My son, if you have become a surety for your neighbor, / If you have given your hands as a pledge for a stranger,
我儿，你若为邻舍作保，替生人击掌担保，

You are snared by the words of your mouth; / You are caught by the words of your mouth.
你就被口中的话语缠住，被嘴里的言语捉住。

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, / Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor: / Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
我儿，你既落在邻舍手中，就当这样行才可救自己：你要去，降卑自己，恳求你的邻舍。

Do not give sleep to your eyes, / Nor slumber to your eyelids.
不容你的眼睛睡觉，不容你的眼皮打盹。

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand / And like a bird from the fowler's hand.
要救自己，如羚羊脱离猎户的手，如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。

Go to the ant, you sluggard; / Consider its ways, and be wise,
懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的行径，就可得智慧。

Which, having no chief, / Officer, or ruler,
蚂蚁没有元帅，没有官长，没有统管，

Prepares its food in summer / And gathers its sustenance in the harvest.
尚且在夏天预备食物，在收割时聚敛粮食。

How long, sluggard, will you lie there? / When will you arise from your sleep?
懒惰人哪，你要躺卧到几时呢？你何时睡醒起来呢？

A little sleep, a little slumber, / A little folding of the hands to rest,
再睡片时，打盹片时，抱着手躺卧片时，

And your poverty will come upon you like a robber, / And your want, like an armed man.
你的贫穷就必如强盗来临，你的缺乏就必如拿兵器的人来到。

A worthless man, a wicked man, / Goes around with a perverse mouth,
卑劣之徒，作恶之人，行事满口乖僻，

Winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet, / Pointing with his fingers;
挤眉弄眼，用脚示意，用指点划，

With perverseness in his heart, he is devising evil continually; / He injects discord.
心存乖僻，常设恶谋，布散纷争。

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; / In a moment he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
所以，灾难必忽然临到；他必顷刻破败，无法可治。

There are six things that Jehovah hates; / Indeed, seven that are an abomination to His soul:
耶和华所恨恶的有六样，连祂魂所憎恶的共有七样，

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, / And hands that shed innocent blood,
就是高傲的眼、撒谎的舌、流无辜人血的手、

A heart that devises wicked schemes, / Feet that hurry to run to evil,
图谋恶计的心、飞跑行恶的脚、

A false witness who utters lies, / And one who injects discord among brothers.
吐谎言的假见证人并在弟兄中布散纷争的人。

My son, keep the commandment of your father, / And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
我儿，要谨守你父亲的诫命，不可离弃你母亲的指教，

Bind them continually on your heart; / Tie them around your neck.
要常系在你心上，绑在你颈项上。

When you walk about, it will guide you, / When you lie down, it will watch over you; / And when you awake, it will talk with you.
你行走，它必引导你；你躺卧，它必看守你；你睡醒，它必与你谈论。

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, / And the reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
因为诫命是灯，指教是光，训诲的责备是生命的道路，

To keep you from the evil woman, / From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
能保守你远离恶妇，远离外女油滑的舌头。

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, / Nor let her catch you with her eyelids;
你心中不要贪恋她的美色，也不要被她的眼皮勾引；

For the price of a harlot is a loaf of bread, / But the wife of another man hunts for the precious soul.
因为妓女的代价只是一块饼；淫妇却猎取人宝贵的性命。

Can a man take fire in his bosom / And his clothes not be burned?
人若怀里揣火，衣服岂能不烧着呢？

Can a man walk on hot coals / And his feet not be scorched?
人若在火炭上走，脚岂能不灼伤呢？

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbor's wife; / No one who touches her will be unpunished.
与邻舍之妻同寝的，也是如此；凡挨触她的，必难免受罚。

The thief is not despised if he steals / To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
贼因饥饿偷窃充饥，人不藐视他；

But if he is found out, he shall restore sevenfold; / He must give over all the substance of his house.
他若被发现，就要赔还七倍，要将家中所有的尽都交出。

He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense; / He who does it destroys his own soul.
与妇人行淫的，便是无知；行这事的，自毁性命。

He will find wounds and dishonor, / And his reproach will not be wiped away.
他必受伤损，遭凌辱；他的羞耻不得涂抹。

For jealousy is the rage of a man, / And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
因为嫉恨乃是男人的烈怒，在报仇的日子绝不留情。

He will not regard any ransom, / Nor will he be content if you give him great gifts.
什么赎价，他都不顾；你虽送许多礼物，他也不肯干休。