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傳道書-Ecclesiastes 第 10 章

10:1	死蒼蠅使調製香料者的膏油變臭發酵；這樣，一點愚昧也敗壞智慧和尊榮。 Dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink, to ferment; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
10:2	智慧人的心偏右；愚昧人的心偏左。 A wise man's heart inclines to his right, but a fool's heart inclines to his left.
10:3	並且愚昧人行在路上顯出無知，告訴眾人他是愚昧人。 And also, when the fool walks on the way, his sense fails him, and he tells everyone that he is a fool.
10:4	掌權者若向你生氣，你不要離開本位，因為柔和能免大過。 If the ruler's spirit rises up against you, do not leave your place; for composure allays great offenses.
10:5	我見日光之下有一禍患，似乎出於掌權者的錯誤， There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, like an error that proceeds from the ruler:
10:6	就是愚昧人多居高位，富足人坐在低位。 Folly is set in many high places, and rich men sit in a low place.
10:7	我見過僕人騎馬，首領像僕人在地上步行。 I have seen servants on horses and princes walking on the earth like servants.
10:8	挖陷坑的，自己必掉在其中；拆通牆垣的，必為蛇所咬。 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent;
10:9	開鑿石頭的，必受損傷；劈開木頭的，必遭危險。 Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them, and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
10:10	鐵器鈍了，若不將刃磨快，就必多費力氣；但智慧有益，使人成功。 If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then he must apply more strength; but wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
10:11	未行法術以先，蛇若咬人，後行法術就無益了。 If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.
10:12	智慧人的口說出恩言，愚昧人的嘴吞滅自己。 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool swallow him up.
10:13	他口中的言語起頭是愚昧；他話的末尾是奸惡的狂妄。 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
10:14	愚昧人多言多語。人不知將來有什麼事；他身後的事誰能告訴他呢？ Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will be; and what will be after him, who can tell him?
10:15	愚昧人的勞碌使自己困乏，因為連如何進城他也不知道。 The labor of fools wears them out, because they do not know even how to get to town.
10:16	邦國阿，你的王若是孩童，你的眾首領早晨吃喝宴樂，你就有禍了！ Woe to you, O land whose king is a young boy and whose princes feast in the morning!
10:17	邦國阿，你的王若是貴胄之子，你的眾首領按時吃喝，為要補力，不為酒醉，你就有福了！ Happy are you, O land whose king is the son of nobles and whose princes feast at the proper time, for strength and not for drunkenness!
10:18	因人懶惰，房頂塌下；因人手懶，房屋滴漏。 Through slothfulness the rafters sag, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
10:19	設擺筵席是為喜笑；酒使人生快活；錢叫萬事應心。 They make a feast for laughter, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
10:20	你不可咒詛君王，甚至不可心懷此念；也不可在你臥房咒詛富戶；因為空中的鳥必傳送這聲音，有翅膀的也必述說這事。 Do not curse the king even in your thought, and do not curse a rich man in your bedroom; for a bird of heaven will carry the sound, or something with wings will tell the matter.

傳道書-Ecclesiastes 第 10 章