Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; and [when you are] near to hear, let your sacrifice [be] better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil.
Varuj svoje stopalo, ko greš k Božji hiši in bodi bolj pripravljen prisluhniti kakor izročiti klavno daritev bedakov, kajti ne preudarjajo, da počnejo zlo.
2 Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
Ne bodi prenagljen s svojimi usti in tvoje srce naj ne bo hitro, da izreče katerokoli stvar pred Bogom, kajti Bog je v nebesih, ti pa na zemlji, zato naj bo tvojih besed malo.
3 For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
Kajti sanje prihajajo po množici zadev in bedakov glas je razpoznan z množico besed.
4 Whenever you shall vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay you therefore whatever you shall have vowed.
Kadar prisegaš zaobljubo Bogu, ne odlašaj, da jo izpolniš, kajti on nima zadovoljstva v bedakih. Izpolni to, kar si se zaobljubil.
5 [It is] better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
Bolje je to, da ne prisežeš, kakor da prisežeš zaobljubo, pa ne izpolniš.
6 Suffer not your mouth to lead your flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at your voice, and destroy the works of your hands.
Ne dopusti svojim ustom, da bi tvojemu mesu povzročila, da greši niti pred angelom ne povej, da je bila pomota. Zakaj bi bil Bog ob tvojem glasu jezen in bi uničil delo tvojih rok?
7 For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.
Kajti v množici sanj in mnogih besedah so tudi številne ničevosti, toda boj se Boga.
8 If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgement and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.
Če vidiš v provinci zatirati ubogega in nasilne prevračati sodbo in pravico, se ne čudi ob zadevi, kajti kdor je višji kakor najvišji, upošteva; in obstaja višji kakor oni.
9 Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king [is dependent on] the tilled field.
Poleg tega je donos zemlje za vse; sam kralj je postrežen s poljem.
10 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.
Kdor ljubi srebro, ne bo potešen s srebrom niti kdor ljubi obilje, z donosom; tudi to je ničevost.
11 In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
Kadar se dobrine povečujejo, so povečane, da se pojejo; kakšno dobro je njegovim lastnikom, razen da jih gledajo s svojimi očmi?
12 The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
Spanje delovnega človeka je sladko, bodisi jé malo ali veliko, toda obilje bogastva mu ne bo pustilo spati.
13 There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
Je boleče zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem, namreč bogastva, varovana za njihove lastnike v njihovo škodo.
14 And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Toda ta bogastva izginejo po zli zadevi. Zaplodil je sina, pa v njegovi roki ni ničesar.
15 As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go [with him] in his hand.
Kakor je nag prišel iz maternice svoje matere, se bo vrnil kakor je prišel in ničesar ne bo vzel od svojega truda, kar bi v svoji roki lahko odnesel.
16 And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?
Tudi to je boleče zlo, da v vseh točkah, kakor je prišel, bo tako odšel; in kakšno korist ima tisti, ki se je trudil za veter?
17 Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
Prav tako vse svoje dni jé v temi in ima mnogo bridkosti in besa s svojo slabostjo.
18 Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
Glej to, kar sem videl. Dobro in ljubko je za nekoga jesti, piti in uživati dobro od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem vse dni svojega življenja, ki mu jih daje Bog, kajti to je njegov delež.
19 Yes, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Tudi vsakemu človeku, ki mu Bog daje bogastva in premoženje, mu daje moč, da od tega jé in da vzame svoj delež in se veseli v svojem trudu; to je darilo od Boga.
20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.
Kajti dni svojega življenja se ne bo dosti spominjal, ker mu Bog odgovarja v radosti njegovega srca.
