手惰者致貧、手勤者致富、

手懒的，要受贫穷；手勤的，却要富足。

手懒的，必致穷乏；手勤的，却要富足。

手懒的，必致穷乏；手勤的，却要富足。

游手好闲招致贫穷，勤奋努力带来富足。

游手好闲的，招致贫穷，勤力工作的，得到富足。

懒散的手，使人贫穷；殷勤的手，使人富有。

手懶的，要受貧窮；手勤的，卻要富足。

手懶的，必致窮乏；手勤的，卻要富足。

手懶的，必致窮乏；手勤的，卻要富足。

遊手好閒招致貧窮，勤奮努力帶來富足。

游手好閒的，招致貧窮，勤力工作的，得到富足。

懶怠的手掌造成貧窮；殷勤人的手使人富足。

懶散的手，使人貧窮；殷勤的手，使人富有。

惰則致貧、勤則致富。

經營手惰者必貧、手勤者必富、

Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

Poor is one who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

He becometh poor that dealeth[ with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

勤者之思維、足致豐裕、急躁者、乃急貧窮、

惰者冬時不事耕耘、穡時乞而弗得、

惰者欲而弗得、勤者必致豐腴、

懈怠致酣眠、惰者受飢餓、

勤者手操其柄、惰者必服厥役、

故我所愛之兄弟、當貞固不搖、恆務主工、蓋知爾之勞於主者、非徒然也、

勿貪寢、免致匱乏、當啟目、則得飽飫、

惰者染指於盂、不反於口、

怠惰者歟、往視厥蟻、察其所為、可得智慧、彼雖無帥、無督無長、夏時備食、穡時斂糧、怠惰者歟、偃臥何其久、寢睡何時興、再寢片時、又睡片時、叉手偃臥片時、則爾貧窮之來如盜賊、匱乏之至如兵士、○

有博施而益增加、有過吝而致貧乏、

我欲爾各顯此殷勤、終懷充實之望、致爾勿怠、惟效由信與忍而承所許者、○

怠惰者之田、無知者之葡萄園、我過之焉、荊棘滿地、蒺藜蔓延、石垣傾圮、我見之而深思、我觀之而得訓、再寢片時、又睡片時、叉手偃臥片時、則爾貧窮之來如盜賊、匱乏之至如兵士、

勿為將壞之糧而勞、宜為存至永生之糧而勞、即人子將予爾者、蓋父上帝已印之矣、

緣此、爾當殷勤、於信益德、於德益智、於智益節、於節益忍、於忍益虔、於虔益友愛、於友愛益仁慈、爾有此而擴充之、則必使爾於識我主耶穌基督、不怠不荒、無此者則盲、僅視所近、已忘舊罪之潔、是故兄弟、愈當殷勤、以堅爾召爾選、爾若行此、則永不蹶躓、

人惰則榱陷、手懈則屋漏、