箴言 Proverbs

26:1	[hgb]	夏天落雪，收割时下雨，都不相宜。愚昧人得尊荣，也是如此。
	[bbe]	Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
26:2	[hgb]	麻雀往来，燕子翻飞，这样，无故地咒诅，也必不临到。
	[bbe]	As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
26:3	[hgb]	鞭子是为打马。辔头是为勒驴。刑杖是为打愚昧人的背。
	[bbe]	A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
26:4	[hgb]	不要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他，恐怕你与他一样。
	[bbe]	Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
26:5	[hgb]	要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他，免得他自以为有智慧。
	[bbe]	Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
26:6	[hgb]	借愚昧人手寄信的，是砍断自己的脚，自受损害。（自受原文作喝）
	[bbe]	He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
26:7	[hgb]	瘸子的脚，空存无用。箴言在愚昧人的口中，也是如此。
	[bbe]	The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
26:8	[hgb]	将尊荣给愚昧人的，好像人把石子包在机弦里。
	[bbe]	Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
26:9	[hgb]	箴言在愚昧人的口中，好像荆棘刺入醉汉的手。
	[bbe]	Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
26:10	[hgb]	雇愚昧人的，与雇过路人的，就像射伤众人的弓箭手。
	[bbe]	Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
26:11	[hgb]	愚昧人行愚妄事，行了又行，就如狗转过来吃它所吐的。
	[bbe]	Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
26:12	[hgb]	你见自以为有智慧的人吗？愚昧人比他更有指望。
	[bbe]	Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
26:13	[hgb]	懒惰人说，道上有猛狮，街上有壮狮。
	[bbe]	The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
26:14	[hgb]	门在枢纽转动，懒惰人在床上也是如此。
	[bbe]	A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
26:15	[hgb]	懒惰人放手在盘子里，就是向口撤回，也以为劳乏。
	[bbe]	The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
26:16	[hgb]	懒惰人看自己，比七个善于应对的人更有智慧。
	[bbe]	The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
26:17	[hgb]	过路被事激动，管理不干己的争竞，好像人揪住狗耳。
	[bbe]	He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
26:18	[hgb]	人欺凌邻舍，却说，我岂不是戏耍吗？他就像疯狂的人，抛掷火把，利箭，与杀人的兵器。（杀人的兵器原文作死亡）
	[bbe]	As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
26:19	[hgb]
	[bbe]	So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
26:20	[hgb]	火缺了柴，就必熄灭。无人传舌，争竞便止息。
	[bbe]	Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
26:21	[hgb]	好争竞的人煽惑争端，就如余火加炭，火上加柴一样。
	[bbe]	Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
26:22	[hgb]	传舌人的言语，如同美食，深入人的心腹。
	[bbe]	The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
26:23	[hgb]	火热的嘴，奸恶的心，好像银渣包的瓦器。
	[bbe]	Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.
26:24	[hgb]	怨恨人的用嘴粉饰，心里却藏着诡诈。
	[bbe]	With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
26:25	[hgb]	他用甜言蜜语，你不可信他，因为他心中有七样可憎恶的。
	[bbe]	When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
26:26	[hgb]	他虽用诡诈遮掩自己的怨恨，他的邪恶必在会中显露。
	[bbe]	Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.
26:27	[hgb]	挖陷坑的，自己必掉在其中。滚石头的，石头必反滚在他身上。
	[bbe]	He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
26:28	[hgb]	虚谎的舌，恨他所压伤的人。谄媚的口，败坏人的事。
	[bbe]	A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.