Proverbs 6

1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

1 孩子啊，你若为邻人作保， 为外人击掌立约，

2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

2 你就被自己口中的话套住， 被自己的诺言缠住。

3 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.

3 孩子啊，你已落入邻人的手中， 你当如此自救： 要谦卑地向他求情。

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

4 勿让你的眼睛睡觉， 莫叫你的眼皮打盹。

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

5 要救自己脱离困境， 像羚羊挣脱猎人的手， 飞鸟逃脱捕鸟人的手。

6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

6 懒惰的人啊，去看看蚂蚁， 观察它的生活，就会有智慧。

7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

7 蚂蚁没有元帅， 没有官长， 也没有君王，

8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

8 却在夏季储备粮食， 在收割时积聚食物。

9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

9 懒惰的人啊，你要躺到何时？ 要睡到何时才起床？

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

10 再睡一会儿，再打个盹儿， 再抱着手躺一会儿，

11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

11 贫穷必像盗贼一样临到你， 缺乏必像武士一样扑向你。

12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

12 无赖与恶人满口诡诈，

13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

13 挤眉弄眼，指手画脚，

14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

14 心术不正，图谋恶事，常常挑起争端。

15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

15 因此，灾难必突然临到， 他们顷刻之间遭到毁灭， 无可挽救。

16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

16 耶和华所憎恶的事有六样， 连祂厌恶的事共有七样：

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

17 高傲的眼睛， 撒谎的舌头， 杀害无辜的手，

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

18 图谋诡计的心， 奔跑作恶的脚，

19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

19 撒谎的假证人， 以及在弟兄中挑起争端的人。

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

20 孩子啊，要遵守你父亲的诫命， 不可背弃你母亲的训诲。

21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

21 你要常常将这些系在心坎上， 戴在颈项上。

22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

22 你行走，它们必引领你； 你躺卧，它们必护卫你； 你醒来，它们必与你交谈。

23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

23 因为诫命是灯，训诲是光， 管教和责备是生命之道，

24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

24 能使你远离邪恶的女人， 避开油嘴滑舌的妓女。

25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

25 你的心不要贪恋她的美色， 也不要被她的媚眼所迷惑，

26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

26 因为娼妓会使人倾家荡产 ， 淫妇会猎杀人宝贵的生命。

27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

27 人若将火藏在怀中， 哪能不烧着衣服呢？

28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

28 人若行走在火炭上， 哪能不烫伤双脚呢？

29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

29 与别人妻子通奸也是这样， 凡亲近她的必难逃罪责。

30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

30 贼因充饥而偷， 没有人藐视他；

31 Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

31 但若被抓到，他要偿还七倍， 就是倾家荡产也要偿还。

32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

32 和有夫之妇通奸的， 实在愚不可及， 他是自寻死路。

33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

33 他必挨打，受辱， 他的耻辱永难抹去。

34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

34 那丈夫妒火燃烧， 报仇时绝不留情。

35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

35 赔他再多财物，他也不会接受； 送他再多礼物，他都不肯罢休。