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

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。

屋頂因人懶惰而坍塌，房間因人遊手好閒而漏雨。

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.

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.

A wise woman builds her house. But a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.

I went past the field of someone who didn’t want to work. I went past the vineyard of someone who didn’t have any sense.Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down.I applied my heart to what I observed. I learned a lesson from what I saw.You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.

Anyone who refuses to work doesn’t plow in the right season. When they look for a crop at harvest time, they don’t find it.

So you should try very hard to add goodness to your faith. To goodness, add knowledge.To knowledge, add the ability to control yourselves. To the ability to control yourselves, add the strength to keep going. To the strength to keep going, add godliness.To godliness, add kindness for one another. And to kindness for one another, add love.All these things should describe you more and more. They will make you useful and fruitful as you know our Lord Jesus Christ better.But what if these things don’t describe someone at all? Then that person can’t see very well. In fact, they are blind. They have forgotten that their past sins have been washed away.My brothers and sisters, try very hard to show that God has appointed you to be saved. Try hard to show that he has chosen you. If you do everything I have just said, you will never trip and fall.

We want each of you to be faithful to the very end. If you are, then what you hope for will fully happen.

Some people will die while they are still hungry. That’s because their hands refuse to work.

Those who drink or eat too much will become poor. If they sleep too much, they’ll have to wear rags.

Hands that work hard will rule. But people who are lazy will be forced to work.