|
Proverbs 1 1 2 The words of Agur, son of Jakeh the Massaite: The pronouncement of mortal man: ＂I am not God; I am not God, that I should prevail. 玛萨人雅刻之子阿古尔的格言，即他给依提耳、给依提耳和乌加耳的断语： 2 Why, I am the most stupid of men, and have not even human intelligence; 我比谁都愚蠢，没有人的才智。 3 Neither have I learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy One. 我从来没有学得智慧，致能通晓圣者的知识。 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down again-- who has cupped the wind in his hands? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak-- who has marked out all the ends of the earth? What is his name, what is his son's name, if you know it?＂ 谁曾上升过天而又降下？谁能将风收集在手中？谁能将水聚集在大衣内？谁为这大地立定了边界？他叫什么名字？其子姓甚名谁？你知道吗？ 5 Every word of God is tested; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 天主的每一句话，都是经火精炼的；凡托庇于他的人，他必要作其护盾。 6 Add nothing to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be exposed as a deceiver. 对他所说的话，不可加添什么；免得他指责你，证明你在说谎。 7 Two things I ask of you, deny them not to me before I die: 我求你两件事，在我未死以前，请不要拒绝我： 8 Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; (provide me only with the food I need;) 令虚伪和欺诈远离我，贫乏或富裕勿赐与我，只供予我必需的食粮， 9 Lest, being full, I deny you, saying, ＂Who is the LORD?＂ Or, being in want, I steal, and profane the name of my God. 免得我吃饱了，背叛你说：＂谁是上主？＂或是过于贫乏，因而行窃，加辱我天主的名。 10 Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you have to pay the penalty. 11 3 There is a group of people that curses its father, and blesses not its mother. 有一种人，咒骂父亲；自己母亲，也不降福。 12 There is a group that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not purged of its filth. 有一种人，自视清高；自身污秽，却不洗涤。 13 There is a group--how haughty their eyes! how overbearing their glance! 有一种人，眼睛傲慢，目空一切。 14 There is a group whose incisors are swords, whose teeth are knives, Devouring the needy from the earth, and the poor from among men. 有一种人，牙如利剑，齿如快刀，地上弱小，人间贫民，吞食一空。 15 4 The two daughters of the leech are, ＂Give, Give.＂ Three things are never satisfied, four never say, ＂Enough!＂ 水蛭有两个女儿，常说＂给我！给我！＂不知足的东西，共有三样，总不说＂够了＂的，共有四样： 16 The nether world, and the barren womb; the earth, that is never saturated with water, and fire, that never says, ＂Enough!＂ 即阴府、荒胎、总饮不足水的地，和总不说＂够了＂的火。 17 The eye that mocks a father, or scorns an aged mother, Will be plucked out by the ravens in the valley; the young eagles will devour it. 谁嘲笑父亲，或轻视年老的母亲，愿他的眼睛，被谷中的乌鸦啄去，为小鹰所食。 18 5 Three things are too wonderful for me, yes, four I cannot understand: 19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, The way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden. 即鹰在天空飞翔的道，蛇在岩石爬行的道，船在海中航行的道，以及男女交合之道。 20 6 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, ＂I have done no wrong.＂ 淫妇的作风是这样：她吃了后，抹抹口说：＂我并没有为非作歹。＂ 21 Under three things the earth trembles, yes, under four it cannot bear up: 使地战栗的事，共有三样，连不可容忍的，共有四样： 22 Under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is glutted with food; 即奴隶为王，愚人饱食， 23 Under an odious woman when she is wed, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress. 丑女出嫁，婢女当家。 24 Four things are among the smallest on the earth, and yet are exceedingly wise: 地上的小动物中，有四种极其聪明： 25 Ants--a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer; 蚂蚁是无力的一群，却在夏日储备食粮； 26 7 Rock-badgers--a species not mighty, yet they make their home in the crags; 岩狸是无能的一群，却在岩石中筑巢穴； 27 Locusts--they have no king, yet they migrate all in array; 28 Lizards--you can catch them with your hands, yet they find their way into king's palaces. 壁虎能用手来捕捉，却经常出入于皇宫。 29 Three things are stately in their stride, yes, four are stately in their carriage: 举止昂然之物，共有三样，连威仪赫赫的，共有四样： 30 The lion, mightiest of beasts, who retreats before nothing; 即兽中称雄的狮子，面临一切从不退缩； 31 The strutting cock, and the he-goat, and the king at the head of his people. 独步鸡群中的雄鸡，开头领队的公山羊，和检阅人民的君王。 32 8 If you have foolishly been proud or presumptuous--put your hand on your mouth; 你一时糊涂，高举了自己，当你反省时，应以手掩口； 33 For the stirring of milk brings forth curds, and the stirring of anger brings forth blood. 因为搅动乳汁，可出奶油；用力扭鼻，可流鲜血；激起愤怒，必生争端。 Footnotes(注解) 1 [1-3] Agur wishes to stress man's insignificance when he is compared to God; cf Job 38-39. , 2 [1] Agur: an unknown person. Massaite: from Massa in northern Arabia, elsewhere referred to as an encampment of the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:14). But the word may not be intended as a place name; it might signify ＂an oracle,＂ ＂a prophecy.＂ 3 [11-14] Perverted people are here classified as unfilial (Proverb 30:11), self-righteous (Proverb 30:12), proud (Proverb 30:13) and rapacious (Proverb 30:14). 4 [15-17] The two daughters . . . ＂Give, Give＂: the text is obscure but the sense seems to be that the leech is insatiable in its desire for blood, just as desire for blood, just as are the nether world for victims, the barren womb for offspring, the parched earth for water, and fire for fuel (Proverb 30:16). 5 [18-19] The soaring flight of the eagle, the mysterious movement upon a rock of the serpent which has no feet, the path of the ship through the trackless deep, and the marvelous procreation of human life, excite great wonderment. 6 [20] This verse portrays the indifference of an adulterous woman who thinks there is no trace of her wicked act. 7 [26] Rock-badgers: cf note to Psalm 104:18. 8 [32-33] The anger aroused by overweening pride threatens an awesome punishment. |
|
||||||
    |
||||||
