New International Version (NIV)
Wisdom Better Than Folly
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: 14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one sinner destroys much good.
This message in the Bible come to my mind when I reread the letter uncle Hoa replying to my letter at the the time uncle Châu was chased out.
From: James nth_08 [mailto:jamesnth08@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 8:35 AM
To: hoanthanhbn
Subject: Da duoc tho em.
Cac em HT than men,
Anh da doc ky tho em T viet. Co le anh nen khuyen cac em giu yen lang ma cau nguyen va cho doi y Chua.
Anh Chau la nguoi trong cuoc ma anh da yen lang thi chung la nguoi ben ngoai khong nen lam cho khuay dong len.
Chung co long tin, tin rang Ngai la Dang cong binh, Ngai co cach ky dieu cua Ngai ma thuong thi chung ta chi chiem
nghiem duoc khi su viiec da ket cuc.
Qui luat GIEO-GAT cua Chua rat la nghiem minh. Va pham su viec gi cung co ky cua no.
Moi ly le xuat phat tu TAI SAO - BOI VI luon pho ra sua thieu sot. Chi co su yeu thuong de cam thong moi la thoa dang
trong moi hoan canh ma thoi.
Anh ngung lai day. A. H.
Translation!
I have read your letter carefully. Perhaps I should advise you to
keep silent, pray, and wait for the will of God.
Brother Chau is a person with his own troubles but chooses not to
voice those troubles out loud. But since we are outsiders to his
troubles and thus not able to comprehend what he is going through;
we should keep out of his business.
We must have faith and trust in God, that God is righteous. While
Brother Chau is in his time of difficulty, we must place our trust
in God and for God to bring Brother Chau's troubles to an end.
The law of SOWING
& REAPING of
God is very strict and clear. Everything has its own timing.
Any arguments originate from WHY-BECAUSE always
expose its lacking. The fact that only by the love we can have the
sympathy is satisfactory in any circumstances.
I would like to stop here
Brother Hoa (A.H)