Ekiliziastis 5
1 Mgbe ị na-aba nʼụlọ ukwu Chineke, lezie anya. Meghee ntị gị nke ọma, karịa ịchụ aja onyinye nke ndị nzuzu, ndị na-amaghị na ha na-eme ihe ọjọọ.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not understand that they are doing what is wrong.
2 Abụla onye na-eme ọsịịsọ ikwu okwu maọbụ ime ngwangwa nʼime echiche obi gị, maọbụ ikwe Chineke nkwa ọnụ efu. Nʼihi na Chineke nọ nʼeluigwe ma naanị nʼụwa ka ị nọ, nʼihi ya ka okwu ọnụ gị dị ole na ole.
Do not be too quick to speak with your mouth, and do not let your heart be too quick to bring any matter up before God. God is in heaven, but you are on earth, so let your words be few.
3 Dị ka ọtụtụ nchekasị si eweta ị rọọ nrọ, otu a ka okwu onye nzuzu si dị mgbe ọtụtụ okwu dị ya nʼọnụ.
If you have too many things to do and worry about, you will probably have bad dreams. The more words you speak, the more foolish things you will probably say.
4 Nʼihi ya, mgbe ị na-ekwe Chineke nkwa, atụfula oge imezu ihe ahụ, nʼihi na ihe banyere ndị nzuzu adịghị atọ Chineke ụtọ. Mezuo nkwa niile i kwere Chineke.
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to do it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Do what you vow you will do.
5 Ọ ka mma na ị gbara nkịtị karịa na ị ga-ekwe nkwa ma ị gaghị emezu ya.
It is better not to make a vow than to make one that you do not carry out.
6 Ekwela ka ọnụ gị duba gị na mmehie. Azọkwala onwe gị site nʼịgwa onyeozi Chineke, “na i kwere nkwa a na-amaghị ama.” Nʼihi gịnị ka Chineke ga-eji wee iwe nʼihi ihe ị kwuru, ma bibiekwa ọrụ aka gị?
Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin. Do not say to the priest's messenger, “That vow was a mistake.” Why make God angry by vowing falsely, provoking God to destroy the work of your hands?
7 Aga m eme, aga m eme, ma e meghị ya bụ naanị okwu efu. Ya mere, tụọ egwu Chineke.
For in many dreams, as in many words, there is meaningless vapor. So fear God.
8 Ọ bụrụ na ị hụ ebe a na-emegbu ndị ogbenye, na-anapụkwa ha ihe ruru ha site nʼikpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi na mpaghara obodo a na-achị achị, ya ejula gị anya, nʼihi na onyeisi ọbụla nwere onye na-atụrụ ya. Ndịisi na-atụ iwu nwekwara ndị kachasị ha elu. Otu a kwa, ọ dịkwa ndị dị elu karịa ha.
When you see the poor being oppressed and robbed of just and right treatment in your province, do not be astonished as if no one knows, because there are people in power who watch those under them, and there are even higher ones over them.
9 Mgbe ihe nnweta si nʼala ubi bara ụba, ọ na-abara onye ọbụla uru; ọ na-abakwara eze nʼonwe ya uru.
In addition, the produce of the land is for everyone, and the king himself takes produce from the fields.
10 Onye ọbụla hụrụ ego nʼanya, ọ gaghị eju ya afọ. Onye ọbụla hụrụ akụnụba nʼanya adịghị enwe afọ ojuju nʼihe ọbụla. Nke a bụkwa ihe efu.
Anyone who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, and anyone who loves wealth always wants more. This, too, is vapor.
11 Akụ na-abawanye, ndị na-eri ya na-abawanyekwa. Olee uru ha bara nye onyenwe ha karịa iji anya ya abụọ na-ele ha?
As prosperity increases, so also do the people who consume it. What advantage in wealth is there to the owner except to watch it with his eyes?
12 Onye na-arụsị ọrụ ike na-arahụ ụra nke ọma, ma o riri nri nta ma o rikwaranụ nke dị ukwuu, ma oke iriju afọ onye ọgaranya anaghị ekwe ya rahụ ụra.
The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or a lot, but the wealth of a rich person does not allow him to sleep well.
13 Ahụrụ m ihe ọjọọ ọzọ nʼokpuru anyanwụ, mmadụ debere akụnụba ruo mgbe o wetara ya ihe mgbu,
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun: riches hoarded by the owner, resulting in his own misery.
14 ma akụnụba ndị ahụ bụ ihe furu site nʼọdachi nke bụ na mgbe ha mụtara ụmụ, o nwekwaghị ihe fọdụrụ ụmụ ahụ iketa.
When the rich man loses his wealth through bad luck, his own son, one whom he has fathered, is left with nothing in his hands.
15 Dịka mmadụ si gbara ọtọ site nʼafọ nne ya bata nʼụwa, otu a ka anyị ga-esi hapụ ya. O nweghị ihe ọ ga-ebu pụọ site na ndọgbu niile ọ dọgburu onwe ya nʼọrụ.
As a man comes from his mother's womb, so also he will leave naked. He can take none of the fruits of his labor in his hand.
16 Ma nke a bụ ihe ọjọọ nke na-egbu mgbu nʼobi. Mmadụ na-ala dịka o siri bịa. Gịnị bụ uru ya, mgbe ọ na-adọgbu onwe ya nʼọrụ nye ifufe?
Another evil is that as a person comes, so he goes away. So what profit is there for him who works for the wind?
17 Ụbọchị ndụ ya niile, ọ na-eri ihe nʼọchịchịrị, site oke mgbagwoju anya, na nsogbu na iwe.
During his days he eats with darkness and is greatly distressed with sickness and anger.
18 Ma achọpụtara m na ọ bụ ihe dị mma na ihe kwesiri omume, ka nwoke rie ihe ma ṅụọkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ Ka ọ chọtakwa afọ ojuju nʼime ndọgbu niile nke ọrụ ọ ruru nʼokpuru anyanwụ, nʼoge mkpụmkpụ ndụ nke Chineke nyere ya. Nʼihi na nke a bụ oke ya.
Look, what I have seen to be good and suitable is to eat and drink and to enjoy the gain from all our work, as we labor under the sun during the days of this life that God has given us. For this is man's assignment.
19 Ọzọkwa, ọ bụrụ na Chineke enye mmadụ akụnụba na ihe nweta, ma nyekwa ya ike ọ ga-eji kporie ndụ nʼime ihe ndị a, ya nabata nke a dị ka oke ya ma were ọṅụ rụọ ọrụ ya. Ha bụ onyinye si nʼaka Chineke.
Anyone to whom God has given riches and wealth and the ability to receive his share and rejoice in his work—this is a gift from God.
20 Ebe ọ bụ na Chineke enyela ya obi ụtọ, ụbọchị ndụ ya ekwesighị iwetara ya oke echiche.
For he does not call to mind very often the days of his life, because God makes him keep busy with the things that he enjoys doing.
