Ecclesiastes 8
1 The wisdom of a man schyneth in his cheer; and the myytieste schal chaunge his face.
誰か智者に如ん誰か事物の理を解ことを得ん 人の智慧はその人の面に光輝あらしむ 又その粗暴面も変改べし
2 I kepe the mouth of the kyng, and the comaundementis and sweryngis of God.
我言ふ王の命を守るべし既に神をさして誓ひしことあれ然るべきなり
3 Haste thou not to go awei fro his face, and dwelle thou not in yuel werk. For he schal do al thing, that he wole;
早まりて王の前を去ることなかれ 惡き事につのること勿れ 其は彼は凡てその好むところを爲ばなり
4 and his word is ful of power, and no man mai seie to hym, Whi doist thou so?
王の言語には權力あり 然ば誰か之に汝何をなすやといふことを得ん
5 He that kepith the comaundement of God `in this lijf, schal not feele ony thing of yuel; the herte of a wijs man vndurstondith tyme and answer.
命令を守る者は禍患を受るに至らず 智者の心は時期と判断を知なり
6 Tyme and cesoun is to ech werk; and myche turment is of a man,
萬の事務には時あり判断あり是をもて人大なる禍患をうくるに至るあり
7 for he knowith not thingis passid, and he mai not knowe bi ony messanger thingis to comynge.
人は後にあらんところの事を知ず また誰か如何なる事のあらんかを之に告る者あらん
8 It is not in the power of man to forbede the spirit, nethir he hath power in the dai of deth, nethir he is suffrid to haue reste, whanne the batel neiyeth; nethir wickidnesse schal saue a wickid man.
霊魂を掌管て霊魂を留めうる人あらず 人はその死る日には權力あること旡し 此戦争には釈放たるる者あらず 又罪惡はこれを行ふ者を救ふことを得せざるなり
9 I bihelde alle thes thingis, and Y yaf myn herte in alle werkis, that ben don vndur the sunne. Sum tyme a man is lord of a man, to his yuel.
我この一切の事を見また日の下におこなはるる諸の事に心を用ひたり時としては此人彼人を治めてこれに害を蒙らしむることあり
10 Y siy wickid men biryed, which, whanne thei lyueden yit, weren in hooli place; and thei weren preisid in the citee, as men of iust werkis; but also this is vanyte.
我見しに惡人の葬られて安息にいるあり また善をおこなふ者の聖所を離れてその邑に忘らるるに至るあり是また空なり
11 Forsothe for the sentence is not brouyt forth soone ayens yuele men, the sones of men doon yuels with outen ony drede.
惡き事の報速にきたらざるが故に世人心を専にして惡をおこなふ
12 Netheles of that, that a synnere doith yuel an hundrid sithis, and is suffrid bi pacience, Y knew that good schal be to men dredynge God, that reuerensen his face.
罪を犯す者百次惡をなして猶長命あれども 我知る神を畏みてその前に畏怖をいだく者には幸福あるべし
13 Good be not to the wickid man, nethir hise daies be maad longe; but passe thei as schadewe, that dreden not the face of the Lord.
但し惡人には幸福あらず またその生命も長からずして影のごとし 其は神の前に畏怖をいだくことなければなり
14 Also another vanyte is, which is don on erthe. Iust men ben, to whiche yuels comen, as if thei diden the werkis of wickid men; and wickid men ben, that ben so sikur, as if thei han the dedis of iust men; but Y deme also this moost veyn.
我日の下に空なる事のおこなはるるを見たり 即ち義人にして惡人の遭べき所に遭ふ者あり 惡人にして義人の遭べきところに遭ふ者あり 我謂り是もまた空なり
15 Therfor Y preysid gladnesse, that no good was to a man vndur the sunne, no but to ete, and drynke, and to be ioiful; and that he schulde bere awei with hym silf oneli this of his trauel, in the daies of his lijf, whiche God yaf to hym vndur the sunne.
是に於て我喜樂を讃む 其は食飮して樂むよりも好き事は日の下にあらざればなり 人の労して得る物の中是こそはその日の下にて神にたまはる生命の日の間その身に離れざる者なれ
16 And Y settide myn herte to knowe wisdom, and to vndurstonde the departing, which is turned in erthe. A man is, that bi daies and niytis takith not sleep with iyen.
茲に我心をつくして智慧を知らんとし世に爲ところの事を究めんとしたり 人は夜も昼もその目をとぢて眠ることをせざるなり
17 And Y vndurstood, that of alle the werkis of God, a man may fynde no resoun of tho thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne; and in as myche as he traueilith more to seke, bi so myche he schal fynde lesse; yhe, thouy a wijs man seith that he knowith, he schal not mow fynde.
我神の諸の作爲を見しが人は日の下におこなはるるところの事を究むるあたはざるなり 人これを究めんと労するもこれを究むることを得ず 且又智者ありてこれを知ると思ふもこれを究むることあたはざるなり
