전도서 10장 Good News Translation (1992)

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절	Good News Translation (1992)	King James Version
1	Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.	Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
2	It is natural for the wise to do the right thing and for fools to do the wrong thing.	A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
3	Their stupidity will be evident even to strangers they meet along the way; they let everyone know that they are fools.	Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
4	If your ruler becomes angry with you, do not hand in your resignation; serious wrongs may be pardoned if you keep calm.	If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
5	Here is an injustice I have seen in the world—an injustice caused by rulers.	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6	Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.	Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7	I have seen slaves on horseback while noblemen go on foot like slaves.	I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8	If you dig a pit, you fall in it; if you break through a wall, a snake bites you.	He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9	If you work in a stone quarry, you get hurt by stones. If you split wood, you get hurt doing it.	Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10	If your ax is dull and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is smarter to plan ahead.	If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11	Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.	Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12	What the wise say brings them honor, but fools are destroyed by their own words.	The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13	They start out with silly talk and end up with pure madness.	The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14	A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.	A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15	Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.	The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16	A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17	But a country is fortunate to have a king who makes his own decisions and leaders who eat at the proper time, who control themselves and don't get drunk.	Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18	When you are too lazy to repair your roof, it will leak, and the house will fall in.	By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19	Feasting makes you happy and wine cheers you up, but you can't have either without money.	A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
20	Don't criticize the king, even silently, and don't criticize the rich, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird might carry the message and tell them what you said.	Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.