- 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
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大卫的儿子以色列王所罗门的箴言：
- 1:2 For knowing wisdom and instruction; For discerning words of understanding;
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要使人晓得智慧和训诲，辨识通达的言语；
- 1:3 For receiving instruction in wise conduct, Righteousness, justice, and equity;
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使人领受训诲，处事明智，有公义、公平和公正；
- 1:4 For giving prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the young man;
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使愚蒙人灵明，使少年人有知识和谋略；
- 1:5 That the wise man may hear and increase in learning, And he who has understanding may acquire sound counsel;
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使智慧人听见，增长学识，使聪明人得着智谋；
- 1:6 For understanding proverb and figure, The words of the wise and their difficult sayings.
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使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言辞和隐语。
- 1:7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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敬畏耶和华是知识的开端；愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。
- 1:8 Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
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我儿，要听你父亲的训诲，不可离弃你母亲的指教；
- 1:9 For they will be a wreath of grace for your head And ornaments for your neck.
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因为这要作你头上的华冠，你项上的金链。
- 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
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我儿，恶人若引诱你，你不可随从。
- 1:11 If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood; Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
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他们若说，你与我们同去，我们要埋伏流人的血，要无故蹲伏害无辜的人；
- 1:12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.
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我们要像阴间把他们活活吞下，把他们如同下坑的人囫囵吞了。
- 1:13 We will find all manner of precious goods; We will fill our houses with booty;
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我们必得各样宝物，将所掳来的，装满我们的房屋；
- 1:14 Throw in your lot with us; We will all have one purse -
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你与我们一同有分，大家共用一个囊袋。
- 1:15 My son, do not walk with them on this way; Keep your foot from their path.
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我儿，不要与他们同行这道路；禁止你的脚走他们的途径。
- 1:16 For their feet run toward evil, And they hasten to shed blood.
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因为他们的脚向恶奔跑；他们急速流人的血。
- 1:17 For in vain is the net spread In the eyes of any bird;
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好像飞鸟，虽有网罗张设在眼前，仍视而不见；
- 1:18 Yet they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives!
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这些人埋伏，是为自流己血；蹲伏，是为自害己命。
- 1:19 Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
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凡贪恋财利的，所行之路都是如此；这会夺去得财者的命。
- 1:20 Wisdom cries out in the street; She utters her voice in the open squares.
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智慧在街市上呼喊，在广场上发声。
- 1:21 At the head of the tumultuous street she cries; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
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在热闹街头喊叫，在城门口，在城里发出言语，说，
- 1:22 How long, O simple ones, will you love simpleness, And will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And will fools hate knowledge?
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你们愚蒙人喜爱愚昧，亵慢人喜欢亵慢，愚顽人恨恶知识，要到几时呢？
- 1:23 Turn yourselves at my reproof-Immediately I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
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你们当因我的责备回转；看哪，我要将我的灵浇灌你们，将我的话指示你们。
- 1:24 Because I called and you refused; I stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
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我呼唤，你们拒绝；我伸手，无人理会，
- 1:25 And you neglected all my counsel And would have none of my reproof;
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反倒轻弃我一切的劝戒，不肯受我的责备。
- 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when what you dread comes,
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你们遭灾难，我也必发笑；惊恐临到你们，我必嗤笑。
- 1:27 When what you dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
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惊恐临到你们，好像狂风；灾难来到，如同旋风；急难困苦临到你们身上。
- 1:28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
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那时，他们必呼求我，我却不答应；恳切的寻找我，却寻不见。
- 1:29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
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因为他们恨恶知识，不选择敬畏耶和华，
- 1:30 And would have none of my counsel And despised all my reproof;
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不肯受我的劝戒，藐视我一切的责备，
- 1:31 They shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be filled with their own devices.
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所以他们必吃自己行径的果子，饱尝自设的计谋。
- 1:32 For the turning away of the simple will kill them, And the prosperity of the foolish will cause them to perish;
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愚蒙人背道，必杀己身；愚顽人安逸，必灭己命。
- 1:33 But he who listens to me will dwell securely And will live at ease, without the dread of evil.
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惟有听从我的，必安然居住，得享安宁，免受灾祸的惊恐。