箴言 12 – CCBT & NIVUK

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

箴言 12:1-28

1喜愛管教的喜愛知識,

厭惡責備的愚不可及。

2善良的人蒙耶和華賜恩,

詭詐的人被耶和華定罪。

3人不能靠惡行堅立自己,

義人的根基卻不會動搖。

4賢德的妻子是丈夫的冠冕,

無恥的妻子如丈夫的骨瘤。

5義人的心思公平正直,

惡人的計謀陰險詭詐。

6惡人的言語暗藏殺機,

正直人的口拯救生命。

7惡人覆滅不復存在,

義人的家屹立不倒。

8人有智慧受稱讚,

心術不正遭唾棄。

9地位卑微卻有僕人,

勝過自高卻餓肚子。

10義人顧惜自己的牲畜,

惡人的憐憫也是殘忍。

11努力耕耘者豐衣足食;

追求虛榮者愚不可及。

12惡人貪戀壞人的贓物,

義人的根結出碩果。

13惡人被自己的惡言所困,

但義人可以脫離險境。

14口出良言,飽嚐美福;

雙手勤勞,終得回報。

15愚人自以為是,

智者肯聽勸誡。

16愚人難壓怒氣,

明哲忍辱負重。

17忠實的證人講真話,

作偽證者滿口謊言。

18出言不慎猶如利劍傷人,

智者之言卻能醫治創傷。

19誠實的口永遠長存,

撒謊的舌轉瞬即逝。

20圖謀惡事的心懷詭詐,

勸人和睦的喜樂洋溢。

21義人無往不利,

惡人災禍連連。

22耶和華厭惡說謊的嘴,

祂喜愛行為誠實的人。

23明哲不露鋒芒,

愚人心吐愚昧。

24殷勤的手必掌權,

懶惰者必做奴僕。

25憂慮的心使人消沉,

一句良言振奮人心。

26義人引人走正路,

惡人領人入歧途。

27懶漢不烤獵物,

勤快人得資財。

28公義的道上有生命,

公義的路上無死亡。

New International Version – UK

Proverbs 12:1-28

1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but whoever hates correction is stupid.

2Good people obtain favour from the Lord,

but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

3No-one can be established through wickedness,

but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown,

but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

5The plans of the righteous are just,

but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,

but the speech of the upright rescues them.

7The wicked are overthrown and are no more,

but the house of the righteous stands firm.

8A person is praised according to their prudence,

and one with a warped mind is despised.

9Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant

than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

10The righteous care for the needs of their animals,

but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

11Those who work their land will have abundant food,

but those who chase fantasies have no sense.

12The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,

but the root of the righteous endures.

13Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,

and so the innocent escape trouble.

14From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,

and the work of their hands brings them reward.

15The way of fools seems right to them,

but the wise listen to advice.

16Fools show their annoyance at once,

but the prudent overlook an insult.

17An honest witness tells the truth,

but a false witness tells lies.

18The words of the reckless pierce like swords,

but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

19Truthful lips endure for ever,

but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

20Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,

but those who promote peace have joy.

21No harm overtakes the righteous,

but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

22The Lord detests lying lips,

but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

23The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,

but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

24Diligent hands will rule,

but laziness ends in forced labour.

25Anxiety weighs down the heart,

but a kind word cheers it up.

26The righteous choose their friends carefully,

but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

27The lazy do not roast12:27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. any game,

but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

28In the way of righteousness there is life;

along that path is immortality.