Don’t join those who drink too much wine. Don’t join those who stuff themselves with meat.

好饮酒的，好吃肉的，不要与他们来往；

不可与好饮酒的人在一起，也不要跟贪吃肉的人来往，

不可与好饮酒的人在一起，也不要跟贪吃肉的人来往，

不要结交酒肉朋友，

酗酒的人，不可与他们来往；暴食的人，不要与他们为友。

你不要成为酗酒之徒，也不要与贪吃肉的人为伍；

好飲酒的，好吃肉的，不要與他們來往；

不可與好飲酒的人在一起，也不要跟貪吃肉的人來往，

不可與好飲酒的人在一起，也不要跟貪吃肉的人來往，

不要結交酒肉朋友，

酗酒的人，不可與他們來往；暴食的人，不要與他們為友。

不可在好喝酒的人中間往來；不可在貪喫肉的人裏面鬼混。

你不要成為酗酒之徒，也不要與貪吃肉的人為伍；

耽酒嗜炙之人、勿與同處、

蕩檢者勿交、沉湎者勿友、

沈湎於酒、饕餮於肉者、勿與之交、

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons,

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Don’t fill yourself up with wine. Getting drunk will lead to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.

How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine! How terrible for those who are heroes at mixing drinks!

Let us act as we should, like people living in the daytime. Have nothing to do with wild parties, and don’t get drunk. Don’t take part in sexual sins or evil conduct. Don’t fight with each other or be jealous of anyone.

“ Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.

How terrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to start drinking! How terrible for those who stay up late at night until they are drunk with wine!

Wine causes you to make fun of others, and beer causes you to start fights. Anyone who is led astray by them is not wise.

A child who understands what is right learns from instruction. But a child who likes to eat too much brings shame on his father.

Suppose he begins to beat the other slaves. And suppose he eats and drinks with those who drink too much.

You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.Ungodly people are surprised that you no longer join them in what they do. They want you to join them in their wild and wasteful living. So they say bad things about you.

Instead, you are enjoying yourselves at wild parties! You are killing cattle and sheep. You are eating their meat and drinking wine. You are saying,“ Let’s eat and drink, because tomorrow we’ll die.”

“ Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.

Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who argues? Who has problems? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?Those who spend too much time with wine. Or those who like to taste wine mixed with spices.Don’t look at wine when it is red. Don’t look at it when it bubbles in the cup. And don’t look at it when it goes down smoothly.In the end it bites like a snake. It bites like a poisonous serpent.Your eyes will see strange sights. Your mind will imagine weird things.You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean. You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat.“ They hit me,” you will say.“ But I’m not hurt! They beat me. But I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”

Let beer be for those who are dying. Let wine be for those who are sad and troubled.Let them drink and forget how poor they are. Let them forget their suffering.

“ Not long after that, the younger son packed up all he had. Then he left for a country far away. There he wasted his money on wild living.