- 22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, And favor is better than silver and gold.
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美名比大财更可取，恩宠比金银更好。
- 22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
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富户穷人在一件事上都一样，就是他们都为耶和华所造。
- 22:3 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.
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灵巧人见祸藏躲，愚蒙人却前往受罚。
- 22:4 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Are riches and honor and life.
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心存谦卑，敬畏耶和华，就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。
- 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will keep far from them.
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乖僻人的路上有荆棘和网罗；保守自己性命的，必要远离这些。
- 22:6 Train up a child according to the way he should go; Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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教养孩童走当走的道路，就是到老他也不偏离。
- 22:7 The rich man rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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富户管辖穷人，欠债的是债主的仆人。
- 22:8 He who sows injustice will reap iniquity, And the rod of his wrath will fail.
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撒播不义的必收灾祸，他逞怒的杖也必废掉。
- 22:9 He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his bread to the poor.
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眼目慈善的，就必蒙福，因他将食物分给穷人。
- 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease.
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赶出亵慢人，纷争就出去；争竞和羞辱也必止息。
- 22:11 He who loves pureness of heart And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.
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喜爱心里纯洁、口中有恩言的人，王必与他为友。
- 22:12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
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耶和华的眼目保守知识，但祂倾覆奸诈人的言语。
- 22:13 The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!
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懒惰人说，外头有狮子，我在街上必被杀害！
- 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there.
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淫妇的口为深坑；耶和华所恼怒的，必陷在其中。
- 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
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愚妄缠住孩童的心，用管教的杖可以将愚妄远远赶除。
- 22:16 He who oppresses the poor to multiply his gain, And he who gives to the rich will only come to want.
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欺压贫穷为要多增财利的，并送礼给富户的，都必缺乏。
- 22:17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;
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你当侧耳听智慧人的言语，留心我的知识；
- 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them be ready on your lips.
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你若心中存记，嘴上准备，这便为美。
- 22:19 So that your trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
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我今日以此特特指教你，为要使你信靠耶和华。
- 22:20 Have not I written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
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谋略和知识的美事，我岂没有写给你么？
- 22:21 To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you?
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要使你知道真理之言的确实，你好将真理之言回覆那些打发你的人。
- 22:22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;
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你不可因穷人贫穷就抢夺他的物，也不可在城门口欺压困苦人；
- 22:23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And rob the life of those who rob them.
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因耶和华必为他们辨屈；抢夺他们的，耶和华必夺取那些人的命。
- 22:24 Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, And with a wrathful man do not go;
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好生气的人，不可与他结交；暴怒的人，不可与他来往；
- 22:25 Lest you learn his ways And get a snare for your soul.
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恐怕你学他的行径，使自己陷在网罗里。
- 22:26 Do not be one of those who give their hand as a pledge Or one of those who are a surety for debts.
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不要与人击掌作保，也不要为欠债的担保。
- 22:27 If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should your bed be taken away from under you?
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你若没有什么偿还，何必使人夺去你睡卧的床呢？
- 22:28 Do not remove the ancient boundary marker, Which your fathers have set up.
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你先祖所立古时的地界，你不可挪移。
- 22:29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.
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你看见办事敏捷的人么？他必站在君王面前，必不站在微贱人面前。