Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
Kas ir kā gudrais un kas zin sacīt, kādas tās lietas ir? Cilvēka gudrība dara gaišu viņa vaigu un viņa bargums pārvēršās.
2 Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
Es (saku): liec vērā ķēniņa pavēli, kā tu Dievam esi zvērējis.
3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Nesteidzies no viņa vaiga iet nost, netinies nekādā ļaunā darbā; jo visu, ko viņš grib, to viņš dara.
4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Kur ķēniņa vārds ir, tur ir vara, un kas uz viņu var sacīt: ko tu dari?
5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Kas bausli tur, tas neredzēs ļauna; un gudra sirds zin laiku un tiesu.
6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
Jo ikkatram padomam ir savs laiks un sava tiesa; jo cilvēka ļaunums to smagi spiež.
7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Jo viņš nezin, kas notiks un kas viņam sacīs, kā tas būs?
8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Cilvēka nav, kam būtu vara pār garu, to garu aizturēt; viņam arī nav varas pār miršanas dienu, un nav atlaišanas karā; tā arī bezdievība to neizglābs, kas to dara.
9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
Visu to es esmu redzējis, un esmu griezis savu sirdi uz ikvienu darbu, ko dara pasaulē. Dažkārt cilvēks pār cilvēku valda sev par nelaimi.
10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Es arī vēl redzēju bezdievīgus, kas tika aprakti un nāca pie dusas; bet tālu aizgāja no svētās vietas un tika aizmirsti pilsētā, kas bija darījuši taisnību; arī tā ir niecība.
11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Kad tiesu par ļauno darbu nenes drīzumā, tad cilvēku bērnu sirds paliek droša, ļaunu darīt.
12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Jebšu grēcinieks simts reizes ļaunu dara un dzīvo ilgi, tomēr es zinu, ka dievbijīgiem labi klāsies, kas priekš viņa bīstas.
13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Bet bezdievīgam labi neklāsies, un viņš ilgi nedzīvos, tā kā ēna; tādēļ ka viņš priekš Dieva nebīstas.
14 There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Niecība ir, kas notiek virs zemes, ka ir taisni cilvēki, kam tā klājās, tā kā būtu darījuši bezdievīgi, un ir bezdievīgi, kam tā klājās, tā kā būtu darījuši taisni; es sacīju: arī tā ir niecība.
15 So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Tādēļ es slavēju to prieku, ka cilvēkam cita labuma nav pasaulē, kā vien ēst un dzert un priecāties, un tas viņam atlec no viņa pūliņa viņa dzīvības laikā, ko Dievs viņam dod pasaulē.
16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Kad es apņēmos, gudrību atzīt un ieraudzīt to grūtumu, kas virs zemes notiek, ka dažs ne dienu ne nakti miegu neredz savām acīm.
17 I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
Tad es redzēju visu Dieva darbu, ka cilvēks to darbu nevar izprast, kas notiek pasaulē; jebšu cilvēks darbojās izdomāt, tomēr viņš to neizdibinās, un jebšu arī tas gudrais sacītu, ka viņš to zina, tomēr viņš to nevar atrast.
