中英对照

1. 1.我的儿子，你若接受我的言语， 并将我的命令藏在心里；My son, if you accept my wordsAnd treasure up my commandments;💡
2. 2.如果你使你的耳朵专心听从智慧 并且使你的心明智地辨别；If you make your ear attentive to wisdomAnd your mind open to discernment;💡
3. 3.如果你呼唤悟性 并大声呼喊求明辨，If you call to understandingAnd cry aloud to discernment,💡
4. 4.如果你像寻找银子一样寻求它 并像寻找宝藏一样搜索它If you seek it as you do silverAnd search for it as for treasures,💡
5. 5.然后你们就会明白敬畏上帝 并且获得对上帝的认识Then you will understand the fear of GOD And attain knowledge of God.💡
6. 6.因为上帝必为这百姓伸冤 并为这些仆人报仇 参见以赛亚书 1:24 当他看见他们的力量已经消失 无论是奴隶还是自由人都不剩下For GOD grants wisdom;Knowledge and discernment are by God’s decree.💡
7. 7.能力是为正直的人所保留的 上帝是为那些行事无愧的人所成为的盾牌Ability is reserved for the uprightAnd [God] is a shield for those who live blamelessly,💡
8. 8.守望公义的道路，保护忠诚人的路。Guarding the paths of justice,Protecting the way of those who are loyal.💡
9. 9.你就会明白什么是正确、公正、公平——一切美善的道路。You will then understand what is right, just,And equitable—every good course.💡
10. 10.智慧将进入你的心灵 知识将使你欢喜For wisdom will enter your mindAnd knowledge will delight you.💡
11. 11.先见会保护你， 辨别力会守护你。Foresight will protect you,And discernment will guard you.💡
12. 12.它必救你脱离恶人的道路，脱离说虚假话的男人——It will save you from an evildoer’s ways,From a man who speaks duplicity—💡
13. 13.离开正道的人 去行走黑暗的路途，Those who leave the paths of rectitudeTo follow the ways of darkness,💡
14. 14.以作恶为乐 并以恶人的欺诈为夸耀Who rejoice in doing evilAnd exult in an evildoer’s duplicity,💡
15. 15.一切行事弯曲的人 以及一切行事乖僻的人。All whose paths are crookedAnd who are devious in their course.💡
16. 16.它必救你脱离恶人的道路，脱离说虚假话的男人——It will save you from the forbidden woman,From the alien woman whose talk is smooth,💡
17. 17.抛弃她年青时的伴侣， 忘记她神的约。Who forsakes the companion of her youthAnd disregards the covenant of her God.💡
18. 18.她的家陷入了死地， 她的道路引向阴影。Her house sinks down to Death,And her course leads to the shades.💡
19. 19.一切到她那里去的人都不能回来，又不能在生命的道路上找到路。All who go to her cannot returnAnd find again the paths of life.💡
20. 20.遵行善良的人的道路坚守义人所走的路径So follow the way of the goodAnd keep to the paths of the just.💡
21. 21.义人必承受地土，正直人必在其中居住。For the upright will inhabit the earth,The blameless will remain in it.💡
22. 22.恶人必从地上灭绝， 奸诈人必从地上剪除。While the wicked will vanish from the landAnd the treacherous will be rooted out of it.💡