It is not for kings, Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire intoxicating drink,

利慕伊勒啊，君王喝酒，君王喝酒不相宜；王子说浓酒在那里也不相宜；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不宜，君王不宜喝酒，王子寻找烈酒也不相宜；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不宜，君王不宜喝酒，王子寻找烈酒也不相宜；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不可喝酒，不可喝酒，首领不宜喝烈酒，

利慕伊勒啊！君王不可喝酒；君王千万不可喝酒；掌权的不可贪饮烈酒。

利慕伊勒啊，君王不要这样！君王不可喝酒，掌权者不可贪烈酒；

利慕伊勒啊，君王喝酒，君王喝酒不相宜；王子說濃酒在那裏也不相宜；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不宜，君王不宜喝酒，王子尋找烈酒也不相宜；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不宜，君王不宜喝酒，王子尋找烈酒也不相宜；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不可喝酒，不可喝酒，首領不宜喝烈酒，

利慕伊勒啊！君王不可喝酒；君王千萬不可喝酒；掌權的不可貪飲烈酒。

利慕伊勒啊，君王不可喝酒；君王千萬不可；就是人君渴想着濃酒、也不可喝；

利慕伊勒啊，君王不要這樣！君王不可喝酒，掌權者不可貪烈酒；

利慕伊勒歟、王飲清酒、牧伯問醇醪之所在、皆非所宜、

利母益乎、清酒醇醪、王毋過飲、

利慕伊勒歟、君王飲清酒、掌權者飲醇醪、醇醪或作醉人之物下同皆非所宜、

It is not for kings, Lemuel— it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,

Lemuel, it isn’t good for kings to drink wine. It isn’t good for rulers to long for beer.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink,

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave alcohol.

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire beer.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink;

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire beer.

[ It is] not for kings, O Lemuel,[ it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to say,‘ Where is strong drink?’

Blessed are you, land whose king is of nobility, and whose princes eat at the appropriate time— for strength and not for drunkenness.

Wine is a mocker, intoxicating drink a brawler, And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine, And valiant men in mixing intoxicating drink,

And these also reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink: The priest and the prophet reel with intoxicating drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from intoxicating drink; They reel while having visions, They stagger when rendering a verdict.For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.

“ Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die— it is a permanent statute throughout your generations—and to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,

Furthermore, wine betrays an arrogant man, So that he does not achieve his objective. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples.

Infidelity, wine, and new wine take away the understanding.My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them; For a spirit of infidelity has led them astray, And they have been unfaithful, departing from their God.

While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank out of them.They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

And when Ben hadad heard this message, while he was drinking with the kings in the temporary shelters, he said to his servants,“ Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

The couriers went out, speeded by the king’s order while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was agitated.

With their wickedness they make the king happy, And the officials with their lies.They are all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker, Who stops stoking the fire From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.On the day of our king, the officials became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

They went out at noon, while Ben hadad was drinking himself drunk in the temporary shelters with the thirty two kings who were helping him.The young men of the leaders of the provinces went out first; and Ben hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying,“ Men have come out from Samaria.”Then he said,“ If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive as well.”So these men went out from the city, the young men of the leaders of the provinces, and the army which followed them.And they killed, each one, his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.

An opportune day came when Herod, on his birthday, held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders, and the leading people of Galilee;and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl,“ Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”And he swore to her,“ Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.”And she went out and said to her mother,“ What shall I ask for?” And she said,“ The head of John the Baptist.”Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying,“ I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”And although the king was very sorry, because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.