Ecclesiastes 5
1 Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
Tandremo ny tongotrao, raha mankao an-tranon’ Andriamanitra ianao; fa ny manatona hihaino no tsara noho ny fanateran’ ny adala fanatitra; fa tsy fantatr’ ireny ho manao ratsy izy.
2 Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Aza haingam-bava, ary aza malaky manonona teny eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra ny fonao; fa Andriamanitra dia any an-danitra ary ianao etỳ an-tany, koa aoka ho vitsy ny teninao.
3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
Fa ny haben’ ny fisasarana no mahatonga ny nofy; ary ny haben’ ny teny no isehoan’ ny rediredin’ ny adala.
4 When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
Raha mivoady amin’ Andriamanitra ianao, aza manao ampitso lava: fa tsy ankasitrahany ny adala; koa efao ny voadinao.
5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
Aleo tsy mivoady toy izay mivoady ka tsy mahefa.
6 Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
Aza avela hahatonga heloka amin’ ny tenanao ny vavanao; ary aza manao eo imason’ ny anjely hoe: Niteny tsy nahy aho; nahoana no ho tezitra amin’ ny teninao Andriamanitra ka hanimba ny asan’ ny tananao?
7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.
Fa amin’ ny haben’ ny nofy dia misy zava-poana; ary toy izany koa ny haben’ ny teny, fa Andriamanitra no atahory.
8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
Raha hitanao ny fampahoriana ny malahelo sy ny famadihana ny fitsarana sy ny rariny amin’ ny tany, dia aza gaga amin’ izany; fa misy ambony kokoa mibanjina ny ambony, ary mbola misy ambony noho ireo indray aza.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza, dia mahasoa ny tany ny fisian’ ny mpanjaka amin’ izay tany volena.
10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
Izay tia vola tsy hety ho voky vola; ary izay fatra-pitia harena be tsy hety ho vokin’ ny fitomboan-karena; fa zava-poana koa izany.
11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
Raha mitombo ny fananana, dia mitombo koa ny mpihinana azy; ary inona no soa azon’ ny tompony, afa-tsy ny mijery maso azy fotsiny ihany?
12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Mamy ny torimason’ ny mpiasa, na homan-kely na homam-be izy; fa ny haben’ ny ananan’ ny manan-karena kosa no tsy ahitany tory.
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Misy ratsy mahory efa hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro, dia harena tehirizin’ ny tompony, nefa mampidi-doza amin’ ny tenany;
14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
sady levona izany harena izany noho ny loza manjo; ary miteraka zazalahy ralehilahy nefa tsy misy na inona na inona eny an-tànany,
15 As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Toy ny nivoahany mitanjaka avy tany an-kibon-dreniny, dia toy izay nihaviany ihany no hiverenany; ary tsy hisy na inona na inona ho entin’ ny tànany ho valin’ ny fisasarany.
16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?
Dia ratsy mahory koa izany, fa toy izay nihaviany indrindra no handehanany; ary inona no soa azony noho ny nisasarany ho an’ ny rivotra?
17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
Ary koa, homa-maizina amin’ ny androny rehetra izy sady manana alahelo be sy fahoriana ary fahasosorana.
18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, in which he labours under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Indro, efa hitako izay soa sy izay tsara, dia ny mihinana sy misotro ary mifaly amin’ ny fisasarana rehetra izay isasaran’ ny olona atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro amin’ izay andro vitsy iainany omen’ Andriamanitra azy; fa izany no anjarany.
19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour—this is the gift of God.
Ary koa, ny olona rehetra izay omen’ Andriamanitra vola aman-karena sady omeny fahefana hihinanany azy sy hahazoany ny anjarany sy hifaliany amin’ ny fisasarana, dia fanomezan’ Andriamanitra izany.
20 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
Fa tsy hahatsiaro loatra ny andro niainany izy, satria ny fahafinaretan’ ny fony no avalin’ Andriamanitra azy.
