The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

在邻舍面前击掌作保乃是无知的人。

在邻舍面前击掌担保的，是无知的人。

在邻舍面前击掌担保的，是无知的人。

无知的人才会为他人作保。

为邻舍击掌作保证人的，是无知的人。

缺乏心智的人击掌起誓，在他的邻人面前作保。

在鄰舍面前擊掌作保乃是無知的人。

在鄰舍面前擊掌擔保的，是無知的人。

在鄰舍面前擊掌擔保的，是無知的人。

無知的人才會為他人作保。

為鄰舍擊掌作保證人的，是無知的人。

拍掌擔保的、是全無心思的人；為鄰舍作保的毫無知識。

缺乏心智的人擊掌起誓，在他的鄰人面前作保。

在鄰里前拊掌作保、其人乃為無知、

為友中保、以物質人、是為不智。

無知之人、輕易應許、為鄰作保、

One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.

A person who has no sense agrees to pay what other people owe. It isn’t wise to promise to pay other people’s bills.

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.

It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for a friend.

One without sense enters an agreement and puts up security for his friend.

A person lacking in sense shakes hands And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge, And becomes surety for his friend.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

One without sense enters an agreement and puts up security for his friend.

A man void of understanding striketh hands,[ and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!