Ecclesiastes 5
1 Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
Ambeno ty lia’o mb’añ’anjomban’ añahare mb’eo, harineo hijanjiñe’o, Hàmake izay ta te mañenga ty soro’ o seretseo, ie tsy apota’e te manao raty.
2 Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Ko meke am-palie, naho ko malisa an-tro’o ty hisaontsy ndra inoñe aman’ Añahare: fa an-dindiñe ao t’i Andrianañahare, ihe an-tane atoy, aa le anò tsy ampeampe o enta’oo.
3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
Mahavy nofy ty fimaneam-pitoloñañe; fe fohiñe ami’ty hamaron-tsaontsi’e ty feo’ i gegey.
4 When you vow a vow to God, do not defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
Ihe mifanta aman’ Añahare, ko malaoñe hañavake; fa tsy ifalea’e ty dagola: ondroho i nifantà’oy.
5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
Hàmake t’ie tsy mifanta, ta te mifanta tsy mañavake.
6 Do not allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Do not protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
Ko metè’o hañakeo azo ty vava’o; le ko manao amy Irakey te nilosotse: fa ino ty hiviñeran’ Añahare amy feo’oy, handrotsaha’e o satan-taña’oo?
7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.
Fa hakafoahañe ty halàko nofy naho ty hamaro saontsy: mone mañeveña aman’Añahare.
8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
Ie isa’o ty famorekekeañe o rarakeo, naho ty fampitavanan-jo naho hatò ampariparitse añe, ko ilatsa’o: fa jilove’ i mpifelek’ azey ty mpifehe vaho ambone ka ty bei’iareo.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
Amy te itraofa’ iabikey ty tombo’ i taney: toe mitoroñe i mpanjakay i tetekey.
10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
Tsy mahaeneñe ty mpitea-vola ty vola; vaho ty mpikoko firegoregoañe t’ie miegoego: hakafoahañe ka izay.
11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
Ie mitobake ty havokarañe, maro ka o mampibotsek’ azeo: aa le ino ty tombo’e ho a i tompo’ey ta te ho sambae’e am-pihaino avao?
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Mamy ty firota’ ty mpifanehake, ndra te kede ty kamae’e ndra te bey: fe tsy apo’e hirotse ty havontsiña’ i mpañalealey.
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Eo ty haratiañe manivontivoñe nitreako ambane’ i àndroy, te mijoy ty mpañefoefo o vara ahaja’eo.
14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Ie nikapaike i varay, amy te navaridì’e ami’ty tsy vara, le nahatoly ana-dahy f’ie an-tañam-polo.
15 As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
Hambañe amy niboaha’e an-kovin-drene’ey, t’ie hiboridañe ka te himpoly, ndra loli’e tsy ho tintinem-pità’e amy fitromaha’ey.
16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
Haratiañe manivontivoñe ka izay, te manahake ty nitolia’e ty himpolia’e: aa le ino ty tombo’ ty fitromahañe hahazoañe tioke?
17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
Mikama añ’ieñe ao amo hene andro’eo, amy t’ie lako haemberañe naho hasilofañe vaho habosehañe.
18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Ingo, ty nitreako ho soa naho mañeva aze, t’ie mikama naho mitohoke vaho hifale ami’ty hasoa’ i tolon-draha itoloña’e ambane’ i àndroy amo andro tsy ampeampe iaiña’eo, o natolon’ Añahare azeo: fa izay ty anjara’e.
19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
Naho ondaty nitoloran’ Añahare vara naho hanaña le nimea’e lily hikama naho handrambe anjara, vaho hirebek’ amy nifanehafa’ey; toe falalàn’ Añahare izay.
20 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
Le tsy beteke haereñere’e o andro iveloma’eo, amy t’ie ampitoloñen’ Añahare an-kafalean-troke.
