Ecclesiastes 8
1 The wisdom of a man shines in his countenance, and even the expression of a most powerful man will change.
Кто уведе мудрость? И кто весть разрешение глагола? Мудрость человека просветит лице его, а безстудный возненавиден будет лицем своим.
2 I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God.
Уста царева сохрани, и о словеси клятвы Божия не скор буди.
3 You should not hastily withdraw from his presence, nor should you remain in an evil work. For all that pleases him, he will do.
От лица его пойдеши, не стани во словеси лукавне, яко все, еже (аще) восхощет, сотворит,
4 And his word is filled with authority. Neither is anyone able to say to him: “Why are you acting this way?”
якоже царь обладаяй, и кто речет ему: что твориши?
5 Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.
Храняй заповедь не увесть глагола лукавна: и время суда весть сердце мудраго,
6 For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
яко всяцей вещи есть время и суд: яко разум человека мног (есть) на нем,
7 For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.
яко несть ведящаго, что будущее: зане якоже будет, кто возвестит ему?
8 It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
Несть человека владущаго духом, еже возбранити духу: и несть владущаго в день смерти, и несть посла в день брани: и не спасет нечестие сущаго в нем.
9 I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.
И все сие видех, и вдах сердце мое во все сотворение, еже сотворено есть под солнцем, вся, во еликих обладан есть человек над человеком, еже озлобити его.
10 I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.
И тогда видех нечестивыя во гробы внесены, и от святаго: и идоша и похвалени быша во граде, яко сице сотвориша. И сие суета.
11 For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.
Яко несть пререкания бывающаго творящым лукавое вскоре: сего ради уверися сердце сынов человеческих в них, еже сотворити лукавое.
12 But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face.
Иже согреши, сотворил есть лукавое, оттоле, и от долготы их: ибо и вем аз, яко есть благо боящымся Бога, да боятся от лица Его,
13 So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.
и не будет благо нечестивому, и не продолжит дний в сени, иже несть бояйся от лица Божия.
14 There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are the just, to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the impious. And there are the impious, who are very secure, as though they possess the deeds of the just. But this, too, I judge to be a very great vanity.
Есть суета, яже сотворена есть на земли: яко суть праведнии, на нихже постизает яко творение нечестивых, и суть нечестивии, на нихже постизает яко творение праведных. Рех, яко и сие суета.
15 And so, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun.
И похвалих аз веселие, яко несть благо человеку под солнцем, но токмо еже ясти и пити и еже веселитися: и то прибыток ему в труде его во днех живота его, ихже дал есть ему Бог под солнцем.
16 And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, day and night.
В нихже дах сердце мое, еже разумети мудрость и еже ведети попечение сотвореное на земли: яко и во дни и в нощи сна во очию своею несть видяй.
17 And I understood that man is able to find no explanation for all those works of God which are done under the sun. And so, the more that he labors to seek, so much the less does he find. Yes, even if a wise man were to claim that he knows, he would not be able to discover it.
И видех вся творения Божия, яко не может человек изобрести творение сотвореное под солнцем: елика аще потрудится человек обрести, и не обрящет: и елика аще речет мудрый уразумети, не возможет обрести. Темже все сие вдах в сердце мое, и сердце мое все сие виде.
