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.
Мухи умершыя згнояют елеа сладость: честно малое мудрости паче славы велики безумия.
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.
Сердце мудраго одесную его, сердце же безумнаго ошуюю его:
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.
и в путь егда безумный идет, сердце его лишается, и яже помышляет, вся безумие суть.
4 Do not quit working for a ruler when he is angry with you; if you remain calm, he will [probably] stop being angry.
Аще дух владеющаго взыдет на тя, места твоего не остави: яко изцеление утолит грехи велики.
5 There is something [else] that I have seen here on this earth, something that rulers sometimes do that is wrong/inappropriate:
Есть лукавство, еже видех под солнцем, аки невольно изыде от лица владеющаго:
6 They appoint foolish people to have important positions, while they appoint rich [people] to have unimportant positions.
вдан безумный в высоты велики, а богатии во смиренных сядут:
7 They allow slaves [to ride] on horses [like rich people usually do], [but] they force officials to walk [like slaves usually do].
видех рабов на конех, и князей идущих яко рабов на земли.
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].
Копаяй яму впадет в ню, и разоряющаго ограду угрызнет его змий.
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.
Иземляй камение поболит от них, разсецаяй дрова беду приимет в них:
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.
аще спадет сечиво, и сам лицем смятется: и силы укрепит, и изюбилие мужу мудрость.
11 If a snake bites a man before he charms/tames it, his ability to charm snakes will not benefit him.
Аще угрызнет змий не в шепте, и несть излишества обавающему.
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].
Словеса уст премудраго благодать, устне же безумнаго потопят его:
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.
начало словес уст его безумие, и последняя уст его прелесть лукава.
14 They talk (too much/without ceasing). None of us knows what will happen in the future, or what will happen after we die.
Безумный умножает словеса: не разуме человек, что бывшее и что будущее, что созади его, (и) кто возвестит ему?
15 Foolish people become [so] exhausted by the work that they do that they are unable to find the road to their town/homes.
Труд безумных озлобит их, иже не разуме ити во град.
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.
Горе тебе, граде, в немже царь твой юн, и князи твои рано ядят.
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.
Блаженна ты, земле, еяже царь твой сын свободных, и князи твои во время ядят в силе и не постыдятся.
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].
В леностех смирится строп, и в празднестве рук прокаплет храмина.
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].
Во смех творят хлеб и вино и елей, еже веселитися живущым: и сребра со смирением послушают всяческая.
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].
И в совести убо твоей не клени царя, и в клети ложницы твоея не клени богатаго: яко птица небесная донесет глас твой, и имеяй криле возвестит слово твое.
