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Ecclesiastes

Chapter 10

KJV · Textus Receptus

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 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
3 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 the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9 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.

Asante Twi

1Nwansena a wɔawuwu ma aduhwamyɛfoɔ ngo bɔn: saa ara na nkwaseasɛm kakraa bi yɛ deɛ ɔwɔ edin wɔ nyansa ne animuonyam mu.Under pastoral review
2Onyansafoɔ akoma wɔ ne nsa nifa so; nanso ɔkwasea akoma wɔ ne benkum so.Under pastoral review
3Aane nso, sɛ ɔkwasea nante ɛkwan so a, ne nyansa bɔ no, na ɔka kyerɛ obiara sɛ ɔyɛ ɔkwasea.Under pastoral review
4Sɛ sodifoɔ honhom sɔre tia wo a, nnyaa wo siberɛ; ɛfiri sɛ ahobrɛase dwodwo mfomsoɔ akɛseɛ ano.Under pastoral review
5Bɔne bi wɔ hɔ a mahunu wɔ owia ase, sɛ mfomsoɔ a ɛfiri sodifoɔ hɔ ba:Under pastoral review
6Wɔde nkwaseasɛm asi dibea kɛseɛ mu, na adefoɔ tena baabi a ɛba fam.Under pastoral review
7Mahunu nkoa sɛ wɔte apɔnkɔ so, na mmapɔmma nam fam sɛ nkoa.Under pastoral review
8Deɛ ɔtu amena no bɛtɔ mu; na deɛ ɔbu ban no, ɔwɔ bɛka no.Under pastoral review
9Deɛ ɔyi aboɔ no, ɛbɛpira no; na deɛ ɔpae nnua no, ɛbɛha no.Under pastoral review
10Sɛ dadeɛ ano awu, na ɔnse ano a, ɛnneɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde ahoɔden bebree yɛ: nanso nyansa wɔ mfasoɔ ma ɔkwankyerɛ.Under pastoral review
11Nokorɛ, ɔwɔ bɛka obi a ntafowayi nni hɔ; na ɔkasafoɔ nyɛ papa biara.Under pastoral review
12Onyansafoɔ anom nsɛm yɛ adom; nanso ɔkwasea anofafa bɛmene ɔno ankasa.Under pastoral review
13N'anom nsɛm ahyɛaseɛ yɛ nkwaseasɛm: na n'ano asɛm awieeɛ yɛ abɔdamsɛm bɔne.Under pastoral review
14Ɔkwasea nso, nsɛm ahyɛ no ma: onipa ntumi nka deɛ ɛbɛba; na deɛ ɛbɛba n'akyi, hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka akyerɛ no?Under pastoral review
15Nkwaseafoɔ adwuma ma wɔn mu biara brɛ, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnnim ɛkwan a ɔbɛfa so akɔ kuropɔn mu.Under pastoral review
16Wo nnue, Ao asase, ɛberɛ a wo hene yɛ abɔfra, na wo mmapɔmma didi anɔpa!Under pastoral review
17Nhyira nka wo, Ao asase, ɛberɛ a wo hene yɛ adehyeɛ ba, na wo mmapɔmma didi wɔ berɛ pa mu, ma ahoɔden, na ɛnyɛ ma nsãborɔ!Under pastoral review
18Aniha bebree mu na ɛdan porɔ; na nsa a ɛyɛ hwe mu na fie tue nsuo.Under pastoral review
19Wɔyɛ apontoɔ ma ɛserew, na nsã ma ani gye: nanso sika bua nneɛma nyinaa.Under pastoral review
20Nnome ɔhene, mpo wɔ w'adwene mu; na nnome ɔdefoɔ wɔ wo pia mu: ɛfiri sɛ ewiem anomaa bɛsoa nne no akɔ, na deɛ ɔwɔ ntaban bɛka asɛm no.Under pastoral review

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