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6:1 我儿，你若为朋友作保，替外人击掌，
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
6:2 你就被口中的话语缠住，被嘴里的言语捉住。
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
6:3 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。
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.
6:4 不要容你的眼睛睡觉，不要容你的眼皮打盹。
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
6:5 要救自己，如鹿脱离猎户的手，如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6:6 懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作，就可得智慧。
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6:7 蚂蚁没有元帅，没有官长，没有君王，
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
6:8 尚且在夏天豫备食物，在收割时聚敛粮食。
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
6:9 懒惰人哪，你要睡到几时呢。你何时睡醒呢。
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
6:10 再睡片时，打盹片时，抱着手躺卧片时，
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
6:11 你的贪穷就必如强盗速来，你的缺乏仿佛拿兵器的人来到。
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
6:12 无赖的恶徒，行动就用乖僻的口。
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
6:13 用眼传神，用脚示意，用指点划。
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
6:14 心中乖僻，常设恶谋，布散分争。
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
6:15 所以灾难必忽然临到他身。他必顷刻败坏无法可治。
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
6:16 耶和华所恨恶的有六样，连他心所憎恶的共有七样。
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
6:17 就是高傲的眼，撒谎的舌，流无辜人血的手，
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
6:18 图谋恶计的心，飞跑行恶的脚，
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
6:19 吐谎言的假见证，并弟兄中布散分争的人。
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
6:20 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）
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
6:21 要常系在你心上，挂在你项上。
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
6:22 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。
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
6:23 因为诫命是灯，法则（或作指教）是光。训诲的责备是生命的道。
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
6:24 能保你远离恶妇，远离外女谄媚的舌头。
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
6:25 你心中不要恋慕他的美色，也不要被他的眼皮勾引。
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
6:26 因为妓女能使人只剩一块饼，淫妇猎取人宝贵的生命。
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.
6:27 人若怀里搋火，衣服岂能不烧呢。
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
6:28 人若在火炭上走，脚岂能不烫呢。
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
6:29 亲近邻舍之妻的，也是如此。凡挨近他的，不免受罚。
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
6:30 贼因饥饿偷窃充饥，人不藐视他。
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
6:31 若被找着，他必赔还七倍。必将家中所有的，尽都偿还。
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
6:32 与妇人行淫的，便是无知，行这事的，必丧掉生命。
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
6:33 他必受伤损，必被凌辱。他的羞耻不得涂抹。
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
6:34 因为人的嫉恨，成了烈怒。报仇的时候，决不留情。
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
6:35 什吗赎价，他都不顾。你虽送许多礼物，他也不肯干休。
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
箴言6参考
朋友有求不应帮吗？不是讲要爱人如己吗？
6:1-5 这几节并不是反对人慷慨，而是叫人慎防因滥用财富以致贫穷这种不负责任的表现。我们既要慷慨，又要作神忠心的管家。神要我们帮助贫穷缺乏的亲友，但他并没有承诺负责我们一切不智的花费。我们应当慎重行事，好使我们的家庭不至受累。
你有没有因为懒惰而不想作工的时候？对主的工作呢？
6:6-11 “太舒服了，再睡一会吧。”──这想法使我们懒洋洋地不肯开始一天的工作。但是箴言警告我们，不要因懒惰贪睡而不去工作。这并不是说我们不可以休息，事实上，神赐犹太人安息日，让他们一个礼拜有一天休息，以便恢复体力，只不过我们不可在该工作的时候去休息。这段经文以蚂蚁作榜样，因为它肯用体力去积存食粮。如果我们懒惰不工作，很快就会变得贫穷，反而失去应享的休息（参28章的附表）。
我已经是成年人了，不需要再听父母的意见了……
6:20-23 孩童逐渐长大成人，便不需再倚靠父母而变得独立，这是一种自然的正常现象。但是年轻人应当小心，不可不听父母的劝告──尤其是在你最需要他们劝告的时候。如果你有难以取舍的抉择，或需寻求高明见解的话，就该与父母或是熟识你的长者倾谈。他们多年的经验，也许可以帮助你少走冤枉路。
英雄难过美人关，我的抵抗力也难说……
6:25 你要时常警惕自己勿受情欲的控制。在你被一位异性吸引而失去理智的时候，你的情欲往往会使你犯罪。你应当求神帮助，在你陷入罪以前抑制你的欲望。
“我只是想弥补些婚姻中的缺欠，不会影响家庭的”，现实吗？
6:25-35 有人辩称，如若不伤害别人，即使不守神的律法与人犯奸淫罪也无伤大雅。但事实上，总会有人受到伤害，例如与配偶的关系遭破坏、儿女的心灵受创伤。犯罪者双方即使有幸未染上疾病，也没有发生婚外孕，却不能像正式夫妻般享受正常的性生活、互相信任、坦诚相对。神的律法不是专横的，它并不禁止人享受良善而纯洁的乐趣，它只是警告我们，不要以愚昧的行动毁灭自己和家庭。