- 4:1 Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And be attentive, that you may gain understanding;
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众子阿，要听父亲的训诲，要留心听，好得聪明。
- 4:2 For I give you good teaching; Do not forsake my instruction.
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因我授与你们的是美好的学识；不可离弃我的指教。
- 4:3 For I was a son to my father, Tender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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我在父亲面前为孝子，在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿。
- 4:4 And he taught me and said to me, Let your heart hold fast to my words; Keep my commandments and live;
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父亲教训我说，你心要谨记我的言语；遵守我的命令，便得存活。
- 4:5 Get wisdom; get understanding; Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
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要得智慧，得聪明；不可忘记，也不可偏离我口中的言语。
- 4:6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; Love her, and she will guard you.
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不可离弃智慧，智慧就保守你；要爱她，她就护卫你。
- 4:7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom; and in all your getting, get understanding.
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智慧的开端就是，你要取得智慧；在你一切所得之中，要取得聪明。
- 4:8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.
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珍重智慧，她就使你高升；怀抱智慧，她就使你尊荣。
- 4:9 She will give a garland of grace for your head; A crown of beauty will she bestow on you.
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她必将华冠加在你头上，把荣冕交给你。
- 4:10 Hear, my son, and receive my words, And the years of your life will be many.
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我儿，你要听，要接受我的言语，你一生的年日就必增多。
- 4:11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
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我已指教你走智慧的道路，引导你行正直的途径。
- 4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; And when you run, you will not stumble.
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你行走，脚步必不受阻碍；你奔跑，也不至跌倒。
- 4:13 Take hold of instruction; do not let go; Guard her, for she is your life.
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要持定训诲，不可放松；当护卫她，因为她是你的生命。
- 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of the evil.
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不可进恶人的途径；不要行坏人的道路。
- 4:15 Avoid it; do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on by.
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要躲避，不可经过；要转身而去。
- 4:16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
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这等人若不行恶，就睡不着觉；不使人跌倒，就不得安眠；
- 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence.
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因为他们吃的是奸恶饼，喝的是强暴酒。
- 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, Which shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
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但义人的途径好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。
- 4:19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; They do not know what they stumble over.
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恶人的道路好像幽暗；自己不知因什么绊跌。
- 4:20 My son, be attentive to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
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我儿，要留心听我的言语，侧耳听我的讲论。
- 4:21 Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart.
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都不可使这些离你的眼目；要持守在你心中。
- 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, And healing to all their flesh.
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因为对寻得的人，这些乃是生命，又是全身的医治。
- 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, For from it are the issues of life.
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你要切切保守你心，因为生命的果效发之于心。
- 4:24 Put away from you crooked speech, And put perverse talk far from you.
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你要除掉邪僻的言辞，远离乖谬的谈论。
- 4:25 Let your eyes look directly ahead, And let your gaze be straight in front of you.
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你的眼目要向前正看，你的眼睛当向前直观。
- 4:26 Make straight the path of your feet, And all your ways will be established.
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要修直你脚下的途径，坚定你一切的道路。
- 4:27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; Turn your foot away from evil.
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不可偏向左右；要使你的脚离开邪恶。