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.
Guarda tus pies cuando entras en la casa de Dios. Acercarse (a Él) para escuchar vale más que los sacrificios de los necios, que no saben hacer más que el mal.
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].
No abras inconsideradamente tu boca, ni sea ligero tu corazón en proferir palabras delante de Dios; porque Dios está en el cielo, y tú en la tierra; por eso sean pocas tus palabras.
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.
Pues de los muchos trabajos vienen los sueños; y del mucho hablar las palabras necias.
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.
Si haces a Dios un voto, no tardes en cumplirlo, porque Él no otorga favores a los necios; tú cumple lo prometido.
5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
Mejor es no hacer voto alguno, que hacerlo sin darle cumplimiento.
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.
No sea tu lengua ocasión de que peque tu cuerpo, ni digas después ante el ángel que fue inadvertencia, para que no se enoje Dios a causa de tu palabra y destruya la obra de tus manos.
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].
Pues donde hay mucho sueño, hay también muchas vanidades y muchas palabras. Tú teme a Dios.
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],
Si ves en una provincia la opresión del pobre y la violación del derecho y de la justicia, no te sorprendan tales cosas. Otro (más) alto vela sobre el que es alto; y sobre ellos hay quienes son más altos todavía.
9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
El fruto del campo es para todos; aun el rey vive del campo.
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.
El que ama la plata no se sacia de ella y el que ama las riquezas no aprovecha sus frutos. También esto es vanidad.
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).
Creciendo la hacienda, crece el número de los que de ella comen; ¿qué provecho tiene entonces su dueño sino el verlo con sus ojos?
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.
Dulce es el sueño del que trabaja, coma poco, coma mucho; pero al rico su hartura no le deja dormir.
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,
Hay otro mal grave que he visto debajo del sol: riquezas guardadas para mal de su dueño.
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.
Pues se pierde esa riqueza por un infortunado suceso, y los hijos que engendró ya no tienen nada en la mano.
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.
Desnudo como salió del seno de su madre, así volverá para ir como vino, sin recibir nada por su trabajo que pueda llevar en su mano.
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].
También esto es una desdicha enorme: que precisamente como vino, así se haya de volver. ¿Qué le aprovecha el haber trabajado para el viento?
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).
¡Y comió todos los días a obscuras, entre muchas penas, dolencias y enojos!
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.
Por tanto, he aquí lo que me pareció conveniente y agradable: que el hombre coma y beba y disfrute, en todo su trabajo, de los bienes, por los cuales se afana debajo del sol, durante los días de vida que Dios le conceda; porque tal es su destino.
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.
Y cuando Dios da a un hombre riquezas y hacienda, y también la facultad de comer de ellas, y disfrutar de la parte que le toca, y alegrarse con (el fruto de) su trabajo, esto es un don de Dios.
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.
Pues no tiene muchas preocupaciones en los días de su vida, porque Dios le colma de gozo el corazón.
