屋頂因人懶惰而坍塌，房間因人遊手好閒而漏雨。

因人懒惰，房顶塌下；因人手懒，房屋滴漏。

因人懒惰，房顶塌下；因人手懒，房屋滴漏。

因人懒惰，房顶塌下；因人手懒，房屋滴漏。

屋顶因人懒惰而坍塌，房间因人游手好闲而漏雨。

房顶塌下是因为懒惰，房屋滴漏是因为懒得动手。

因人懒惰，房顶塌落；因手闲散，房屋漏雨。

因人懶惰，房頂塌下；因人手懶，房屋滴漏。

因人懶惰，房頂塌下；因人手懶，房屋滴漏。

因人懶惰，房頂塌下；因人手懶，房屋滴漏。

房頂塌下是因為懶惰，房屋滴漏是因為懶得動手。

由於懶惰，房頂就塌下；由於手懶，房屋就滴漏。

因人懶惰，房頂塌落；因手閒散，房屋漏雨。

人惰則榱陷、手懈則屋漏、

人惰而不修其室、則棟撓屋漏。

緣怠而梁墮、緣懈而屋漏、

Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.

When a person won’t work, the roof falls down. Because of hands that aren’t busy, the house leaks.

Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

Laziness leads to a sagging roof; idleness leads to a leaky house.

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

Through extreme laziness the rafters sag, and through idleness the house leaks.

Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

智慧的女子建立家園，愚昧的女子親手拆毀。

我走過懶惰人的田地和無知者的葡萄園，那裡荊棘遍地，刺草叢生，石牆倒塌。我仔細思想所見之事，領悟到一個教訓：再睡一會兒，打個盹兒，抱著手躺一會兒，貧窮必像強盜一樣臨到你，缺乏必像武士一樣撲向你。

懶惰人不按時耕種，收穫時必一無所得。

正因如此，你們要加倍努力，不僅要有信心，還要有好的德行；不僅要有好的德行，還要有知識；不僅要有知識，還要有節制；不僅要有節制，還要有忍耐；不僅要有忍耐，還要有敬虔；不僅要有敬虔，還要有愛弟兄姊妹的心；不僅要有愛弟兄姊妹的心，還要有愛眾人的心。如果充分具備了這些品德，你們對我們主耶穌基督的認識就不會停滯不前，毫無收穫。缺乏上述品德的人不是瞎眼就是目光短淺，忘記他從前的罪已經得到潔淨。所以，弟兄姊妹，你們要更加努力，以確定自己蒙了呼召和揀選。這樣，你們就絕不會失足犯罪，

願你們各人從始至終表現出同樣的殷勤，以便對所盼望的有完全的把握。

懶人的慾望害死自己，因為他的手不肯做工。

因為好酒貪吃者必窮困，貪睡的人必穿破衣爛衫。

殷勤的手必掌權，懶惰者必做奴僕。