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- Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
- The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;
- The shephanim are not mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
- The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;
- The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings' palaces.
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- この 地上に, 小さいけれども, 非常に 賢いものが 四つある.
- ありは 力のない 種類だが, その 食糧を 夏のうちに 備える.
- 岩だぬきは 强くない 種類だが, その 家を 岩につくる.
- いなごは 王がないけれども, みな 隊を 組んでいで 立つ.
- やもりは 手でつかまえられるが, 王の 宮殿におる.
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- There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk:
- The lion which is mighty among beasts And does not retreat before any,
- The strutting rooster, the male goat also, And a king when his army is with him.
- If you have been foolish in exalting yourself Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.
- For the churning of milk produces butter, And pressing the nose brings forth blood; So the churning of anger produces strife.
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- 步きぶりの 堂¿たる 者が 三つある, いや, 四つあって, みな 堂¿と 步く.
- すなわち ¿のうちでもっとも 强く, 何ものの 前にも 退かない, しし,
- 尾を 立てて 步くおんどり, 雄やぎ, その 民の 前をいばって 步く 王がそれである.
- あなたがもし 愚かであって 自ら 高ぶり, あるいは 惡事を 計ったならば, あなたの 手を 口に 當てるがよい.
- 乳をしめれば 凝乳が 出る, 鼻をしめれば 血がでる, 怒りをしめれば 爭いが 起る.
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