1 When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
27 For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
28 Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
29 Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
32 In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
34 Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
1 你与官长一起坐席吃饭的时候， 要特别留意在你面前的是谁。
2 你若是个贪吃的人， 就当把刀子放在喉咙上。
3 不可贪恋他的美食， 因为那是骗人的食物。
4 不要劳碌求富， 你要明智地放下这企图。
5 你的眼睛注视在钱财上， 钱财却不见了， 因为钱财必长起翅膀， 如鹰飞往天上。
6 不可吃吝啬人的饭， 也不可贪恋他的美食。
7 因为他心里怎样计算， 他的为人就是怎样； 他虽然对你说： "请吃， 请喝！ "他的心里却没有你。
8 你所吃的那一点食物， 必要吐出来， 你道谢的美言， 也都白费了。
9 不要说话给愚昧人听， 因为他必藐视你明慧的言语。
10 你不可迁移古时的地界； 也不可侵占孤儿的田地。
11 因为他们的救赎主大有能力， 他必向你为他们的案件伸冤。
12 你要专心领受教训， 留心听知识的言语。
13 要管教孩童， 不可姑息， 你虽然用杖打他， 他也不会死；
14 你要用杖打他， 就可以救他的灵魂免下阴间。
15 我儿， 如果你的心有智慧， 我的心也就欢喜；
16 你的嘴唇说正直话的时候， 我的内心就欢乐。
17 你的心不要嫉妒罪人， 只要时常敬畏耶和华。
18 因为万事必有结局， 你的盼望也不会断绝。
19 我儿， 你要听， 要有智慧， 要引导你的心走在正路上。
20 酗酒的人， 不可与他们来往； 暴食的人， 不要与他们为友。
21 因为酗酒暴食的人必致穷乏； 贪睡的人必穿破衣。
22 你要听从生你的父亲； 也不可因为母亲老了， 就藐视她。
23 你要买真理， 不可出卖； 要得智慧、教训和哲理。
24 义人的父亲必大有快乐； 生下智慧的儿子的， 必因儿子欢喜。
25 要使你的父母欢喜， 使生下你的快乐。
26 我儿， 把你的心给我； 你的眼目要关注我的道路。
27 因为妓女是深坑， 淫妇是狭窄的井。
28 她像强盗一样埋伏， 使人间增添很多奸诈的人。
29 谁有祸患？谁有愁苦？谁有纷争？谁有怨言？谁无故受伤？谁的眼睛赤红？
30 就是那些沉湎于酒， 常去品尝调和美酒的人。
31 你不要看酒怎样发红， 在杯中怎样闪烁诱人， 喝下去怎样舒畅，
32 最后它却像咬你的蛇、像刺你的毒蛇。
33 你的眼睛必看见怪异的事， 你的心必说乖谬的话。
34 你必好像躺在海中， 又好像躺在桅杆顶上。
35 你必说： "人打我， 我不痛； 人鞭打我， 我不晓得； 我什么时候清醒？我还要再去寻酒。"