Daniel Condurachi’s Blog

I am busy lately, and yes I do not manage my time so that I would have time to write here on my blog. The blog moved down on my important things to do, so I do not get to write in here. Today I have been reading Ecclesiast 10. It is almost like a chapter form the Proverbs. It’s a very practical chapter:

¹ Dead flies in perfume make it stink, And a little foolishness decomposes much wisdom.

² Wise thinking leads to right living; Stupid thinking leads to wrong living.

³ Fools on the road have no sense of direction. The way they walk tells the story: “There goes the fool again!”

⁴ If a ruler loses his temper against you, don’t panic; A calm disposition quiets intemperate rage.

^5-7 Here’s a piece of bad business I’ve seen on this earth, An error that can be blamed on whoever is in charge:

• Immaturity is given a place of prominence,
• While maturity is made to take a backseat.
• I’ve seen unproven upstarts riding in style,
• While experienced veterans are put out to pasture.

⁸ Caution: The trap you set might catch you.
Warning: Your accomplice in crime might double-cross you.

⁹ Safety first: Quarrying stones is dangerous.
Be alert: Felling trees is hazardous.
OR: Whoever removes [landmark] stones or hews out [new ones with similar intent] will be hurt with them, and he who fells trees will be endangered by them.

¹⁰ Remember: The duller the ax the harder the work;
Use your head: The more brains, the less muscle.

¹¹ If the snake bites before it’s been charmed, what’s the point in then sending for the charmer?

^12-13 The words of a wise person are gracious. The talk of a fool self-destructs — he starts out talking nonsense and ends up spouting insanity and evil.

¹⁴ Fools talk way too much, chattering stuff they know nothing about.

¹⁵ A decent day’s work so fatigues fools that they can’t find their way back to town.

^16-17 Unlucky the land whose king is a young pup, and whose princes party all night.
Lucky the land whose king is mature, where the princes behave themselves and don’t drink themselves silly.

¹⁸ A shiftless man lives in a tumbledown shack;
A lazy woman ends up with a leaky roof.

¹⁹ Laughter and bread go together,
And wine gives sparkle to life—
But it’s money that makes the world go around.

²⁰ Don’t bad-mouth your leaders, not even under your breath,
And don’t abuse your betters, even in the privacy of your home.
Loose talk has a way of getting picked up and spread around.
Little birds drop the crumbs of your gossip far and wide.

Ecclesiast 10

If you like Romanian, here is my key points from what I understood and took for me:

• Dacă eÅŸti înÅ£elept ai grija să fii astfel tot timpul, căci toÅ£i au aÅŸteptări de la tine, iar cum greÅŸeÅŸti ceva toÅ£i observa. AÅŸa că nu căuta să fii ÅŸtiut drept înÅ£elept sau că ÅŸtii prea multe, ci fii smerit ÅŸi trăieÅŸte-Å£i viaÅ£a
• Ai grijă ce ÅŸi cum gândeÅŸti, căci la fel vei ÅŸi trăi
• Când te atacă cineva, indiferent cum, are sau nu dreptate, tu rămâi calm, căci astfel ai ÅŸanse mai mari să ieÅŸi din situaÅ£ie bine
• Când vei ajunge să fii la conducere, ai grijă pe cine pui în frunte:
  • Nu pe cel imatur ci pe cel încercat
  • Nu pe cel neîncercat ci pe un veteran
• Nu gândi ÅŸi nu plănui rău spre aproapele tău… nu doar că poÅ£i cadea tu în locul lui, dar nu e corect în faÅ£a Domnului
• Ai grija la cel ce e în tabăra ta, ca să nu treacă de partea duÅŸmanului
• Nu schimba hotărârile făcute, căci rău mia poÅ£i ajunge
• Cu cât îţi foloseÅŸti mai bine ÅŸi mai degrab înÅ£elepciunea, cu atât va trebui să munceÅŸti mai mult
• Nu sta la vorba cu cel necugetat, căci va ajunge să te blesteme la sfârÅŸit… timpul e limitat, aÅŸa că foloseÅŸte-l cât mai bine
• Oriunde ai lucra ÅŸi pentru cine, caută să fie oameni cu experienţă ÅŸi încercaÅ£i
• Nu vorbi de rău pe nimeni, nici măcar în gândul tău să nu existe aÅŸa ceva. Nu că te-ar putea auzi cel pe care îl vorbeÅŸti de rău, ci nu e bine înaintea Domnului, e păcat!