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.
Cuando vayas al Templo de ʼElohim cuida tu pie. Acércate para escuchar más bien que para ofrecer el sacrificio de los necios, porque no saben que hacen 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 te apresures con tu boca. Ni se apremie tu corazón a expresar palabra ante ʼElohim, Porque ʼElohim está en el cielo y tú en la tierra. Por tanto, 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.
Porque el soñar viene a causa de la mucha ocupación, Y la voz del necio por medio de muchas palabras.
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.
Cuando hagas un voto a ʼElohim no tardes en cumplirlo, porque Él no se complace en los necios. Cumple lo que prometes.
5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
Mejor es que no prometas, y no que prometas y no cumplas.
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 dejes que tu boca te haga pecar, ni digas delante del Ángel que fue ignorancia. ¿Por qué harás que ʼElohim se enoje a causa de tus palabras 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].
Porque donde abundan los sueños también abundan las vanidades. Pero tú, teme a ʼElohim.
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 opresión a los pobres, violación del juicio y la justicia en la provincia, no te maravilles a causa de esto, porque sobre el alto vigila el más alto. Hay Alguien más alto que ellos.
9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
Además el provecho de la tierra es para todos. Para el mismo rey que cultiva el campo la tierra es una ventaja.
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 nunca se saciará de la plata, Ni el que ama la riqueza con la ganancia. Esto también 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).
Cuando aumentan los bienes También aumentan los que los consumen. ¿Qué provecho tendrá su dueño Aparte de verlos con sus propios 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.
Coma poco o coma mucho, Dulce es el sueño del trabajador. Pero la abundancia No deja dormir al rico.
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,
Vi un grave mal bajo el sol: Riqueza guardada por su dueño Para su propio perjuicio.
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 en negocios infortunados, Y si engendra un hijo, Nada le queda para sostenerlo.
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 vientre de su madre, Así se irá. Nada de su duro trabajo podrá 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].
Y éste también es un mal grave: Que como vino se va. ¿Y qué provecho tiene El que se esfuerza tras 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).
Ya que todos sus días comió en oscuridad, Con gran tristeza, con enfermedad e ira.
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.
Este es el bien que vi: que es bueno y adecuado que uno coma y beba, y disfrute del bien de todo el trabajo en el cual labora bajo el sol todos los días de su vida que ʼElohim le da, porque ésta es su recompensa.
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.
Además, todo hombre a quien ʼElohim da riquezas y posesiones, lo capacita para que las disfrute, tome la parte que le corresponde y se regocije en su trabajo. Esto es el don de ʼElohim.
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.
Porque no se acordará mucho de los días de su vida, pues ʼElohim lo tiene ocupado con la alegría de su corazón.
