Ecclesiastes 10 – NIV & LCB

New International Version

Ecclesiastes 10:1-20

1As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,

so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2The heart of the wise inclines to the right,

but the heart of the fool to the left.

3Even as fools walk along the road,

they lack sense

and show everyone how stupid they are.

4If a ruler’s anger rises against you,

do not leave your post;

calmness can lay great offenses to rest.

5There is an evil I have seen under the sun,

the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

6Fools are put in many high positions,

while the rich occupy the low ones.

7I have seen slaves on horseback,

while princes go on foot like slaves.

8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;

whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

9Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them;

whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.

10If the ax is dull

and its edge unsharpened,

more strength is needed,

but skill will bring success.

11If a snake bites before it is charmed,

the charmer receives no fee.

12Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,

but fools are consumed by their own lips.

13At the beginning their words are folly;

at the end they are wicked madness—

14and fools multiply words.

No one knows what is coming—

who can tell someone else what will happen after them?

15The toil of fools wearies them;

they do not know the way to town.

16Woe to the land whose king was a servant10:16 Or king is a child

and whose princes feast in the morning.

17Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth

and whose princes eat at a proper time—

for strength and not for drunkenness.

18Through laziness, the rafters sag;

because of idle hands, the house leaks.

19A feast is made for laughter,

wine makes life merry,

and money is the answer for everything.

20Do 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.

Luganda Contemporary Bible

Omubuulizi 10:1-20

Omugezi n’Omusirusiru

110:1 Nge 13:16; 18:2Nga ensowera enfu bwe zoonoona akaloosa akawunya obulungi,

bwe katyo akasobyo akatono bwe koonoona amagezi n’ekitiibwa.

2Omutima gw’omuntu ow’amagezi gumukozesa ekituufu,

naye ogw’omusirusiru gumutwala kukola bitasaana.

310:3 Nge 13:16; 18:2Ne bw’aba ng’atambula,

amanyibwa nga talina magezi,

era buli amulaba agamba nti musirusiru.

410:4 a Mub 8:3 b Nge 16:14; 25:15Mukama wo bw’akunyiigiranga,

tomulaganga busungu;

okuddamu n’eggonjebwa kukyusa ekiruyi.

5Ekibi ekirala kye nalaba,

kye kikwata ku nsobi y’omufuzi:

610:6 Nge 29:2nalaba ng’abasirusiru baweebwa ebifo ebisava,

naye ng’abagagga bo baweebwa ebyo ebya wansi.

710:7 Nge 19:10Ate nalaba ng’abaddu beebagala embalaasi,

songa abalangira batambuza bigere ng’abaddu.

810:8 a Zab 7:15; 57:6; Nge 26:27 b Es 2:23; Zab 9:16; Am 5:19Asima ekinnya alikigwamu,

n’oyo amenya ekisenge omusota gulimubojja.

910:9 Nge 26:27Oyo ayasa amayinja gamulumya,

n’oyo ayasa enku zimulumya.

10Embazzi bwe tebaako bwogi,

n’etewagalwa,

agitemya ateekwa okufuba ennyo,

naye obumanyirivu bwe buwangula.

1110:11 Zab 58:5; Is 3:3Omusota bwe guluma nga tegunnakola bya bufuusa,

omufuusa talina kyafunamu.

1210:12 a Nge 10:32 b Nge 10:14; 14:3; 15:2; 18:7Ebigambo ebiva mu kamwa k’omuntu ow’amagezi bya muwendo nnyo eri abo ababiwulira,

naye akamwa k’omusirusiru kamusuula mu ntata.

13Entandikwa y’ebigambo bye nga temuli nsa,

ne ku nkomerero yaabyo biba mususa.

1410:14 a Nge 15:2; Mub 5:3; 6:12; 8:7 b Mub 9:1Omusirusiru asavuwaza ebigambo.

Tewali amanyi birijja,

kale ani asobola okumubuulira ebiribaawo oluvannyuma lwe?

15Omusirusiru aterebuka mangu olw’ekitamugendedde bulungi,

n’abulwa n’ekkubo erimutwala mu kibuga.

1610:16 Is 3:4-5, 12Zikusanze gw’ensi kabaka bw’aba nga yali muddu,

nga n’abalangira bakeera kwetamiirira!

1710:17 Ma 14:26; 1Sa 25:36; Nge 31:4Olina omukisa gw’ensi kabaka wo bw’aba nga wa lulyo lulangira,

ate nga n’abalangira bo bamanyi ekiseera eky’okuliiramu,

olw’okufuna amaanyi so si lwa kutamiira.

1810:18 Nge 20:4; 24:30-34Obugayaavu buleetera akasolya k’ennyumba okutonnya,

n’emikono egitayagala kukola gireetera ennyumba okutonnya.

1910:19 Lub 14:18; Bal 9:13Ekijjulo kikolebwa lwa kusanyuka,

ne wayini yeeyagaza obulamu,

naye ensimbi y’esobola byonna.

2010:20 Kuv 22:28Tokolimira kabaka mu mutima gwo

newaakubadde okukolimira omugagga mu kisenge kyo,

kubanga ennyonyi ey’omu bbanga eyinza okwetikka ebigambo byo

nga biwandiikiddwa ku biwaawaatiro byayo n’ebibatuusaako.