Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice, —for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.
Ṣọ́ ìrìn rẹ nígbà tí o bá lọ sí ilé Ọlọ́run. Kí ìwọ kí ó sì múra láti gbọ́ ju àti ṣe ìrúbọ aṣiwèrè, tí kò mọ̀ wí pé òun ń ṣe búburú.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and, with thy heart, be not in haste to bring forth a word, before God, —for, God, is in the heavens, and, thou, upon the earth, for this cause, let thy words be few.
Má ṣe yára pẹ̀lú ẹnu un rẹ, má sọ ohunkóhun níwájú Ọlọ́run. Ọlọ́run ń bẹ ní ọ̀run ìwọ sì wà ní ayé, nítorí náà jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ mọ ní ìwọ̀n.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, —and, the voice of a dullard, is with a multitude of words.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí àlá tí ń wá, nígbà tí ìlépa púpọ̀ wà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀rọ̀ òmùgọ̀ nígbà tí ọ̀rọ̀ bá pọ̀jù.
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it, for there is no pleasure in dullards, —what thou vowest, pay!
Nígbà tí o bá ṣe ìlérí sí Ọlọ́run, má ṣe pẹ́ ní mímúṣẹ, kò ní inú dídùn sí òmùgọ̀, mú ìlérí rẹ sẹ.
5 Better that thou shouldest not vow, —than vow, and not pay.
Ó sàn láti má jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́, ju wí pé kí a jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́ kí a má mu ṣẹ lọ.
6 Do not let thy mouth cause thy flesh to sin, —neither say thou, before the messenger, that it was, a mistake, —wherefore should God be indignant at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnu rẹ tì ọ́ sínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Má sì ṣe sọ fún òjíṣẹ́ ilé ìsìn pé, “Àṣìṣe ni ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.” Kí ló dé tí Ọlọ́run fi le è bínú sí ọ, kí ó sì ba iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ rẹ jẹ́?
7 For [it was done] amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words, —but, towards God, be thou reverent.
Asán ni ọ̀pọ̀ àlá àti ọ̀rọ̀ púpọ̀. Nítorí náà dúró nínú ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run.
8 If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter, —for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.
Bí o bá rí tálákà tí wọ́n ń ni lára ní ojú púpọ̀, tí a sì ń fi òtítọ́ àti ẹ̀tọ́ rẹ̀ dù ú, má ṣe jẹ́ kí ó yà ọ́ lẹ́nu láti rí irú nǹkan bẹ́ẹ̀, nítorí pé ẹni tí ó wà ní ipò gíga máa ń mọ́ òṣìṣẹ́ tí ó wà lábẹ́ rẹ̀ lójú ni, síbẹ̀ àwọn kan sì wà tí wọ́n jẹ́ olórí àwọn méjèèjì.
9 And, the profit of the earth, is, for all, —a king, by the field, is served.
Gbogbo wọn ni ó ń pín èrè tí wọ́n bá rí lórí ilẹ̀, àní ọba pàápàá ń jẹ èrè lórí oko.
10 He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue, —even this, was vanity.
Ẹni tí ó bá ní ìfẹ́ owó kì í ní owó ànító, ẹni tí ó bá ní ìfẹ́ sí ọrọ̀ kì í ní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn pẹ̀lú èrè tí ó ń wọlé fún un.
11 When blessings are increased, increased are the eaters thereof, —what profit, then, to the owner of them saving the sight of his eyes?
Bí ẹrù bá ti ń pọ̀ sí i, náà ni àwọn tí ó ń jẹ ẹ́ yóò máa pọ̀ sí i Èrè e kí ni wọ́n sì jẹ́ sí ẹni tí ó ni nǹkan bí kò ṣe pé, kí ó máa mú inú ara rẹ dùn nípa rí rí wọn?
12 Sweet the sleep of the labourer, whether, little or much, he eat, —but, the surfeit of the rich man, will not suffer him to sleep.
Oorun alágbàṣe a máa dùn, yálà ó jẹun kékeré ni tàbí ó jẹun púpọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀pọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ ọlọ́rọ̀ kì í jẹ́ kí ó sùn rárá.
13 Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
Mo ti rí ohun tí ó burú gidigidi lábẹ́ oòrùn ọrọ̀ tí a kó pamọ́ fún ìparun ẹni tó ni nǹkan.
14 and those riches perish, by being ill employed, —and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all.
Tàbí ọrọ̀ tí ó sọnù nípa àìrí ojúrere, nítorí wí pé bí ó bá ní ọmọkùnrin kò sí ohun tí yóò fi sílẹ̀ fún un.
15 As he came from his mother’s womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, —and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.
Ìhòhò ni ènìyàn wá láti inú ìyá rẹ̀, bí ó sì ṣe wá, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni yóò kúrò kò sí ohunkóhun nínú iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ tí ó le mú ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
16 Even this, moreover, is an incurable evil, altogether as he came, so, shall he depart, —what profit then shall he have who toileth for the wind?
Ohun búburú gbá à ni eléyìí pàápàá. Bí ènìyàn ṣe wá, ni yóò lọ kí wá ni èrè tí ó jẹ nígbà tí ó ṣe wàhálà fún afẹ́fẹ́?
17 Even all his days, [are spent] in darkness and mourning, —and he is very morose, and is sad and angry.
Ó ń jẹ nínú òkùnkùn ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ọ rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú iyè ríra tí ó ga, ìnira àti ìbínú.
18 Lo! what, I myself, have seen—Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one’s toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:
Nígbà náà ni mo wá rí i dájú pé, ó dára, ó sì tọ̀nà fún ènìyàn láti jẹ, kí ó mu, kí ó sì ní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nínú iṣẹ́ wàhálà rẹ̀ lábẹ́ oòrùn, ní àkókò ọjọ́ ayé díẹ̀ tí Ọlọ́run ti fi fún un, nítorí ìpín rẹ̀ ni èyí.
19 yet, as regardeth every man, to whom God hath given wealth and goods, and granted him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to find gladness in his toil, this, is, the gift of God.
Síwájú sí, nígbà tí Ọlọ́run fún ẹnikẹ́ni ní ọrọ̀ àti ohun ìní, tí ó sì fún un lágbára láti gbádùn wọn, láti gba ìpín rẹ̀ kí inú rẹ̀ sì dùn sí iṣẹ́ rẹ—ẹ̀bùn Ọlọ́run ni èyí.
20 Though it be not much, let him remember the days of his life, —for, God, beareth witness, by the gladness of his heart.
Ó máa ń ronú lẹ́ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nípa ọjọ́ ayé rẹ lẹ́ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nítorí pé Ọlọ́run ń pa á mọ́ pẹ̀lú inú dídùn ní ọkàn rẹ̀.
