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.
Сохрани ногу твою, егда аще идеши в дом Божий, и близ (буди) еже слушати: паче даяния безумных жертва твоя, понеже не ведят, яко творят зло.
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].
Не скор буди усты твоими, и сердце твое да не ускоряет износити слово пред лицем Божиим, яко Бог на небеси горе, ты же на земли долу: сего ради да будут словеса твоя мала:
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.
яко приходит соние во множестве попечения, тако и глас безумнаго во множестве словес.
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.
Аще обещаеши обет Богу, не умедли отдати его, яко несть хотения в безумных: ты убо, елика аще обещаеши, отдаждь.
5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
Благо тебе еже не обещаватися, нежели обещавшуся тебе, не отдати.
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.
Не даждь устнам твоим еже во грех ввести плоть твою, и да не речеши пред лицем Божиим, яко неведение есть: да не прогневается Бог о гласе твоем и растлит творения рук твоих:
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].
яко во множестве соний и суетствия, (тако) и словеса многа, темже Бога бойся.
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],
Аще обиду нищаго и расхищение суда и правды увидиши во стране, не дивися о вещи: яко высокий над высоким надзиратель, и высоцыи над ними,
9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
и изюбилие земли над всем есть царь села возделанна.
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.
Любяй сребро не насытится сребра: и кто насладится во множестве его плода? И сие суета.
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).
Во множестве блага умножишася ядущии е: и кое мужество имущему е? Яко начало еже видети очима своима.
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.
Сон сладок работающему, аще мало или много снесть: а насытившагося богатство не оставляет уснути.
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,
Есть недуг, егоже видех под солнцем, богатство хранимо от стяжателя во зло ему:
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.
и погибнет богатство оно в попечении лукавне: и роди сына, и несть в руце его ничтоже:
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.
якоже изыде из чрева матере своея наг, возвратится ити, якоже и прииде, и ничтоже возмет от труда своего, да понесет в руце своей.
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].
И сие зол недуг: якоже бо прииде, тако и отидет, и кая польза ему, яко трудится на ветр?
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).
Ибо вси дние его во тме и плачи и в ярости мнозе, и в недузе и во гневе.
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.
Се, видех аз благое, еже есть изрядно, еже ясти и пити и видети благостыню во всем труде своем, имже трудился бы под солнцем, в число дний живота своего, яже дал есть ему Бог, яко сие часть его:
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.
ибо всякому человеку, емуже дал есть Бог богатство и имения, и власть даде ему ясти от того и прияти часть свою и возвеселитися о труде своем, сие дар Божий есть:
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.
яко не много памятствовати имать дни живота своего, понеже Бог облагает его попеченьми в веселии сердца его.
