< Ecclesiastes 7 >

1 A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s 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 mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
Labāki ir vaidu namā iet nekā dzīru namā; jo tas ir visu cilvēku gals, un tas, kas dzīvo, to ņem pie sirds.
3 Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
Noskumt ir labāki nekā smieties; jo kad vaigs noskumis, tas sirdij labi.
4 The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
Gudru ļaužu sirds ir vaidu namā, bet ģeķu sirds ir prieku namā.
5 It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
Labāk ir klausīties gudra vīra rāšanu, nekā klausīties ģeķa dziesmu.
6 For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
Jo kā ērkšķi sprakst apakš poda, tāpat ir ģeķa smiešanās, - tā ir arī niecība.
7 Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
Tiešām, netaisna peļņa arī gudru padara neprātīgu, un dāvanas samaitā sirdi.
8 Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
Labāks ir kādas lietas gals nekā viņas iesākums. Lēnprātīgais ir labāks nekā lepnais.
9 Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
Neesi ātrs savā prātā dusmot, jo dusmība mājo ģeķu azotē.
10 Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
Nesaki: kā tas nāk, ka senās dienas bijušas labākas nekā šīs! Jo ar gudrību tu to nevaicā.
11 Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
Gudrība ir tik laba kā mantība un labums tiem, kas sauli redz.
12 For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
Jo gudrības pavēnī ir kā naudas pavēnī; un tas ir atzīšanas labums, ka gudrība dod dzīvību tiem, kam tā ir.
13 Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
Uzlūko Dieva darbu, jo kas to var darīt taisnu, ko viņš ir darījis līku?
14 In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
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 things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
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 over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
Neesi pārlieku taisns un neturies pats par visai gudru, - kāpēc tu gribi iet bojā?
17 Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
Neesi pārlieku bezdievīgs, un neesi visai ģeķīgs; kāpēc tu gribi nomirt nelaikā?
18 It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
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 hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
Gudrība stiprina gudro vairāk nekā desmit vareni, kas ir pilsētā.
20 For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
Tiešām, nav neviena cilvēka, kas taisns būtu virs zemes, kas labi darītu un negrēkotu.
21 But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
Neliec arī vērā visus vārdus, kas top runāti, lai tev nav jādzird, ka tavs kalps tev lād.
22 For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
Jo daudzkārt arī tava sirds zin, ka arī tu citus esi lādējis.
23 I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
Visu šo es ar gudrību esmu izmeklējis. Es sacīju: es dabūšu gudrību, bet viņa bija vēl tālu no manis.
24 Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
Tālu ir, kas ir, un ļoti dziļš; kas to var atrast?
25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
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 have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter’s snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught 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 Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
Redzi, šo esmu atradis, saka tas mācītājs, citu pēc cita, ka es to galavārdu atrastu.
28 Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
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 Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
Bet redzi, to tikai es esmu atradis, ka Dievs cilvēku ir radījis taisnu, bet tie dodas uz daudz gudrošanām.

< Ecclesiastes 7 >