Ecclesiastes 5
1 Thou that entrist in to the hous of God, kepe thi foot, and neiye thou for to here; for whi myche betere is obedience than the sacrifices of foolis, that witen not what yuel thei don.
你到 神的殿要谨慎脚步；因为近前听，胜过愚昧人献祭，他们本不知道所做的是恶。
2 Speke thou not ony thing folily, nether thin herte be swift to brynge forth a word bifore God; for God is in heuene, and thou art on erthe, therfor thi wordis be fewe.
你在 神面前不可冒失开口，也不可心急发言；因为 神在天上，你在地下，所以你的言语要寡少。
3 Dremes suen many bisynessis, and foli schal be foundun in many wordis.
事务多，就令人做梦；言语多，就显出愚昧。
4 If thou hast avowid ony thing to God, tarie thou not to yelde; for an vnfeithful and fonned biheest displesith hym; but `yelde thou what euer thing thou hast avowid;
你向 神许愿，偿还不可迟延，因他不喜悦愚昧人，所以你许的愿应当偿还。
5 and it is myche betere to make not a vowe, than aftir a vowe to yelde not biheestis.
你许愿不还，不如不许。
6 Yyue thou not thi mouth, that thou make thi fleisch to do synne; nether seie thou bifor an aungel, No puruyaunce is; lest perauenture the Lord be wrooth on thi wordis, and distruye alle the werkis of thin hondis.
不可任你的口使肉体犯罪，也不可在祭司面前说是错许了。为何使 神因你的声音发怒，败坏你手所做的呢？
7 Where ben many dremes, ben ful many vanytees, and wordis with out noumbre; but drede thou God.
多梦和多言，其中多有虚幻，你只要敬畏 神。
8 If thou seest false chalengis of nedi men, and violent domes, and that riytfulnesse is distried in the prouynce, wondre thou not on this doyng; for another is hiyere than an hiy man, and also othere men ben more hiye aboue these men;
你若在一省之中见穷人受欺压，并夺去公义公平的事，不要因此诧异；因有一位高过居高位的鉴察，在他们以上还有更高的。
9 and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt.
况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。
10 An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of tho; and therfor this is vanyte.
贪爱银子的，不因得银子知足；贪爱丰富的，也不因得利益知足。这也是虚空。
11 Where ben many richessis, also many men ben, that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, no but that he seeth richessis with hise iyen?
货物增添，吃的人也增添，物主得什么益处呢？不过眼看而已！
12 Slepe is swete to hym that worchith, whether he etith litil ether myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffrith not hym to slepe.
劳碌的人不拘吃多吃少，睡得香甜；富足人的丰满却不容他睡觉。
13 Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y siy vndur the sunne; richessis ben kept in to the yuel of her lord.
我见日光之下有一宗大祸患，就是财主积存资财，反害自己。
14 For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse.
因遭遇祸患，这些资财就消灭；那人若生了儿子，手里也一无所有。
15 As he yede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne ayen; and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel.
他怎样从母胎赤身而来，也必照样赤身而去；他所劳碌得来的，手中分毫不能带去。
16 Outirli it is a wretchid sijknesse; as he cam, so he schal turne ayen. What therfor profitith it to hym, that he trauelide in to the wynde?
他来的情形怎样，他去的情形也怎样。这也是一宗大祸患。他为风劳碌有什么益处呢？
17 In alle the daies of his lijf he eet in derknessis, and in many bisinessis, and in nedynesse, and sorewe.
并且他终身在黑暗中吃喝，多有烦恼，又有病患呕气。
18 Therfor this semyde good to me, that a man ete, and drynke, and vse gladnesse of his trauel, in which he trauelide vndir the sunne, in the noumbre of daies of his lijf, which God yaf to hym; and this is his part.
我所见为善为美的，就是人在 神赐他一生的日子吃喝，享受日光之下劳碌得来的好处，因为这是他的分。
19 And to ech man, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and yaf power to hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.
神赐人资财丰富，使他能以吃用，能取自己的分，在他劳碌中喜乐，这乃是 神的恩赐。
20 For he schal not bithenke miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with delicis.
他不多思念自己一生的年日，因为 神应他的心使他喜乐。
