸徒必被根除。