Ecclesiastes 12
1 While you are still young, keep thinking about [God], who created you. Do that before [you are old] and you experience many troubles, during the years when you say “I no [longer] enjoy being alive.”
Bu yüzden zor günler gelmeden, “Zevk almıyorum” diyeceğin yıllar yaklaşmadan, Güneş, ışık, ay ve yıldızlar kararmadan Ve yağmurdan sonra bulutlar geri dönmeden, Gençlik günlerinde seni yaratanı anımsa.
2 [When you become old], the light from the sun and moon and stars will [seem] dim [to you], and [it will seem that the rain] clouds [always] return [quickly] after it rains.
3 Then your [arms that you use to protect] [MET] your bodies will shake/tremble, and your [legs that support] [MET] your bodies will become weak. Many of your [teeth that you use to] grind/chew [your food] will fall out, and your [eyes that you use to] look out of windows will not see clearly.
O gün, evi bekleyenler titreyecek, Güçlüler eğilecek, Öğütücüler azaldığı için duracak, Pencereden bakanlar kararacak.
4 Your [ears] [MET] will not hear the noise in the streets, and you will not be able to hear clearly the sound of people grinding grain with millstones. You will be awakened in the morning by hearing the birds singing/chirping, [but] you will not be able to hear well the songs that (the birds/people) sing.
Değirmen sesi yavaşlayınca, Sokağa açılan çift kapı kapanacak, İnsanlar kuş sesiyle uyanacak, Ama şarkıların sesini duyamayacaklar.
5 You will be afraid to be in high places and afraid of dangers on the roads that you walk on. [Your hair] will become [white like] [MET] the flowers of almond trees. [When you try to walk], you will drag yourself along like [MET] grasshoppers, and you will no longer desire [to have sex]. Then you will [die and] go to your eternal home, and people who will mourn for you will be in the streets.
Dahası yüksek yerden, Sokaktaki tehlikelerden korkacaklar; Badem ağacı çiçek açacak, Çekirge ağırlaşacak, Tutku zayıflayacak. Çünkü insan sonsuzluk evine gidecek, Yas tutanlar sokakta dolaşacak.
6 [Think much about God now, because] soon our lives will end, [like] [MET] silver chains or golden bowls that break easily, or like pitchers/jugs that are broken at the water fountain, or like broken pulleys at a well.
Gümüş tel kopmadan, Altın tas kırılmadan, Testi çeşmede parçalanmadan, Kuyu makarası kırılmadan,
7 Then our corpses will [decay and] become dirt again, and our spirits will return to God, the one who gave us our spirits.
Toprak geldiği yere dönmeden, Ruh onu veren Tanrı'ya dönmeden, Seni yaratanı anımsa.
8 [So] I say [again] that it is difficult to understand why everything happens; everything is mysterious.
“Her şey boş” diyor Vaiz, “Bomboş!”
9 I was considered to be a very wise man, and I taught the people many things. I assembled/collected and wrote down many proverbs, and I carefully thought about and studied them.
Vaiz yalnız bilge değildi, bildiklerini halka da öğretiyordu. Hesap etti, araştırdı ve birçok özdeyişi düzene soktu.
10 I searched for the right words, and what I have written is reliable and true.
Güzel sözler bulmaya çalıştı. Yazdıkları gerçek ve doğrudur.
11 The things that [I and other] wise people say [teach people what they should do]; they are like [SIM] (goads/sharp sticks that people use to strike animals to direct where they should go). They are like [SIM] nails that stick out of pieces of wood. They are given to us by [God, who is like] [MET] our shepherd.
Bilgelerin sözleri üvendire gibidir, derledikleri özdeyişlerse, iyi çakılan çivi gibi; bir tek Çoban tarafından verilmişler.
12 [So], my son, pay careful attention to what I have written, and choose carefully what you read that others have written, [because] writing proverbs/books is endless, and [trying to] study them all will cause you to become exhausted.
Bunların dışındakilerden sakın, evladım. Çok kitap yazmanın sonu yoktur, fazla araştırma da bedeni yıpratır.
13 [Now] you have heard all [that I have told you], and here is the conclusion: Revere God, and obey his commandments, because those commandments summarize everything that people should do.
Her şey duyuldu, sonuç şu: Tanrı'ya saygı göster, buyruklarını yerine getir, Çünkü her insanın görevi budur.
14 And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do, good things and bad things, [even] things that we do secretly.
Tanrı her işi, her gizli şeyi yargılayacaktır, İster iyi ister kötü olsun.
