1. A righteous man may have many troubles.
義人多有苦難。
2. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret-it leads only to evil.
當止住怒氣，離棄忿怒。不要心懷不平，以致作惡。
3. For evil men will be cut off,
作惡的，必被剪除。
4. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.
要像一棵樹栽在溪水旁，按時候結果子，葉子也不枯乾。
5. He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
惡人因奸惡而劬勞。所懷的是毒害，所生的是虛假。
6. like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
純淨的言語，如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。
7. The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.
下流人在世人中升高，就有惡人到處遊行。
8. Has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,
不以舌頭讒謗人，不惡待朋友，也不隨夥毀謗鄰里。
9. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
不可像那無知的騾馬，必用嚼環轡頭勒住他，不然，就不能順服。
10. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.
君王不能因兵多得勝。勇士不能因力大得救。
11. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
有何人喜好存活，愛慕長壽，得享美福，就要禁止舌頭不出惡言，嘴脣不說詭詐的話。
12. Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.
一個義人所有的雖少，強過許多惡人的富餘。
13. The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously.
惡人借貨而不償還。義人卻恩待人，並且施捨。