4:1 众子阿，要听父亲的教训，留心得知聪明。

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

 

4:2 因我所给你们的，是好教训。不可离弃我的法则。（或作指教）

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

 

4:3 我在父亲面前为孝子，在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿。

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

 

4:4 父亲教训我说，你心要存记我的言语，遵守我的命令，便得存活。

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

 

4:5 要得智慧，要得聪明。不可忘记，也不可偏离我口中的言语。

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

 

4:6 不可离弃智慧，智慧就护卫你。要爱他，他就保守你。

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

 

4:7 智慧为首。所以要得智慧。在你一切所得之内，必得聪明。（或作用你一切所得的去换聪明）

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

 

4:8 高举智慧，他就使你高升。怀抱智慧，他就使你尊荣。

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

 

4:9 他必将华冠加在你头上，把荣冕交给你。

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

 

4:10 我儿，你要听受我的言语，就必延年益寿。

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

 

4:11 我已指教你走智慧的道，引导你行正直的路。

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

 

4:12 你行走，脚步必不致狭窄。你奔跑，也不致跌倒。

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

 

4:13 要持定训诲，不可放松。必当谨守，因为他是你的生命。

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

 

4:14 不可行恶人的路。不可走坏人的道。

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

 

4:15 要躲避，不可轻过。要转身而去。

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

 

4:16 这等人若不行恶，不得睡觉。不使人跌倒，睡卧不安。

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

 

4:17 因为他们以奸恶吃饼，以强暴喝酒。

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

 

4:18 但义人的路，好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

 

4:19 恶人的道好像幽暗。自己不知因什吗跌倒。

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

 

4:20 我儿，要留心听我的言词，侧耳听我的话语。

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

 

4:21 都不可离你的眼目。要存记在你心中。

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

 

4:22 因为得着他的，就得了生命，又得了医全体的良药。

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

 

4:23 你要保守你心，胜过保守一切。（或作你要切切保守你心）因为一生的果效，是由心发出。

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

 

4:24 你要除掉邪僻的口，弃绝乖谬的嘴。

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

 

4:25 你的眼目，要向前升看，你的眼睛，（原文作皮）当向前直观。

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

 

4:26 要修平你脚下的路，坚定你一切的道。

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

 

4:27 不可偏向左右。要使你的脚离开邪恶。

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.