Ecclesiastes 10
1 [A few] dead flies in [a bottle of] perfume cause [all] the perfume to stink. Similarly [SIM], a small amount of acting foolishly can have a greater effect than acting wisely.
Gagoba: bogoi da gabusiga: manoma ganagu ganodini sali, amo huluane gaha hamomusa: dawa: Amola gagaoui hou fonobahadi da bagade dawa: su hou bagade amo wadela: lesimusa: dawa:
2 If people think sensibly, it will lead them to do what is right; if they think foolishly, it causes them to do what is wrong.
Bagade dawa: su dunu da hi hou hamosea, moloidafa hou hamosa. Amola gagaoui dunu da hi hou hamosea, wadela: i hou fawane hamosa.
3 Even while foolish people walk along the road, they show that they do not have good sense; they show everyone that they are not wise.
Amomane, gagaoui dunu da degabo misi dunu logoa gousa: sea, ilia da ea gagaoui hou hedolo dawa: mu. E da hi hou hamobeba: le, dunu huluane ilima hi gagaoui hou olelesa.
4 Do not quit working for a ruler when he is angry with you; if you remain calm, he will [probably] stop being angry.
Dia ouligisu dunu da dima ougi ba: sea, dia hawa: hamosu mae yolesima. Di da asabole esalea, dia bagade giadofai da gogolema: ne olofoi dagoi ba: mu.
5 There is something [else] that I have seen here on this earth, something that rulers sometimes do that is wrong/inappropriate:
Na da giadofai hou afae osobo bagadega dialebe ba: i. Amo giadofasu ouligisu dunu da hamosa.
6 They appoint foolish people to have important positions, while they appoint rich [people] to have unimportant positions.
Ilia da gagaoui dunu amo ouligisu hawa: hamoma: ne ilegesa. Amola bagade gagui dunu yolesisa.
7 They allow slaves [to ride] on horses [like rich people usually do], [but] they force officials to walk [like slaves usually do].
Na da udigili hawa: hamosu dunu hosiga fila heda: lebe ba: i. Amola hina bagade ea fi dunu udigili hawa: hamosu dunu agoane emoga ahoanebe ba: i.
8 [It is possible that] those who dig pits will fall into one of those pits. [It is possible that] someone who tears down a wall will be bitten by a snake [that is in that wall].
Dia da uli dogonesisia, dina: amo ganodini sa: imu. Di da dobea fei gadelale dasea, sania da di gasomanu.
9 If you work in a quarry, [it is possible that] a stone [will fall on you and] injure you. [It is possible that] men who split logs will be injured by one of those logs.
Di da igi gagoudasu sogebi hawa: hamosea, di da igiga se nabimu. Di da ifa oda hida: sea, di da amo hamonana, se nabimu.
10 If your axe is not sharp [DOU], you will need to work harder [to cut down a tree], but by being wise, you will succeed.
Dia goaha: i da bahuai, amola di amo hame debesea, di da amoga hawa: bagade hamone helemu. Hidadea dia hawa: hamosu ilegemu da defea.
11 If a snake bites a man before he charms/tames it, his ability to charm snakes will not benefit him.
Di da asigi dawa: suga sania ouligimu da defea. Be sania da hidadea di gasonasea, amo da dia ouligisu hou wadela: lesimu.
12 Wise people say [MTY] what is sensible, and because of that, people honor them; but foolish people are destroyed by what they say [MTY].
Dunu eno da bagade dawa: su dunu ea sia: beba: le, ema nodosa. Be gagaoui dunu ea sia: i liligi da ea hou wadela: lesisa.
13 When foolish people start to talk, they say things that are foolish, and they end by saying things that are both wicked and foolish.
E da ea sia: udigili hamedei agoane musa. Be ea sia: dagosu da doulasi dunu ea sia: agoane ba: sa.
14 They talk (too much/without ceasing). None of us knows what will happen in the future, or what will happen after we die.
Gagaoui da gebewane mae yolesili sia: daha. Dunu afae da fa: no hedolo mabe hou hamedafa dawa: Amola ninia bogole fa: no hamomu, dunu huluane da adomu gogolei.
15 Foolish people become [so] exhausted by the work that they do that they are unable to find the road to their town/homes.
Di da bagade hawa: hamobeba: le, gufia: ne esalumu da defea hame. Gagaoui dunu amo da hi diasua buhagimu logo da hame dawa: , agoai dunu fawane da agoane hawa: hamosa.
16 Terrible things will happen to the people of a nation whose ruler is a foolish young man, and whose [other] leaders continually eat, all day long, every day.
Soge amo ea hina bagade da goi fawane, amola ea ouligisu dunu da daeya ganini hahabe lolo nabe fawane hamosa, amo soge da bidi hamosu ba: mu.
17 [But] a nation will prosper if its ruler is from a (noble/well-educated) family, and if its [other] leaders feast [only] at the proper times, and [if they eat and drink only] to be strong, not to become drunk.
Be soge amogawi ea hina bagade da hi asigi dawa: suga hawa: hamosa, amola ea ouligisu dunu da ilegesu defele ha: i naha amola ilia hou ouligisa amola feloale hame hamosa, amo soge da hahawane bagade gala.
18 Some men are very lazy [and do not repair the rafters], with the result that the rafters sag [and collapse]; and if they do not repair the roof, water will leak into the house [when it rains].
Dunu da hawa: hamomu higabeba: le, ea diasu figisu hame hahamosea, amo da dadadini, diasu amola da gelemu.
19 Eating food and drinking wine causes us to laugh and be happy, [but] we are able to enjoy those things only if we have money [to buy them].
Di da lolo nasea, hahawane ba: mu, amola waini hano nasea, hahawane ba: mu. Be muni hame galea, ha: i manu amola waini hano lamu da hamedei ba: mu.
20 Do not even think about cursing the king, or cursing rich [people, even] when you are [alone] in your bedroom, because [it is possible that] a little bird will hear [what you are saying], [and] tell those people what you said [about them].
Osobo bagade hina bagade amoma lalasogole mae sia: ma. Amola dia golabe sesei amo ganodini, bagade gagui dunu ilia houba: le amo mae lalasogole sia: ma. Bai sioga da amo sia: ilima mini asili, adosa: besa: le, mae sia: ma.
