Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in an abundance of counselors there is victory.

无智谋，民就败落；谋士多，人便安居。

无智谋，民就败落；谋士多，就必得胜。

无智谋，民就败落；谋士多，就必得胜。

缺乏智谋，国必败亡；谋士众多，战无不胜。

没有智谋，国家败落；谋士众多，就能得胜。

没有引导，民就落败；谋士众多，就必得胜。

無智謀，民就敗落；謀士多，人便安居。

無智謀，民就敗落；謀士多，就必得勝。

無智謀，民就敗落；謀士多，就必得勝。

缺乏智謀，國必敗亡；謀士眾多，戰無不勝。

沒有智謀，國家敗落；謀士眾多，就能得勝。

無智謀，人民就敗落；謀士多，百姓便安全。

沒有引導，民就落敗；謀士眾多，就必得勝。

無智謀、民必仆、多議士、民乃安、

無良謀、邦必喪、集眾議、國以安。

無政治、民必隕墮、議士多、國乃平康、

For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.

Without guidance a nation falls. But many good advisers can bring victory to a nation.

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.

Without guidance, a people will fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Without guidance, people fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.

Where no counsel[ is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors[ there is] safety.

When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in an abundance of counselors there is victory.

Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.

Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance.

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard about this, he was living in Egypt( for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).Then they sent word and summoned him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,“ Your father made our yoke hard; but now, lighten the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”Then he said to them,“ Depart for three days, then return to me.” So the people departed.And King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying,“ How do you advise me to answer this people?”Then they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their request, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”But he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.He said to them,“ What advice do you give, so that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying,‘ Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying,“ This is what you should say to this people who spoke to you, saying:‘ Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ You should speak this way to them:‘ My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!Now then, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke; yet I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!’ ”Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had directed, saying,“ Return to me on the third day.”And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him,and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”So the king did not listen to the people; because it was a turn of events from the Lord, in order to establish His word which the Lord spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people replied to the king, saying,“ What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, Israel! Now look after your own house, David!” So Israel went away to their tents.But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.So Israel has broken with the house of David to this day.

Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it, But the discipline of fools is foolishness.

The officials of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh,“ I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the Lord of armies Has planned against Egypt.The officials of Zoan have turned out to be fools, The officials of Memphis are deluded; Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes Have led Egypt astray.The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of distortion; They have led Egypt astray in all that it does, As a drunken person staggers in his vomit.

The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter.After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,“ Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.Since this is the case, why are you putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles.After they stopped speaking, James responded, saying,“ Brothers, listen to me.Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles.The words of the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written:‘ After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the fallen tabernacle of David, And I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it,So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,’Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.Therefore, it is my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God,but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood.For from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”