< Ecclesiastes 12 >
1 And remember creator your in [the] days of youth your until that not they will come [the] days of evil and they will arrive years which you will say not [belongs] to me in them pleasure.
Remember your Creator while you are young, before days of trouble come and you grow old, saying, “I'm not enjoying life anymore.”
2 Until that not it will become dark the sun and the light and the moon and the stars and they will return the clouds after the rain.
Before the light fades—sun, moon, and stars—and rain clouds return to darken the skies.
3 In the day when they will tremble [the] keepers of the house and they will bend themselves [the] people of strength and they will cease the [female] grinders for they have become few and they will grow dim the [women who] look in the windows.
Before the guards of the house tremble and the strong men are bent over, the grinders stop working because there are only a few left, and the ones looking through the windows only see dimly,
4 And they will be shut up [the] doors on the street when becomes low [the] sound of the grinding mill for someone may arise to [the] sound of bird and they may be reduced all [the] daughters of song.
and the doors to the street are shut. Before the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and you wake up early when the birds are singing, but you can hardly hear them.
5 Also from a high [place] people will be afraid and terrors [are] in the way and it may blossom the almond tree so it may drag itself along the grasshopper and it may fail the caper-berry for [is] going humankind to [the] house of perpetuity its and they will go about (in the street *L(abh)*) the mourners.
Before you develop a fear of heights and worry about going out on the streets; when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper crawls along, and desire fails, for everyone has to go to their eternal home as the mourners go up and down the street.
6 Until that not (it will be snapped *Q(K)*) [the] cord of silver so it may be crushed [the] bowl of gold so it may be broken [the] jar at the water spring and it will be crushed the [water] wheel to the well.
Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; before the water jug is smashed at the spring, or the pulley is broken at the well.
7 And it will return the dust to the earth like which it was and the spirit it will return to God who he gave it.
Then the dust returns to the earth from which it came, and the breath of life returns to God who gave it.
8 Futility of futilities he said the Teacher everything [is] futility.
“Everything passes! It's all so hard to understand!” says the Teacher.
9 And besides that he was Teacher wise again he taught knowledge the people and he weighed and he searched out he arranged in order proverbs [surely] a multitude.
Not only was the Teacher a wise man, he also taught what he knew to others. He thought about many proverbs, studying them and arranging them.
10 sought Teacher to find words of delight and [what] was written uprightness [was] words of truth.
The Teacher looked for the best way to explain things, writing truthfully and honestly.
11 [the] words of Wise [people] [are] like goads and [are] like nails firmly fixed masters of collections they are given from a shepherd one.
The words of the wise are like cattle prods. Their collected sayings are like nails driven home, given by one shepherd.
12 And excess more than them O child my be warned to make books many there not [is] an end and study much [is] weariness of flesh.
In addition, my student, take care, for there's no end to book writing, and too much study wears you out.
13 [the] end of [the] matter Everything it has been heard God fear and commandments his keep for this [is] all humankind.
To sum up now that everything has been discussed: Respect God by keeping his commandments, for that's what everyone should do.
14 For every deed God he will bring in judgment with every hidden thing whether good and or evil.
God is going to judge us for everything we do, including what we do secretly, whether good or bad.