箴言 Proverbs

27:1	[hb5]	不要為明日自誇、因為一日要生何事、你尚且不能知道。
	[kjv]	Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
	[bbe]	Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
27:2	[hb5]	要別人誇獎你、不可用口自誇．等外人稱讚你、不可用嘴自稱。
	[kjv]	Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
	[bbe]	Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
27:3	[hb5]	石頭重、沙土沉、愚妄人的惱怒、比這兩樣更重。
	[kjv]	A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
	[bbe]	A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
27:4	[hb5]	忿怒為殘忍、怒氣為狂瀾、惟有嫉妒、誰能敵得住呢。
	[kjv]	Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
	[bbe]	Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
27:5	[hb5]	當面的責備、強如背地的愛情。
	[kjv]	Open rebuke is better than secret love.
	[bbe]	Better is open protest than love kept secret.
27:6	[hb5]	朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠．仇敵連連親嘴、卻是多餘。
	[kjv]	Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
	[bbe]	The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
27:7	[hb5]	人喫飽了、厭惡蜂房的蜜．人飢餓了、一切苦物都覺甘甜。
	[kjv]	The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
	[bbe]	The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8	[hb5]	人離本處飄流、好像雀鳥離窩遊飛。
	[kjv]	As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
	[bbe]	Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
27:9	[hb5]	膏油與香料、使人心喜悅．朋友誠實的勸教、也是如此甘美。
	[kjv]	Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
	[bbe]	Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
27:10	[hb5]	你的朋友、和父親的朋友、你都不可離棄．你遭難的日子、不要上弟兄的家去．相近的鄰舍、強如遠方的弟兄。
	[kjv]	Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
	[bbe]	Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
27:11	[hb5]	我兒、你要作智慧人、好叫我的心歡喜、使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。
	[kjv]	My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
	[bbe]	My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
27:12	[hb5]	通達人見禍藏躲．愚蒙人前往受害。
	[kjv]	A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
	[bbe]	The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
27:13	[hb5]	誰為生人作保、就拿誰的衣服．誰為外女作保、誰就承當。
	[kjv]	Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
	[bbe]	Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
27:14	[hb5]	清晨起來、大聲給朋友祝福的、就算是咒詛他。
	[kjv]	He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
	[bbe]	He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
27:15	[hb5]	大雨之日連連滴漏、和爭吵的婦人一樣．
	[kjv]	A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
	[bbe]	Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
27:16	[hb5]	想攔阻他的、便是攔阻風、也是右手抓油。
	[kjv]	Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
	[bbe]	He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
27:17	[hb5]	鐵磨鐵、磨出刃來．朋友相感、〔原文作磨朋友的臉〕也是如此。
	[kjv]	Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
	[bbe]	Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
27:18	[hb5]	看守無花果樹的、必喫樹上的果子．敬奉主人的、必得尊榮。
	[kjv]	Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
	[bbe]	Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
27:19	[hb5]	水中照臉、彼此相符．人與人、心也相對。
	[kjv]	As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
	[bbe]	Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
27:20	[hb5]	陰間和滅亡、永不滿足．人的眼目、也是如此。
	[kjv]	Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
	[bbe]	The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
27:21	[hb5]	鼎為煉銀、爐為煉金、人的稱讚也試煉人。
	[kjv]	As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
	[bbe]	The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
27:22	[hb5]	你雖用杵、將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中、他的愚妄還是離不了他。
	[kjv]	Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
	[bbe]	Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
27:23	[hb5]	你要詳細知道你羊群的景況．留心料理你的牛群。
	[kjv]	Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
	[bbe]	Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
27:24	[hb5]	因為資財不能永有．冠冕豈能存到萬代。
	[kjv]	For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
	[bbe]	For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
27:25	[hb5]	乾草割去、嫩草發現、山上的菜蔬、也被收斂。
	[kjv]	The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
	[bbe]	The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
27:26	[hb5]	羊羔之毛、是為你作衣服．山羊是為作田地的價值．
	[kjv]	The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
	[bbe]	The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
27:27	[hb5]	並有母山羊奶夠你喫、也夠你的家眷喫、且夠養你的婢女。
	[kjv]	And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
	[bbe]	There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.