【箴言篇】第二十六章 << 上一章下一章 >>

26:1 有如夏日下雪，秋收降雨，不合时令；同样愚昧的人获得光荣，亦不适宜。
Like snow in summer, or rain in harvest, honor for a fool is out of place.

26:2 有如麻雀逃走，燕子飞去：无端的咒骂，也一去无踪。
Like the sparrow in its flitting, like the swallow in its flight, a curse uncalled-for arrives nowhere.

26:3 马需要皮鞭，驴需要辔头，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。
The whip for the horse, the bridle for the ass, and the rod for the back of fools.

26:4 回答愚昧人，别照样愚昧，免得你也象他一样；
Answer not the fool according to his folly, lest you too become like him.

26:5 回答愚昧人，有时应愚昧，免得他自以为聪明。
Answer the fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

26:6 派遣愚昧人，去作传话人，是自断己足，是自寻苦恼。
He cuts off his feet, he drinks down violence, who sends messages by a fool.

26:7 犹如跛子的脚虚悬无力，箴言在愚人口中也是如此。
A proverb in the mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs.

26:8 将光荣体面授给愚昧人，无异将宝石投在石堆里。
Like one who entangles the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

26:9 箴言在愚人口中，犹如荆棘在醉汉手中。
Like a thorn stick brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

26:10 雇用愚人或过路人的人，无异射伤众人的弓手。
Like an archer wounding all who pass by is he who hires a drunken fool.

26:11 愚人一再重复他的愚行，犹如狗再吃它呕吐之物。
As the dog returns to his vomit, so the fool repeats his folly.

26:12 你是否见过自作聪明的人﹖寄望于愚人必寄望于他更好。
You see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

26:13 懒惰人常说：「路上有猛狮，街市有壮狮。」
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the street, a lion in the middle of the square!"

26:14 懒人在床榻上辗转，犹如门扇在枢纽上旋转。
The door turns on its hinges, the sluggard, on his bed!

26:15 懒人伸手在盘中取食，送到口边也感到辛苦。
The sluggard loses his hand in the dish; he is too weary to lift it to his mouth.

26:16 懒惰人自视为聪明，远胜过七个善于应对的人。
The sluggard imagines himself wiser than seven men who answer with good sense.

26:17 干涉与己无关的争端，有如抓过路狗的尾巴。
Like the man who seizes a passing dog by the ears is he who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

26:18 谁骗了人而后说：「我只开玩笑!」
Like a crazed archer scattering firebrands and deadly arrows

26:19 犹如狂人投掷火把、利箭和死亡。
Is the man who deceives his neighbor, and then says, "I was only joking."

26:20 没有木柴，火即熄灭；没有谗言，争端即息。
For lack of wood, the fire dies out; and when there is no talebearer, strife subsides.

26:21 谁惹事生非，挑拨争端，是在火炭上加炭，火柴上加柴。
What a bellows is to live coals, what wood is to fire, such is a contentious man in enkindling strife.

26:22 进谗者的话，如可口美味，能深深透入肺腑的深处。
The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels that sink into one’s inmost being.

26:23 口蜜腹剑的人，有如涂上银的陶器。
Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips with a wicked heart.

26:24 怀恨他人的，善措词掩饰；但在他心底，却藏有阴险。
With his lips an enemy pretends, but in his inmost being he maintains deceit;

26:25 谁声调过柔，你不要相信；因在他心中，藏有七种恶。
When he speaks graciously, trust him not, for seven abominations are in his heart.

26:26 仇恨虽可以诡计来掩饰，但在集会中险恶必败露。
A man may conceal hatred under dissimulation, but his malice will be revealed in the assembly.

26:27 挖掘陷阱的必自陷其中，滚转石头的必为石所压。
He who digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon him who rolls it.

26:28 撒谎的唇舌，必痛恨真理；谄媚的嘴脸，必制造丧亡。
The lying tongue is its owner’s enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin.

从到
关键字：