Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do 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 rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy 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 a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by a multitude of words.
Kajti sanje prihajajo po množici zadev in bedakov glas je razpoznan z množico besed.
4 When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Kadar prisegaš zaobljubo Bogu, ne odlašaj, da jo izpolniš, kajti on nima zadovoljstva v bedakih. Izpolni to, kar si se zaobljubil.
5 Better [is it] that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
Bolje je to, da ne prisežeš, kakor da prisežeš zaobljubo, pa ne izpolniš.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy 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 in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.
Kajti v množici sanj in mnogih besedah so tudi številne ničevosti, toda boj se Boga.
8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there are] higher than they.
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 Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
Poleg tega je donos zemlje za vse; sam kralj je postrežen s poljem.
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
Kdor ljubi srebro, ne bo potešen s srebrom niti kdor ljubi obilje, z donosom; tudi to je ničevost.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners of them, saving the beholding [of them] with their 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 laboring man [is] sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Spanje delovnega človeka je sladko, bodisi jé malo ali veliko, toda obilje bogastva mu ne bo pustilo spati.
13 There is a grievous evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.
Je boleče zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem, namreč bogastva, varovana za njihove lastnike v njihovo škodo.
14 But those riches perish by evil labor: and he begetteth 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 into the world, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away 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 also [is] a grievous evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?
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 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Prav tako vse svoje dni jé v temi in ima mnogo bridkosti in besa s svojo slabostjo.
18 Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth 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 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; 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; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
Kajti dni svojega življenja se ne bo dosti spominjal, ker mu Bog odgovarja v radosti njegovega srca.
