Ecclesiastes 10

1. As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweights wisdom and honor. 

folly 어리석은 행동

outweights 중량 초과

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 how stupid they are. 

4. If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest. 

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, while the rich occupy the low ones. 

7. I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves. 

8. Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. 

bitten bite의 과거분사. 물다.

9. Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them. 

quarries quarry 캐내다. 채석하다. 

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. 

charmed 매혹되다. 마법에 걸리다. 저주받다. ..을 사로잡다.

charmer 매력있는 사람. snake charmer 뱀 부리는 사람. 

12. Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. 

gracious 품위있는, 우아한.

consumed 소모되다. 사로잡히다. 

13. At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness-

14. and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming - who can tell someone else what will happen after them?

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 and whose princes feast in the morning. 

Woe 고민, 비통.

feast 아주 즐겁게 맘껏 먹다. 

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.

princes 백관, 귀족.

18. Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks. 

rafters sag 서까래가 처지다. 

19. A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything. 

20. Do not revile the king 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. 

revile 매도하다. 욕하다. 

(사진: 친구 H)