Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; / And whoever errs by it does not become wise.
淡酒使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧嚷；凡因酒犯错的，就无智慧。

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; / He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
王的威吓，如同狮子吼叫；惹动他怒气的，是自害己命。

It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife, / But every fool rushes headlong into it.
远离纷争是人的尊荣，愚妄人却爱争闹。

The sluggard will not plow because of winter; / Therefore he will beg in harvest and have nothing.
懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种，到收割的时候，他必乞讨而无所得。

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, / But a man of understanding will draw it out.
人心怀藏谋略，好像深水，但聪明人能汲引出来。

Many a man will proclaim his own kindness, / But who can find a faithful man?
人多宣告自己的仁慈，但忠信人谁能遇见呢？

A righteous man who walks in his integrity, / Blessed are his children after him.
行为纯全的义人，他的子孙是有福的。

A king who sits on the throne of judgment / Scatters away all evil with his eyes.
王坐在审判的位上，以眼目簸散一切邪恶。

Who can say, I have made my heart clean; / I am pure from my sin?
谁能说，我洁净了我的心，我脱净了我的罪？

Differing weights and differing measures, / Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
不同的法码，不同的升斗，都为耶和华所憎恶。

Even a child makes himself known by his deeds, / Whether his work is pure and whether it is upright.
孩童所作的是否清洁正直，都由他的行为将他自己显明出来。

The hearing ear and the seeing eye — / Jehovah has made both of them.
能听的耳，能看的眼，都是耶和华所造的。

Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; / Open your eyes, and be satisfied with bread.
不要贪睡，免致贫穷；眼要睁开，就得饱食。

It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; / But when he has gone away, then he boasts in his purchase.
买物的说，不好，不好；及至买去，便夸赞所买的。

There is gold and an abundance of corals, / But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
虽有金子和许多珊瑚，惟有知识的嘴才是宝器。

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger, / And hold the pledge when he becomes surety for foreigners.
谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服；谁为外人作保，就向谁取抵押。

The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, / But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
以虚谎得来的食物，人觉甘甜，过后他的口必充满沙石。

Every plan is established by counsel, / And by sound counsel make war.
计谋都凭筹算立定，打仗要凭智谋。

He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets; / Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide.
往来传闲话的，泄漏秘密，所以大张嘴的，不可与他结交。

Whoever curses his father or his mother, / His lamp will go out in deep darkness.
咒骂父母的，他的灯必熄灭在幽暗中。

An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning / Will not be blessed in the end.
起初速得的产业，终久并不蒙福。

Do not say, I will recompense evil; / Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you.
不要说，我要以恶报恶；要等候耶和华，祂必拯救你。

Differing weights are an abomination to Jehovah, / And false scales are not good.
不同的法码为耶和华所憎恶，诡诈的天平也为不善。

A man's steps are ordered by Jehovah; / How then can man understand his own way?
人的脚步既为耶和华所定，人怎能明白自己的路呢？

It is a snare to a man to rashly say, It is holy, / And after making the vows to begin to consider.
人冒失说，这是圣物，许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。

A wise king winnows the wicked / And drives the threshing wheel over them.
智慧的王簸散恶人，用碾轮辊轧他们。

The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, / Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being.
人的灵是耶和华的灯，鉴察人的深处。

Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king, / And his throne is upheld by kindness.
仁慈和真实保全君王；他的国位乃借仁慈立稳。

The glory of young men is their strength, / And the honor of old men is gray hair.
力量乃少年人的荣耀，白发为老年人的尊荣。

Stripes that wound purge away evil, / And strokes reach the innermost parts of the inner being.
鞭伤除净人的罪恶，责打能入人的深处。