Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Laba slava ir labāka nekā salda eļļa, un miršanas diena labāka nekā dzimšanas diena.
2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
Labāki ir vaidu namā iet nekā dzīru namā; jo tas ir visu cilvēku gals, un tas, kas dzīvo, to ņem pie sirds.
3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
Noskumt ir labāki nekā smieties; jo kad vaigs noskumis, tas sirdij labi.
4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
Gudru ļaužu sirds ir vaidu namā, bet ģeķu sirds ir prieku namā.
5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
Labāk ir klausīties gudra vīra rāšanu, nekā klausīties ģeķa dziesmu.
6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
Jo kā ērkšķi sprakst apakš poda, tāpat ir ģeķa smiešanās, - tā ir arī niecība.
7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Tiešām, netaisna peļņa arī gudru padara neprātīgu, un dāvanas samaitā sirdi.
8 The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
Labāks ir kādas lietas gals nekā viņas iesākums. Lēnprātīgais ir labāks nekā lepnais.
9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
Neesi ātrs savā prātā dusmot, jo dusmība mājo ģeķu azotē.
10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
Nesaki: kā tas nāk, ka senās dienas bijušas labākas nekā šīs! Jo ar gudrību tu to nevaicā.
11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Gudrība ir tik laba kā mantība un labums tiem, kas sauli redz.
12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Jo gudrības pavēnī ir kā naudas pavēnī; un tas ir atzīšanas labums, ka gudrība dod dzīvību tiem, kam tā ir.
13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
Uzlūko Dieva darbu, jo kas to var darīt taisnu, ko viņš ir darījis līku?
14 In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
Baudi labumu labā dienā, bet ļaunu dienu ņem arī par labu; jo Dievs dara gan šo gan to, tāpēc ka cilvēkam nebūs zināt, kas būs pēc viņa.
15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
Visu to esmu redzējis savas niecības dienās: Cits ir taisns, kas savā taisnībā iet bojā, un cits ir bezdievīgs, kas savā blēdībā ilgi pastāv.
16 Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
Neesi pārlieku taisns un neturies pats par visai gudru, - kāpēc tu gribi iet bojā?
17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
Neesi pārlieku bezdievīgs, un neesi visai ģeķīgs; kāpēc tu gribi nomirt nelaikā?
18 It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
Labi ir, ka tu šo satver un arī no tā otra savu roku neatrauj; jo kas Dievu bīstas, tas no visa tā izsprūk.
19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
Gudrība stiprina gudro vairāk nekā desmit vareni, kas ir pilsētā.
20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Tiešām, nav neviena cilvēka, kas taisns būtu virs zemes, kas labi darītu un negrēkotu.
21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
Neliec arī vērā visus vārdus, kas top runāti, lai tev nav jādzird, ka tavs kalps tev lād.
22 Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
Jo daudzkārt arī tava sirds zin, ka arī tu citus esi lādējis.
23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Visu šo es ar gudrību esmu izmeklējis. Es sacīju: es dabūšu gudrību, bet viņa bija vēl tālu no manis.
24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
Tālu ir, kas ir, un ļoti dziļš; kas to var atrast?
25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
Es griezos ar savu sirdi, ka es zinātu un izvaicātu un meklētu gudrību un skaidrību, un ka es atzītu bezdievību par ģeķību un neprātību par nelietību.
26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Un es atradu vienu lietu rūgtāku nekā nāvi: sievu, kā sirds ir tīkli un valgi un kā rokas ir saites. Kas labs ir Dieva priekšā, tas no viņas izglābsies, bet grēcinieks caur viņu taps sagūstīts.
27 Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
Redzi, šo esmu atradis, saka tas mācītājs, citu pēc cita, ka es to galavārdu atrastu.
28 For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
To mana dvēsele vēl meklē, un to es vēl neesmu atradis: Starp tūkstošiem es vienu vīru esmu atradis, bet sievu starp šiem visiem es neesmu atradis.
29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
Bet redzi, to tikai es esmu atradis, ka Dievs cilvēku ir radījis taisnu, bet tie dodas uz daudz gudrošanām.
