Ecclesiastes 5
1 When you enter God’s temple, you should be sure to listen carefully. Doing that is better than offering sacrifices to God [and then not obeying him], which is foolish.
Ne sois point pressé d'ouvrir la bouche, et que ton cœur ne se hâte point de proférer une parole en la présence de Dieu! Car Dieu est dans le Ciel, et toi sur la terre; c'est pourquoi use de peu de paroles.
2 Think carefully before you speak [MTY] or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. [Do not forget that] God is in heaven [and he is all-powerful] and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you [make any promises to God].
Car si beaucoup d'affaires donnent lieu à des rêves, beaucoup de paroles donnent lieu à des propos insensés.
3 If you are continually thinking [and worrying] about things, you will have bad dreams about them and not rest [well]. And the more you talk, the more likely it will be that you will say things that are foolish.
Quand tu fais à Dieu un vœu, ne tarde pas de l'accomplir! Car Il ne prend aucun plaisir aux insensés; accomplis ce dont tu as fait vœu.
4 When you solemnly promise God that you will do something, do not be foolish by delaying in doing it, because God is not pleased with foolish people. Do [all] the things that you promise God that you will do.
Il vaut mieux ne faire aucun vœu, que de faire un vœu, et ne pas l'accomplir.
5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
Ne permets pas à ta bouche de faire pécher ta chair, et ne dis pas en présence de l'envoyé [de Dieu]: Ç'a été une méprise! Pourquoi Dieu devrait-Il s'irriter pour un propos de ta part, et te faire perdre le travail de tes mains?
6 Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And [when you promise God to do something and do not do it], do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly [RHQ] become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you [SYN] have worked to acquire.
Car si dans beaucoup de rêves il y a des vanités, [il y en a aussi] dans beaucoup de paroles; oui crains Dieu! –
7 Promising to do something and not doing it is like [SIM] a dream that has no value; instead, revere God [by doing what you promised him that you would do].
Si tu vois dans une province le pauvre opprimé, la justice et le droit déniés, n'en sois pas éperdu. Car celui qui est élevé, est surveillé par un autre plus élevé encore, et tous ils ont au-dessus d'eux un être suprême.
8 Do not be surprised if you see poor [people] being (oppressed/treated cruelly) [by powerful/influential people], or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. [That happens] because the people who do that are supervised [and cheated by] more important officials [DOU],
Mais un avantage pour un pays à tous égards, c'est un roi que le pays honore. –
9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
Celui qui aime l'argent, ne sera pas rassasié par l'argent, et celui qui aime la richesse, n'en retire pas du profit. C'est aussi là une vanité.
10 Everyone who tries to [get as much] money as they can will never think that they have enough. They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. That also is senseless.
Quand le bien devient plus grand, ceux qui le consomment, deviennent aussi plus nombreux. Et qu'y gagne son possesseur, qu'un spectacle pour ses yeux?
11 The more money that we have, the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them. So people who have a lot of money do not [RHQ] benefit from it; they see [MTY] it when they get it, but it soon (disappears/is completely spent).
Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, qu'il mange peu ou beaucoup; mais le rassasiement du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.
12 Those who work hard sleep peacefully [at night], even if they do not have much food to eat. But rich [people] do not sleep well, because [they worry] about their money.
Il est un mal douloureux que j'ai vu sous le soleil: des richesses gardées par leur maître pour son propre malheur.
13 I have seen [another] terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]: People save [up all] their money and become rich, [but] they are not helped by saving a lot of money,
Car ces richesses se perdent par un événement fâcheux, et le fils qu'il aura engendré, n'en aura rien entre les mains.
14 [because] something happens that causes their money to be gone, and when they die, there is no money for their children to get/inherit.
Comme il est sorti nu du sein maternel, il s'en ira tel qu'il était venu, et pour sa peine il ne prélèvera rien qu'il emporte dans ses mains.
15 When we are born, we do not bring anything with us, and when we die, we take nothing with us from all that we have earned by our working hard.
Et c'est aussi là un mal douloureux. Tout comme il était venu, ainsi il s'en va. Et que lui reste-t-il après s'être peiné pour du vent?
16 That also seems senseless. People bring nothing [into the world when they are born], and they leave [this world] taking nothing with them. They have worked hard, but they receive no lasting benefit [MET].
De plus, toute sa vie il mange dans les ténèbres, et il a beaucoup de chagrin, et du malaise, et de l'aigreur.
17 [Furthermore, rich people] are always miserable [MET] and sad, and depressed/discouraged and often sick and (resentful/thinking that what has happened to them is unfair).
Voici ce que j'ai vu: c'est une chose bonne et en même temps belle que de manger et boire, et goûter du bien-être à côté de tout le labeur dont l'homme se travaille sous le soleil, pendant le petit nombre des jours de vie que Dieu lui a donnés; car c'est là son lot.
18 So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them.
De même, quand Dieu a accordé à quelque homme des biens et des richesses, et lui a permis d'en jouir, et d'en prélever sa part, et d'avoir de la joie de son travail, c'est là un don de Dieu.
19 If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to (enjoy/be happy with) the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are [also] gifts from God.
Et en effet, il ne repasse pas beaucoup sur les jours de sa vie, parce que Dieu le préoccupe de la joie de son cœur.
20 Those people do not worry much about [everything that has happened] during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.
Non, il n'est sur la terre pas un homme juste qui fasse le bien et ne pèche point.
