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Ecclesiastes 10
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
Ecclesiastes 10
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
10 Muscae morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. Pretiosior est sapientia et gloria, parva et ad tempus stultitia.
2 Cor sapientis in dextera ejus, et cor stulti in sinistra illius.
3 Sed et in via stultus ambulans, cum ipse insipiens sit, omnes stultos aestimat.
4 Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascenderit super te, locum tuum ne demiseris, quia curatio faciet cessare peccata maxima.
5 Est malum quod vidi sub sole, quasi per errorem egrediens a facie principis:
6 positum stultum in dignitate sublimi, et divites sedere deorsum.
7 Vidi servos in equis, et principes ambulantes super terram quasi servos.
8 Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui dissipat sepem mordebit eum coluber.
9 Qui transfert lapides affligetur in eis, et qui scindit ligna vulnerabitur ab eis.
10 Si retusum fuerit ferrum, et hoc non ut prius, sed hebetatum fuerit, multo labore exacuetur, et post industriam sequetur sapientia.
11 Si mordeat serpens in silentio, nihil eo minus habet qui occulte detrahit.
12 Verba oris sapientis gratia, et labia insipientis praecipitabunt eum;
13 initium verborum ejus stultitia, et novissimum oris illius error pessimus.
14 Stultus verba multiplicat. Ignorat homo quid ante se fuerit; et quid post se futurum sit, quis ei poterit indicare?
15 Labor stultorum affliget eos, qui nesciunt in urbem pergere.
16 Vae tibi, terra, cujus rex puer est, et cujus principes mane comedunt.
17 Beata terra cujus rex nobilis est, et cujus principes vescuntur in tempore suo, ad reficiendum, et non ad luxuriam.
18 In pigritiis humiliabitur contignatio, et in infirmitate manuum perstillabit domus.
19 In risum faciunt panem et vinum ut epulentur viventes; et pecuniae obediunt omnia.
20 In cogitatione tua regi ne detrahas, et in secreto cubiculi tui ne maledixeris diviti: quia et aves caeli portabunt vocem tuam, et qui habet pennas annuntiabit sententiam.
Ecclesiastes 10
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10
New International Version
10 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
so a little folly(A) outweighs wisdom and honor.
2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left.
3 Even as fools walk along the road,
they lack sense
and show everyone(B) how stupid they are.
4 If a ruler’s anger rises against you,
do not leave your post;(C)
calmness can lay great offenses to rest.(D)
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
6 Fools are put in many high positions,(E)
while the rich occupy the low ones.
7 I have seen slaves on horseback,
while princes go on foot like slaves.(F)
8 Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;(G)
whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.(H)
9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them;
whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.(I)
10 If the ax is dull
and its edge unsharpened,
more strength is needed,
but skill will bring success.
11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
the charmer receives no fee.(J)
12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(K)
but fools are consumed by their own lips.(L)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
at the end they are wicked madness—
14 and fools multiply words.(M)
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(N)
15 The toil of fools wearies them;
they do not know the way to town.
16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](O)
and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
and whose princes eat at a proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.(P)
18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;
because of idle hands, the house leaks.(Q)
19 A feast is made for laughter,
wine(R) makes life merry,
and money is the answer for everything.
20 Do not revile the king(S) even in your thoughts,
or curse the rich in your bedroom,
because a bird in the sky may carry your words,
and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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