1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,	1 我儿，你若为朋友作保，替外人击掌，
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.	2 你就被口中的话语缠住，被嘴里的言语捉住。
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.	3 我儿，你既落在朋友手中，就当这样行才可救自己：你要自卑，去恳求你的朋友。
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.	4 不要容你的眼睛睡觉；不要容你的眼皮打盹。
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.	5 要救自己，如鹿脱离猎户的手，如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:	6 懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧。
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,	7 蚂蚁没有元帅，没有官长，没有君王，
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.	8 尚且在夏天预备食物，在收割时聚敛粮食。
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?	9 懒惰人哪，你要睡到几时呢？你何时睡醒呢？
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:	10 再睡片时，打盹片时，抱著手躺卧片时，
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.	11 你的贫穷就必如强盗速来，你的缺乏彷佛拿兵器的人来到。
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.	12 无赖的恶徒，行动就用乖僻的口，
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;	13 用眼传神，用脚示意，用指点划，
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.	14 心中乖僻，常设恶谋，布散分争。
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.	15 所以，灾难必忽然临到他身；他必顷刻败坏，无法可治。
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:	16 耶和华所恨恶的有六样，连他心所憎恶的共有七样：
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,	17 就是高傲的眼，撒谎的舌，流无辜人血的手，
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,	18 图谋恶计的心，飞跑行恶的脚，
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.	19 吐谎言的假见证，并弟兄中布散分争的人。
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:	20 我儿，要谨守你父亲的诫命；不可离弃你母亲的法则（或作：指教），
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.	21 要常系在你心上，挂在你项上。
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.	22 你行走，他必引导你；你躺卧，他必保守你；你睡醒，他必与你谈论。
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:	23 因为诫命是灯，法则（或作：指教）是光，训诲的责备是生命的道，
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.	24 能保你远离恶妇，远离外女谄媚的舌头。
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.	25 你心中不要恋慕他的美色，也不要被他眼皮勾引。
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.	26 因为，妓女能使人只剩一块饼；淫妇猎取人宝贵的生命。
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?	27 人若怀里搋火，衣服岂能不烧呢？
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?	28 人若在火炭上走，脚岂能不烫呢？
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.	29 亲近邻舍之妻的，也是如此；凡挨近他的，不免受罚。
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;	30 贼因饥饿偷窃充饥，人不藐视他，
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.	31 若被找著，他必赔还七倍，必将家中所有的尽都偿还。
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.	32 与妇人行淫的，便是无知；行这事的，必丧掉生命。
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.	33 他必受伤损，必被凌辱；他的羞耻不得涂抹。
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.	34 因为人的嫉恨成了烈怒，报仇的时候决不留情。
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.	35 什麽赎价，他都不顾；你虽送许多礼物，他也不肯干休。