Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
Tandremo ny tongotrao, raha mankao an-tranon’ Andriamanitra ianao; fa ny manatona hihaino no tsara noho ny fanateran’ ny adala fanatitra; fa tsy fantatr’ ireny ho manao ratsy izy.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Aza haingam-bava, ary aza malaky manonona teny eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra ny fonao; fa Andriamanitra dia any an-danitra ary ianao etỳ an-tany, koa aoka ho vitsy ny teninao.
3 For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
Fa ny haben’ ny fisasarana no mahatonga ny nofy; ary ny haben’ ny teny no isehoan’ ny rediredin’ ny adala.
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
Raha mivoady amin’ Andriamanitra ianao, aza manao ampitso lava: fa tsy ankasitrahany ny adala; koa efao ny voadinao.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Aleo tsy mivoady toy izay mivoady ka tsy mahefa.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Aza avela hahatonga heloka amin’ ny tenanao ny vavanao; ary aza manao eo imason’ ny anjely hoe: Niteny tsy nahy aho; nahoana no ho tezitra amin’ ny teninao Andriamanitra ka hanimba ny asan’ ny tananao?
7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.
Fa amin’ ny haben’ ny nofy dia misy zava-poana; ary toy izany koa ny haben’ ny teny, fa Andriamanitra no atahory.
8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
Raha hitanao ny fampahoriana ny malahelo sy ny famadihana ny fitsarana sy ny rariny amin’ ny tany, dia aza gaga amin’ izany; fa misy ambony kokoa mibanjina ny ambony, ary mbola misy ambony noho ireo indray aza.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza, dia mahasoa ny tany ny fisian’ ny mpanjaka amin’ izay tany volena.
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
Izay tia vola tsy hety ho voky vola; ary izay fatra-pitia harena be tsy hety ho vokin’ ny fitomboan-karena; fa zava-poana koa izany.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
Raha mitombo ny fananana, dia mitombo koa ny mpihinana azy; ary inona no soa azon’ ny tompony, afa-tsy ny mijery maso azy fotsiny ihany?
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Mamy ny torimason’ ny mpiasa, na homan-kely na homam-be izy; fa ny haben’ ny ananan’ ny manan-karena kosa no tsy ahitany tory.
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
Misy ratsy mahory efa hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro, dia harena tehirizin’ ny tompony, nefa mampidi-doza amin’ ny tenany;
14 and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
sady levona izany harena izany noho ny loza manjo; ary miteraka zazalahy ralehilahy nefa tsy misy na inona na inona eny an-tànany,
15 As he came forth from 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.
Toy ny nivoahany mitanjaka avy tany an-kibon-dreniny, dia toy izay nihaviany ihany no hiverenany; ary tsy hisy na inona na inona ho entin’ ny tànany ho valin’ ny fisasarany.
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 he laboreth for the wind?
Dia ratsy mahory koa izany, fa toy izay nihaviany indrindra no handehanany; ary inona no soa azony noho ny nisasarany ho an’ ny rivotra?
17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
Ary koa, homa-maizina amin’ ny androny rehetra izy sady manana alahelo be sy fahoriana ary fahasosorana.
18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
Indro, efa hitako izay soa sy izay tsara, dia ny mihinana sy misotro ary mifaly amin’ ny fisasarana rehetra izay isasaran’ ny olona atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro amin’ izay andro vitsy iainany omen’ Andriamanitra azy; fa izany no anjarany.
19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
Ary koa, ny olona rehetra izay omen’ Andriamanitra vola aman-karena sady omeny fahefana hihinanany azy sy hahazoany ny anjarany sy hifaliany amin’ ny fisasarana, dia fanomezan’ Andriamanitra izany.
20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
Fa tsy hahatsiaro loatra ny andro niainany izy, satria ny fahafinaretan’ ny fony no avalin’ Andriamanitra azy.
