10:1 Dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink, to ferment; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
死苍蝇使调制香料者的膏油变臭发酵；这样，一点愚昧也败坏智慧和尊荣。
10:2 A wise man's heart inclines to his right, but a fool's heart inclines to his left.
智慧人的心偏右；愚昧人的心偏左。
10:3 And also, when the fool walks on the way, his sense fails him, and he tells everyone that he is a fool.
并且愚昧人行在路上显出无知，告诉众人他是愚昧人。
10:4 If the ruler's spirit rises up against you, do not leave your place; for composure allays great offenses.
掌权者若向你生气，你不要离开本位，因为柔和能免大过。
10:5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, like an error that proceeds from the ruler:
我见日光之下有一祸患，似乎出于掌权者的错误，
10:6 Folly is set in many high places, and rich men sit in a low place.
就是愚昧人多居高位，富足人坐在低位。
10:7 I have seen servants on horses and princes walking on the earth like servants.
我见过仆人骑马，首领像仆人在地上步行。
10:8 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent;
挖陷坑的，自己必掉在其中；拆通墙垣的，必为蛇所咬。
10:9 Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them, and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
开凿石头的，必受损伤；劈开木头的，必遭危险。
10:10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then he must apply more strength; but wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费力气；但智慧有益，使人成功。
10:11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.
未行法术以先，蛇若咬人，后行法术就无益了。
10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool swallow him up.
智慧人的口说出恩言，愚昧人的嘴吞灭自己。
10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
他口中的言语起头是愚昧；他话的末尾是奸恶的狂妄。
10:14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will be; and what will be after him, who can tell him?
愚昧人多言多语。人不知将来有什么事；他身后的事谁能告诉他呢？
10:15 The labor of fools wears them out, because they do not know even how to get to town.
愚昧人的劳碌使自己困乏，因为连如何进城他也不知道。
10:16 Woe to you, O land whose king is a young boy and whose princes feast in the morning!
邦国阿，你的王若是孩童，你的众首领早晨吃喝宴乐，你就有祸了！
10:17 Happy are you, O land whose king is the son of nobles and whose princes feast at the proper time, for strength and not for drunkenness!
邦国阿，你的王若是贵胄之子，你的众首领按时吃喝，为要补力，不为酒醉，你就有福了！
10:18 Through slothfulness the rafters sag, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
因人懒惰，房顶塌下；因人手懒，房屋滴漏。
10:19 They make a feast for laughter, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
设摆筵席是为喜笑；酒使人生快活；钱叫万事应心。
10:20 Do not curse the king even in your thought, and do not curse a rich man in your bedroom; for a bird of heaven will carry the sound, or something with wings will tell the matter.