Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Kas ir kā gudrais un kas zin sacīt, kādas tās lietas ir? Cilvēka gudrība dara gaišu viņa vaigu un viņa bargums pārvēršās.
2 I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
Es (saku): liec vērā ķēniņa pavēli, kā tu Dievam esi zvērējis.
3 Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
Nesteidzies no viņa vaiga iet nost, netinies nekādā ļaunā darbā; jo visu, ko viņš grib, to viņš dara.
4 for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Kur ķēniņa vārds ir, tur ir vara, un kas uz viņu var sacīt: ko tu dari?
5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
Kas bausli tur, tas neredzēs ļauna; un gudra sirds zin laiku un tiesu.
6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
Jo ikkatram padomam ir savs laiks un sava tiesa; jo cilvēka ļaunums to smagi spiež.
7 For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Jo viņš nezin, kas notiks un kas viņam sacīs, kā tas būs?
8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practise it.
Cilvēka nav, kam būtu vara pār garu, to garu aizturēt; viņam arī nav varas pār miršanas dienu, un nav atlaišanas karā; tā arī bezdievība to neizglābs, kas to dara.
9 All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
Visu to es esmu redzējis, un esmu griezis savu sirdi uz ikvienu darbu, ko dara pasaulē. Dažkārt cilvēks pār cilvēku valda sev par nelaimi.
10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
Es arī vēl redzēju bezdievīgus, kas tika aprakti un nāca pie dusas; bet tālu aizgāja no svētās vietas un tika aizmirsti pilsētā, kas bija darījuši taisnību; arī tā ir niecība.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Kad tiesu par ļauno darbu nenes drīzumā, tad cilvēku bērnu sirds paliek droša, ļaunu darīt.
12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
Jebšu grēcinieks simts reizes ļaunu dara un dzīvo ilgi, tomēr es zinu, ka dievbijīgiem labi klāsies, kas priekš viņa bīstas.
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
Bet bezdievīgam labi neklāsies, un viņš ilgi nedzīvos, tā kā ēna; tādēļ ka viņš priekš Dieva nebīstas.
14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Niecība ir, kas notiek virs zemes, ka ir taisni cilvēki, kam tā klājās, tā kā būtu darījuši bezdievīgi, un ir bezdievīgi, kam tā klājās, tā kā būtu darījuši taisni; es sacīju: arī tā ir niecība.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labour all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Tādēļ es slavēju to prieku, ka cilvēkam cita labuma nav pasaulē, kā vien ēst un dzert un priecāties, un tas viņam atlec no viņa pūliņa viņa dzīvības laikā, ko Dievs viņam dod pasaulē.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),
Kad es apņēmos, gudrību atzīt un ieraudzīt to grūtumu, kas virs zemes notiek, ka dažs ne dienu ne nakti miegu neredz savām acīm.
17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labours to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.
Tad es redzēju visu Dieva darbu, ka cilvēks to darbu nevar izprast, kas notiek pasaulē; jebšu cilvēks darbojās izdomāt, tomēr viņš to neizdibinās, un jebšu arī tas gudrais sacītu, ka viņš to zina, tomēr viņš to nevar atrast.
