1	美名勝過大財；恩寵強如金銀。
			A name rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favour rather than silver and gold.
		2	富戶窮人在世相遇，都為耶和華所造。
			The rich and poor meet together: the LORD the maker of them all.
		3	通達人見禍藏躲；愚蒙人前往受害。
			A prudent foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
		4	敬畏耶和華心存謙卑，就得富有、尊榮、生命為賞賜。
			By humility the fear of the LORD riches, and honour, and life.
		5	乖僻人的路上有荊棘和網羅；保守自己生命的，必要遠離。
			Thorns snares in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
		6	教養孩童，使他走當行的道，就是到老他也不偏離。
			Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
		7	富戶管轄窮人；欠債的是債主的僕人。
			The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower servant to the lender.
		8	撒罪孽的，必收災禍；他逞怒的杖也必廢掉。
			He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
		9	眼目慈善的，就必蒙福，因他將食物分給窮人。
			He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
		10	趕出褻慢人，爭端就消除；分爭和羞辱也必止息。
			Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
		11	喜愛清心的人因他嘴上的恩言，王必與他為友。
			He that loveth pureness of heart, the grace of his lips the king his friend.
		12	耶和華的眼目眷顧聰明人，卻傾敗奸詐人的言語。
			The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
		13	懶惰人說：外頭有獅子；我在街上就必被殺。
			The slothful saith, a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
		14	淫婦的口為深坑；耶和華所憎惡的，必陷在其中。
			The mouth of strange women a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
		15	愚蒙迷住孩童的心，用管教的杖可以遠遠趕除。
			Foolishness bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
		16	欺壓貧窮為要利己的，並送禮與富戶的，都必缺乏。
			He that oppresseth the poor to increase his he that giveth to the rich, surely to want.
		17	你須側耳聽受智慧人的言語，留心領會我的知識。
			Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
		18	你若心中存記，嘴上咬定，這便為美。
			For a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
		19	我今日以此特特指教你，為要使你倚靠耶和華。
			That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
		20	謀略和知識的美事，我豈沒有寫給你嗎？
			Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
		21	要使你知道真言的實理，你好將真言回覆那打發你來的人。
			That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
		22	貧窮人，你不可因他貧窮就搶奪他的物，也不可在城門口欺壓困苦人；
			Rob not the poor, because he poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
		23	因耶和華必為他辨屈；搶奪他的，耶和華必奪取那人的命。
			For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
		24	好生氣的人，不可與他結交；暴怒的人，不可與他來往；
			Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
		25	恐怕你效法他的行為，自己就陷在網羅裡。
			Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
		26	不要與人擊掌，不要為欠債的作保。
			Be not thou of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts.
		27	你若沒有什麼償還，何必使人奪去你睡臥的床呢？
			If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
		28	你先祖所立的地界，你不可挪移。
			Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
		29	你看見辦事殷勤的人嗎？他必站在君王面前，必不站在下賤人面前。
			Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean .