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.

۱ چون به خانه خدا بروی، پای خود را نگاه دار زیرا تقرب جستن به جهت استماع، ازگذرانیدن قربانی های احمقان بهتر است، چونکه ایشان نمی دانند که عمل بد می‌کنند.

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].

۲ با دهان خود تعجیل منما و دلت برای گفتن سخنی به حضور خدا نشتابد زیرا خدا در آسمان است و تو بر زمین هستی پس سخنانت کم باشد.

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.

۳ زیراخواب از کثرت مشقت پیدا می‌شود و آواز احمق از کثرت سخنان.

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.

۴ چون برای خدا نذر نمایی دروفای آن تاخیر منما زیرا که او از احمقان خشنودنیست؛ پس به آنچه نذر کردی وفا نما.

5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.

۵ بهتراست که نذر ننمایی از اینکه نذر نموده، وفا نکنی.

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.

۶ مگذار که دهانت جسد تو را خطاکار سازد و درحضور فرشته مگو که این سهو شده است. چراخدا به‌سبب قول تو غضبناک شده، عمل دستهایت را باطل سازد؟

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].

۷ زیرا که این از کثرت خوابها و اباطیل و کثرت سخنان است؛ لیکن تو ازخدا بترس.

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],

۸ اگر ظلم را بر فقیران و برکندن انصاف وعدالت را در کشوری بینی، از این امر مشوش مباش زیرا آنکه بالاتر از بالا است ملاحظه می‌کندو حضرت اعلی فوق ایشان است.

9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.

۹ و منفعت زمین برای همه است بلکه مزرعه، پادشاه را نیزخدمت می‌کند.

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.

۱۰ آنکه نقره را دوست دارد ازنقره سیر نمی شود، و هر‌که توانگری را دوست دارد از دخل سیر نمی شود. این نیز بطالت است.

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).

۱۱ چون نعمت زیاده شود، خورندگانش زیادمی شوند؛ و به جهت مالکش چه منفعت است غیراز آنکه آن را به چشم خود می‌بیند؟

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.

۱۲ خواب عمله شیرین است خواه کم و خواه زیاد بخورد، اما سیری مرد دولتمند او رانمی گذارد که بخوابد.

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,

۱۳ بلایی سخت بود که آن را زیر آفتاب دیدم یعنی دولتی که صاحبش آن را برای ضرر خود نگاه داشته بود.

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.

۱۴ و آن دولت از حادثه بد ضایع شد و پسری آورد اما چیزی در دست خودنداشت.

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.

۱۵ چنانکه از رحم مادرش بیرون آمد، همچنان برهنه به حالتی که آمد خواهد برگشت واز مشقت خود چیزی نخواهد یافت که به‌دست خود ببرد.

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].

۱۶ و این نیز بلای سخت است که از هرجهت چنانکه آمد همچنین خواهد رفت؛ و او راچه منفعت خواهد بود از اینکه در‌پی باد زحمت کشیده است؟

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).

۱۷ و تمامی ایام خود را در تاریکی می‌خورد و با بیماری و خشم، بسیار محزون می‌شود.

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.

۱۸ اینک آنچه من دیدم که خوب و نیکومی باشد، این است که انسان در تمامی ایام عمرخود که خدا آن را به او می‌بخشد بخورد و بنوشدو از تمامی مشقتی که زیر آسمان می‌کشد به نیکویی تمتع ببرد زیرا که نصیبش همین است.

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.

۱۹ و نیز هر انسانی که خدا دولت و اموال به اوببخشد و او را قوت عطا فرماید که از آن بخورد ونصیب خود را برداشته، از محنت خود مسرورشود، این بخشش خدا است.

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.

۲۰ زیرا روزهای عمر خود را بسیار به یاد نمی آورد چونکه خدا اورا از شادی دلش اجابت فرموده است.