Ecclesiastes 5
1 Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.
Cuando vayas al Templo de ʼElohim cuida tu pie. Acércate para escuchar más bien que para ofrecer el sacrificio de los necios, porque no saben que hacen mal.
2 You should not speak anything rashly, nor should your heart be hasty to present a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth. For this reason, let your words be few.
No te apresures con tu boca. Ni se apremie tu corazón a expresar palabra ante ʼElohim, Porque ʼElohim está en el cielo y tú en la tierra. Por tanto, sean pocas tus palabras.
3 Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.
Porque el soñar viene a causa de la mucha ocupación, Y la voz del necio por medio de muchas palabras.
4 If you have vowed anything to God, you should not delay to repay it. And whatever you have vowed, render it. But an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him.
Cuando hagas un voto a ʼElohim no tardes en cumplirlo, porque Él no se complace en los necios. Cumple lo que prometes.
5 And it is much better not to make a vow, than, after a vow, not to fulfill what was promised.
Mejor es que no prometas, y no que prometas y no cumplas.
6 You should not use your mouth so as to cause your flesh to sin. And you should not say, in the sight of an Angel, “There is no Providence.” For God, being angry at your words, may scatter all the works of your hands.
No dejes que tu boca te haga pecar, ni digas delante del Ángel que fue ignorancia. ¿Por qué harás que ʼElohim se enoje a causa de tus palabras y destruya la obra de tus manos?
7 Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities and innumerable words. Yet truly, you must fear God.
Porque donde abundan los sueños también abundan las vanidades. Pero tú, teme a ʼElohim.
8 If you see false accusations against the indigent, and violent judgments, and subverted justice in the government, do not be surprised over this situation. For those in high places have others who are higher, and there are still others, more eminent, over these.
Si ves opresión a los pobres, violación del juicio y la justicia en la provincia, no te maravilles a causa de esto, porque sobre el alto vigila el más alto. Hay Alguien más alto que ellos.
9 But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.
Además el provecho de la tierra es para todos. Para el mismo rey que cultiva el campo la tierra es una ventaja.
10 A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness.
El que ama la plata nunca se saciará de la plata, Ni el que ama la riqueza con la ganancia. Esto también es vanidad.
11 Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes?
Cuando aumentan los bienes También aumentan los que los consumen. ¿Qué provecho tendrá su dueño Aparte de verlos con sus propios ojos?
12 Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.
Coma poco o coma mucho, Dulce es el sueño del trabajador. Pero la abundancia No deja dormir al rico.
13 There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.
Vi un grave mal bajo el sol: Riqueza guardada por su dueño Para su propio perjuicio.
14 For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.
Pues se pierde esa riqueza en negocios infortunados, Y si engendra un hijo, Nada le queda para sostenerlo.
15 Just as he went forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.
Desnudo, Como salió del vientre de su madre, Así se irá. Nada de su duro trabajo podrá llevar en su mano.
16 It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?
Y éste también es un mal grave: Que como vino se va. ¿Y qué provecho tiene El que se esfuerza tras el viento?
17 All the days of his life he consumes: in darkness, and with many worries, and in distress as well as sadness.
Ya que todos sus días comió en oscuridad, Con gran tristeza, con enfermedad e ira.
18 And so, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion.
Este es el bien que vi: que es bueno y adecuado que uno coma y beba, y disfrute del bien de todo el trabajo en el cual labora bajo el sol todos los días de su vida que ʼElohim le da, porque ésta es su recompensa.
19 And this is a gift from God: that every man to whom God has given wealth and resources, and to whom he has granted the ability to consume these, may enjoy his portion, and may find joy in his labors.
Además, todo hombre a quien ʼElohim da riquezas y posesiones, lo capacita para que las disfrute, tome la parte que le corresponde y se regocije en su trabajo. Esto es el don de ʼElohim.
20 And then he will not fully remember the days of his life, because God occupies his heart with delights.
Porque no se acordará mucho de los días de su vida, pues ʼElohim lo tiene ocupado con la alegría de su corazón.
