為什麼要受持五戒？（中英對照）　宣化上人著

◎ 什麼叫「綺語」？

◎ What is loose speech？

所說的話非常不正當，有的說某某女人如何如何，或者說某家如何如何，綺語所說的話近於邪，不正當的話。

Loose speech is crude or lewd speech, such as talking about how women (or men) behave, or gossiping, and so forth.

「妄言」就是打妄語。

Lying means not telling the truth.

「惡口」就是罵人，罵人就是造口業。

Harsh speech refers to scolding people, which creates mouth karma.

「兩舌」，一個人怎麼會長兩個舌頭呢？這不是生了兩個舌頭，是這個人說兩種話，對甲就說乙如何如何，再對乙說甲如何如何，互相挑撥離間，這就是兩舌。

Divisive speech means being double-tongued in the sense that one back-bites and causes schisms. Such a person tells A about B and then B about A, trying to split them up. That is how divisive speech works.