Ecclesiastes 5
1 Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.
Uzisamala mayendedwe ako pamene ukupita ku nyumba ya Mulungu. Upite pafupi kuti ukamvetsere mʼmalo mopereka nsembe ya zitsiru zimene sizizindikira kuti zikuchita zolakwa.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.
Usamafulumire kuyankhula, usafulumire mu mtima mwako kunena chilichonse pamaso pa Mulungu. Mulungu ali kumwamba ndipo iwe uli pa dziko lapansi, choncho mawu ako akhale ochepa.
3 For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
Kuchuluka kwa mavuto mu mtima kumabweretsa maloto oyipa, ndipo kuchuluka kwa mawu kumadzetsa uchitsiru.
4 When thou hast vowed a vowe to God, deferre not to pay it: for he deliteth not in fooles: pay therefore that thou hast vowed.
Pamene ulumbira kwa Mulungu usachedwe kukwaniritsa chimene walumbiracho. Iye sakondweretsedwa ndi chitsiru; kwaniritsa lumbiro lako.
5 It is better that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vow and not pay it.
Kuli bwino kusalumbira kusiyana ndi kulumbira koma osakwaniritsa lumbirolo.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?
Pakamwa pako pasakuchimwitse. Ndipo usanene kwa mthenga wa mʼNyumba ya Mulungu kuti, “Ndinalakwitsa polumbira.” Chifukwa chiyani ukufuna Mulungu akwiye ndi mawu ako ndiponso ntchito ya manja ako?
7 For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.
Maloto ochuluka ndi mawu ochuluka ndi zinthu zopandapake. Kotero lemekeza Mulungu.
8 If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.
Ngati uwona anthu osauka akuzunzika mʼdziko, ndiponso anthu ena akupsinja anzawo ndi kuwalanda ufulu wawo, usadabwe ndi zinthu zimenezi; pakuti woyangʼanira ali naye wina womuyangʼanira wamkulu, ndipo pamwamba pa awiriwa pali ena akuluakulu owaposa.
9 And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King also consisteth by the fielde that is tilled.
Anthu onse amatengako zokolola za mʼminda: koma ndi mfumu yokha imene imapeza phindu la mindayi.
10 He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.
Aliyense amene amakonda ndalama sakhutitsidwa ndi ndalamazo; aliyense amene amakonda chuma sakhutitsidwa ndi zimene amapeza. Izinso ndi zopandapake.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
Chuma chikachuluka akudya nawo chumacho amachulukanso. Nanga mwini wake amapindulapo chiyani kuposa kumangochiyangʼana ndi maso ake?
12 The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.
Wantchito amagona tulo tabwino ngakhale adye pangʼono kapena kudya kwambiri, koma munthu wolemera, chuma sichimulola kuti agone.
13 There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.
Ine ndinaona choyipa chomvetsa chisoni pansi pano: chuma chokundikidwa chikupweteka mwini wake yemwe,
14 And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
kapena chuma chowonongedwa pa nthawi yatsoka, kotero kuti pamene wabereka mwana alibe kanthu koti amusiyire.
15 As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shall beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.
Munthu anabadwa wamaliseche kuchokera mʼmimba mwa amayi ake, ndipo monga iye anabadwira, adzapitanso choncho. Pa zonse zimene iye anakhetsera thukuta palibe nʼchimodzi chomwe chimene adzatenge mʼmanja mwake.
16 And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?
Izinso ndi zoyipa kwambiri: munthu adzapita monga momwe anabwerera, ndipo iye amapindula chiyani, pakuti amagwira ntchito yolemetsa yopanda phindu?
17 Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.
Masiku ake onse ndi odzaza ndi mdima, kukhumudwa kwakukulu, masautso ndi nkhawa.
18 Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.
Tsono ndinazindikira kuti nʼchabwino ndi choyenera kuti munthu azidya ndi kumwa, ndi kukhutitsidwa ndi ntchito yake yolemetsa imene amayigwira pansi pano pa nthawi yake yochepa imene Mulungu amamupatsa, poti ichi ndiye chake.
19 Also to euery man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures, and giueth him power to eate thereof, and to take his part, and to enioy his labour: this is the gift of God.
Komatu pamene Mulungu apereka chuma kwa munthu aliyense ndi zinthu zina, ndi kulola kuti akondwere ndi chumacho, munthuyo alandire chumacho ndi kusangalala ndi ntchito yake, imene ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu.
20 Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.
Munthu wotereyu saganizirapo za masiku a moyo wake, chifukwa Mulungu amamutanganidwitsa ndi chisangalalo cha mu mtima mwake.
