# Or to the silent stone

"Woe to the one saying to the silent stone" 

# Do these things teach?

"These things cannot teach." or "Wood and stone cannot teach." 

# See, it is overlaid

"Look at it. You can see for yourself that it is overlaid"

# it is overlaid with gold and silver

"a person overlays the wood or stone with gold and silver"

# there is no breath at all within it

"it is not alive" or "it is dead"