Ecclesiastes 5

1 Be careful when you go into God's house. It's better to listen and respond rather than offer meaningless sacrifices. People who do that don't even know they are doing wrong.

to keep: guard (foot your *Q(K)*) like/as as which to go: went to(wards) house: temple [the] God and to present: come to/for to hear: hear from to give: give [the] fool sacrifice for nothing they to know to/for to make: do bad: evil

2 Don't say rash things, and think before you speak to God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so keep it short.

not to dismay upon lip your and heart your not to hasten to/for to come out: speak word to/for face: before [the] God for [the] God in/on/with heaven and you(m. s.) upon [the] land: country/planet upon so to be word your little

3 When you worry too much, you get nightmares; when you talk too much, you say foolish things.

for to come (in): come [the] dream in/on/with abundance task and voice fool in/on/with abundance word

4 When you make a vow to God, with a curse on you if you don't keep it, don't be slow in keeping it, for he is not happy with foolish behavior. So do what you promised!

like/as as which to vow vow to/for God not to delay to/for to complete him for nothing pleasure in/on/with fool [obj] which to vow to complete

5 Better not to make any vows at all than to make vow you don't keep.

pleasant which not to vow (from which/that to vow *L(abh)*) and not to complete

6 Don't let your mouth cause you to sin. And don't tell the priest that your vow was a mistake, for why would you antagonize God by breaking your promise? He could bring your own curse down on you.

not to give: allow [obj] lip your to/for to sin [obj] flesh your and not to say to/for face: before [the] messenger for unintentionally he/she/it to/for what? be angry [the] God upon voice your and to destroy [obj] deed: work hand your

7 There are certainly many dreams, questions of meaning, and lots of different ideas, but you are to follow God.

for in/on/with abundance dream and vanity and word to multiply for [obj] [the] God to fear: revere

8 If you see poor people somewhere being oppressed, or truth and justice violated, don't be shocked at it, for every official is responsible to others higher up, and there are officials over them as well.

if oppression be poor and robbery justice and righteousness to see: see in/on/with province not to astounded upon [the] pleasure for high from upon high to keep: look at and high upon them

9 However, what the land produces is for everyone—even the king benefits from what is grown.

and advantage land: country/planet in/on/with all (he/she/it *Q(K)*) king to/for land: country to serve: labour

10 People who love money never have enough money; those who love wealth never have enough income. This too is so temporary and makes little sense.

to love: lover silver: money not to satisfy silver: money and who? to love: lover in/on/with crowd not produce also this vanity

11 The more you earn, the more you have eating into your income. It only looks like you have more!

in/on/with to multiply [the] welfare to multiply to eat her and what? skill to/for master her that if: except if: except (sight *Q(K)*) eye his

12 Those who work hard sleep well, whether they have a little to eat or plenty, but the rich own so much they don't get any rest.

sweet sleep [the] to serve: labour if little and if to multiply to eat and [the] abundance to/for rich nothing he to rest to/for him to/for to sleep

13 I observed something here that is really sickening: people who hoard money damage themselves.

there distress: evil be weak: grieved to see: see underneath: under [the] sun riches to keep: guard to/for master his to/for distress: harm his

14 They put their money into bad investments and lose everything. Now when we're born, we don't bring anything into the world.

and to perish [the] riches [the] he/she/it in/on/with task bad: harmful and to beget son: child and nothing in/on/with hand his anything

15 When we die, we leave just as naked as when we were born, taking nothing with us from all we've worked for.

like/as as which to come out: come from belly: womb mother his naked to return: again to/for to go: went like/as which/that to come (in): come and anything not to lift: raise in/on/with trouble his which/that to go: take in/on/with hand his

16 This also makes me sick! What do people gain, working for the wind?

and also this distress: evil be weak: grieved all close which/that to come (in): come so to go: went and what? advantage to/for him which/that to toil to/for spirit: breath

17 They live their lives in darkness, very frustrated, sick, and resentful.

also all day his in/on/with darkness to eat and to provoke to multiply and sickness his and wrath

18 But I observed that what is good and right is to eat, drink, and to find enjoyment in the work God gives us here in this life. This is God's gift to us.

behold which to see: see I pleasant which beautiful to/for to eat and to/for to drink and to/for to see: enjoy welfare in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun number day (life his *Q(k)*) which to give: give to/for him [the] God for he/she/it portion his

19 In addition, everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions he also gives the ability to enjoy these gifts, to be grateful for what they are given, and to enjoy the work they do. This is also God's gift to us.

also all [the] man which to give: give to/for him [the] God riches and wealth and to domineer him to/for to eat from him and to/for to lift: bear [obj] portion his and to/for to rejoice in/on/with trouble his this gift God he/she/it

20 In fact such people have little time to think about life because God keeps them busy with all that makes them happy.

for not to multiply to remember [obj] day life his for [the] God to afflict in/on/with joy heart his