Ecclesiastes 9
1 I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.
Tiešām, visu to es esmu ņēmis pie sirds, visu to skaidri saprast, ka taisnie un gudrie ar saviem darbiem ir Dieva rokā. Un cilvēks arī nezin, vai piedzīvos mīlestību vai ienaidību.
2 But all things in the future remain uncertain, because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious, to the good and to the bad, to the pure and to the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices. As the good are, so also are sinners. As those who commit perjury are, so also are those who swear to the truth.
Visas lietas notiek visiem vienlīdzīgi, un viens liktenis taisnam un bezdievīgam, labam un šķīstam kā arī nešķīstam, tam, kas upurē, kā tam, kas neupurē, labam kā grēciniekam, tam, kas aplam zvēr, kā arī tam, kas no zvēresta bīstas.
3 This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell. (questioned)
Tā ir ļauna lieta pie visa, kas notiek pasaulē, ka visiem viens liktenis; un arī cilvēku bērnu sirds ir pilna ļaunuma, un neprātība ir viņu sirdīs, kamēr tie dzīvo, un pēc tiem jāmirst.
4 There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Jo kas vien vēl dzīvs, priekš tā ir cerība; jo dzīvs suns ir labāks nekā nomiris lauva.
5 For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.
Jo tie dzīvie zin, ka tiem jāmirst; bet tie nomirušie nezin it nekā, tiem arī vairs nav algas.
6 Likewise, love and hatred and envy have all perished together, nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.
Bet viņu piemiņa ir aizmirsta, un viņu mīlestība un viņu naids un viņu skaudība jau ir iznīkusi, un tiem nav vairs daļas ne mūžam pie nekā, kas notiek pasaulē.
7 So then, go and eat your bread with rejoicing, and drink your wine with gladness. For your works are pleasing to God.
Ej tad, ēd savu maizi ar prieku, un dzer savu vīnu ar labu prātu; jo Dievam jau ir labs prāts pie tava darba.
8 Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.
Lai tavas drēbes allažiņ ir baltas, un eļļas lai tavai galvai netrūkst.
9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun.
Baudi šo dzīvību ar to sievu, ko tu mīļo, kamēr tev ir šī niecīgā dzīvība, ko viņš tev ir devis pasaulē, visu savu niecīgo mūžu; jo šī ir tava daļa šinī mūžā un pie tava pūliņa, ar ko tu pūlējies pasaulē.
10 Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying. (Sheol h7585)
Visu, ko tava roka atrod, kas jādara, to dari tikuši(ar visu spēku), jo ne darba, ne padoma, ne ziņas, ne gudrības nav kapā, kur tu noej. (Sheol h7585)
11 I turned myself toward another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skillful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.
Atkal es redzēju pasaulē, ka pie skriešanas nepalīdz čaklam būt, pie karošanas nepalīdz stipram būt, pie maizes pelnīšanas nepalīdz gudram būt, pie bagātības nepalīdz prātīgam būt, pie goda nepalīdz mācītam būt, bet tiem visiem nāk savs laiks un sava laime.
12 Man does not know his own end. But, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.
Un cilvēks arī nezin savu laiku; kā zivis, kas top zvejotas ar ļaunu tīklu, un kā putniņi, kas ar valdziņiem top notverti, tāpat cilvēku bērni top savaldzināti nelabā dienā, kad tā piepeši tiem uzbrūk.
13 This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun, and I have examined it intensely.
Arī šo gudrību es esmu redzējis pasaulē, un tā man rādījās liela:
14 There was a small city, with a few men in it. There came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and built fortifications all around it, and the blockade was completed.
Maza pilsēta un ne daudz ļaužu iekš tās, un pret to nāca liels ķēniņš un to apstāja un uztaisīja lielas skanstes ap viņu.
15 And there was found within it, a poor and wise man, and he freed the city through his wisdom, and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.
Un tur atradās nabaga vīrs, tas bija gudrs, tas to pilsētu izpestīja caur savu gudrību, un neviens cilvēks šo nabaga vīru nepieminēja.
16 And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it, then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt, and his words are not heeded?
Tad es sacīju: gudrība ir labāka nekā stiprums, un tomēr tā nabaga gudrība top nicināta, un viņa vārdi netop klausīti
17 The words of the wise are heard in silence, more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.
Gudro vārdi, kas mierā top klausīti, ir labāki, nekā valdnieka brēkšana ģeķu vidū.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war. And whoever offends in one thing, shall lose many good things.
Gudrība ir labāka nekā kara bruņas; bet viens vienīgs blēdis samaitā daudz labuma.
