我兒，如果你作朋友的保證人，替外人擊掌擔保；

我儿，你若为朋友作保，替外人击掌，

我儿啊，你若为朋友担保，替陌生人击掌，

我儿啊，你若为朋友担保，替陌生人击掌，

孩子啊，你若为邻人作保，为外人击掌立约；

我儿，如果你作朋友的保证人，替外人击掌担保；

我儿啊，如果你为邻人作保，为别人击掌起誓，

我兒，你若為朋友作保，替外人擊掌，

我兒啊，你若為朋友擔保，替陌生人擊掌，

我兒啊，你若為朋友擔保，替陌生人擊掌，

孩子啊，你若為鄰人作保，為外人擊掌立約；

弟子啊，你若為朋友作保，替陌生人擊掌擔保，

我兒啊，如果你為鄰人作保，為別人擊掌起誓，

我子、爾若為鄰作保、為人拊掌、

爾小子、如爾為人中保、已有成言、自貽伊戚、

我子、如爾為友作保、或為外人之事擊掌、擊掌亦作保之義

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

My son, don’t promise to pay for what your neighbor owes. Don’t agree to pay a stranger’s bill.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,

My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor, Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,[ if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

為鄰舍擊掌作保證人的，是無知的人。

不要替別人擊掌擔保，也不可為欠債的作保證人。

為外人作保證人的，必受虧損；厭惡替人擊掌擔保的，卻得著安穩。

誰為陌生人作保證人，就拿去誰的衣服；誰替妓女作保證人，誰就要作擔保。

我願意親自擔保他的安全，你可以從我手裡追回他。如果我不把他帶回來給你，交在你面前，我願終生承擔這罪。

誰為陌生人作保證人，就拿去誰的衣服；誰替妓女作保證人，誰就要作擔保。

如果他使你受了損失，或欠你甚麼，都記在我的帳上。“我必償還”，這是我保羅親手寫的。用不著我說，甚至你的生命，你也是欠我的。

因為僕人曾經向父親擔保這孩子的安全，說：‘如果我不把他帶回來交還給你，我就在父親面前終生承擔這罪。’現在求你容許僕人留下，代替這孩子作我主的奴僕，讓這孩子與他的哥哥們一同上去。

願你給我保證，親自為我作保；除你以外有誰肯與我擊掌作保呢？

耶穌既然是用誓言立的，就成了更美好的約的保證。