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10 Subong nga ang patay nga mga langaw makapabaho sa pahamot, ang gamay nga kabuangan makaguba sa kaalam kag dungog.

Ang maalamon nga tawo gusto maghimo sang maayo, pero ang buang-buang nga tawo gusto maghimo sang malain. Bisan sa paglakat sang buang-buang makita nga wala siya sing pag-intiendi. Ginapakita gid niya sa tanan ang iya pagkabuang-buang.

Kon akig sa imo ang isa ka manugdumala indi pagbayai ang imo katungdanan. Kay kon madula na ang iya kaakig basi pa lang patawaron ka niya bisan dako pa nga sala ang imo nahimo.

May isa pa ka indi maayo nga butang nga nakita ko diri sa kalibutan, kag ini ginahimo sang mga pangulo: Ang mga buang-buang ginahatagan sang mataas nga posisyon, pero ang mga manggaranon[a] iya ginahatagan sang manubo nga posisyon. Nakita ko man nga ang mga ulipon nagasakay sa kabayo samtang ang dungganon nga mga tawo nagalakat lang pareho sa mga ulipon.

Kon magkutkot ka sang buho, basi kon mahulog ka. Kon maglusot ka sa buho sang pader, basi kon kadton ka sang man-og. Kon maglukat ka sang bato ukon magbial sang kahoy, basi kon mapilas ka. 10 Kon mahabol ang imo wasay kag wala mo ini ginabaid, magpangusog ka gid sing tudo sa paggamit sini. Bintaha kon maalamon ka kay paagi sini magmadinalag-on ka.

11 Wala sing pulos ang abilidad mo sa pag-anta sang man-og kon makagat ka man lang niya. 12 Ang mga ginahambal sang maalamon nga tawo makahatag sa iya sang kaayuhan, pero ang mga ginahambal sang buang-buang nga tawo makalaglag sa iya. 13 Sa umpisa pa lang kabuangan na ang iya mga ginahambal, kag sa ulihi malaot na gid, nga daw wala na siya sa iya kaugalingon. 14 Kag wala siya nagauntat hambal.

Wala gid sing may nakahibalo sang palaabuton, kag wala sing may makasugid sa aton kon ano ang matabo sa tapos kita mapatay.

15 Ginakapoy ang buang-buang sa iya trabaho, gani nagahunahuna siya nga indi na lang siya magkadto sa banwa sa pagtrabaho.[b]

16 Kaluluoy ang nasyon nga ang hari sini ulipon sadto anay, kag ang mga pangulo sini nagapunsyon lang sa bilog nga adlaw. 17 Pero bulahan ang nasyon nga ang hari sini natawo sa dungganon nga pamilya kag ang mga pangulo sini nagapunsyon sa husto nga tion nga may pagpugong sa ila kaugalingon kag wala sila nagapahubog.

18 Kon tamad ang isa ka tawo sa pagkay-o sang atop sang iya balay, magatulo ini kag marumpag.

19 Ang pagkinaon kag pag-ininom makahatag sing kalipay sa tawo; kag ang kuwarta makahatag sang tanan niya nga kinahanglanon.

20 Indi pagpakamalauta ang hari bisan sa hunahuna mo lang, ukon ang manggaranon bisan sa tago lang, kay basi kon may makasugid sini sa ila.[c]

Footnotes

  1. 10:6 manggaranon: ukon, dungganon.
  2. 10:15 gani… pagtrabaho: ukon, indi siya makatultol magkadto sa banwa.
  3. 10:20 basi… ila: sa literal, basi kon may pispis nga magsugid sini.

10 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
    so a little folly(A) outweighs wisdom and honor.
The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
    but the heart of the fool to the left.
Even as fools walk along the road,
    they lack sense
    and show everyone(B) how stupid they are.
If a ruler’s anger rises against you,
    do not leave your post;(C)
    calmness can lay great offenses to rest.(D)

There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
    the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
Fools are put in many high positions,(E)
    while the rich occupy the low ones.
I have seen slaves on horseback,
    while princes go on foot like slaves.(F)

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;(G)
    whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.(H)
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

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child

10 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.

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

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.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10 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 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

14 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 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

17 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 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

20 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.