1:10 我兒,惡人若引誘你,你不可隨從。
1:11 他們若說:你與我們同去,我們要埋伏流人之血,要蹲伏害無罪之人;
1:12 我們好像陰間,把他們活活吞下;他們如同下坑的人,被我們囫圇吞了;
1:13 我們必得各樣寶物,將所擄來的,裝滿房屋;
1:14 你與我們大家同分,我們共用一個囊袋;
1:15 我兒,不要與他們同行一道,禁止你腳走他們的路。
1:16 因為,他們的腳奔跑行惡;他們急速流人的血,
1:17 好像飛鳥,網羅設在眼前仍不躲避。
1:18 這些人埋伏,是為自流己血;蹲伏,是為自害己命。
1:19 凡貪戀財利的,所行之路都是如此;這貪戀之心乃奪去得財者之命。
1:11 他們若說:你與我們同去,我們要埋伏流人之血,要蹲伏害無罪之人;
1:12 我們好像陰間,把他們活活吞下;他們如同下坑的人,被我們囫圇吞了;
1:13 我們必得各樣寶物,將所擄來的,裝滿房屋;
1:14 你與我們大家同分,我們共用一個囊袋;
1:15 我兒,不要與他們同行一道,禁止你腳走他們的路。
1:16 因為,他們的腳奔跑行惡;他們急速流人的血,
1:17 好像飛鳥,網羅設在眼前仍不躲避。
1:18 這些人埋伏,是為自流己血;蹲伏,是為自害己命。
1:19 凡貪戀財利的,所行之路都是如此;這貪戀之心乃奪去得財者之命。
10 My son, if sinful men entice you,
do not give in to them.
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,
let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast lots with us;
we will all share the loot”—
15 my son, do not go along with them,
do not set foot on their paths;
16 for their feet rush into evil,
they are swift to shed blood.
17 How useless to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.
do not give in to them.
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,
let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast lots with us;
we will all share the loot”—
15 my son, do not go along with them,
do not set foot on their paths;
16 for their feet rush into evil,
they are swift to shed blood.
17 How useless to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.
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保羅說:「貪財是萬惡之根。有人貪戀錢財,就被引誘離了真道,用許多愁苦把自己刺透了。」(提摩太前書6:10)
《箴言》在這裡所說到的,更是讓我們看見人為了錢財,不僅自己做惡,還會去影響別人,成群結黨來做惡,去流無辜人的血,而得罪上帝,導致自取滅亡,自受其害。
也因此我們想到詩篇第一篇中也勸誡:「不從惡人的計謀,不站罪人的道路,不坐褻慢人的座位,惟喜愛耶和華的律法,晝夜思想,這人便為有福!」(1-2節)