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1 あなたの若い日に、あなたの造り主を覚えよ。悪しき日がきたり、年が寄って、「わたしにはなんの楽しみもない」と言うようにならない前に、
And remember creator your in [the] days of youth your until that not they will come [the] days of evil and they will arrive years which you will say not [belongs] to me in them pleasure.
2 また日や光や、月や星の暗くならない前に、雨の後にまた雲が帰らないうちに、そのようにせよ。
Until that not it will become dark the sun and the light and the moon and the stars and they will return the clouds after the rain.
3 その日になると、家を守る者は震え、力ある人はかがみ、ひきこなす女は少ないために休み、窓からのぞく者の目はかすみ、
In the day when they will tremble [the] keepers of the house and they will bend themselves [the] people of strength and they will cease the [female] grinders for they have become few and they will grow dim the [women who] look in the windows.
4 町の門は閉ざされる。その時ひきこなす音は低くなり、人は鳥の声によって起きあがり、歌の娘たちは皆、低くされる。
And they will be shut up [the] doors on the street when becomes low [the] sound of the grinding mill for someone may arise to [the] sound of bird and they may be reduced all [the] daughters of song.
5 彼らはまた高いものを恐れる。恐ろしいものが道にあり、あめんどうは花咲き、いなごはその身をひきずり歩き、その欲望は衰え、人が永遠の家に行こうとするので、泣く人が、ちまたを歩きまわる。
Also from a high [place] people will be afraid and terrors [are] in the way and it may blossom the almond tree so it may drag itself along the grasshopper and it may fail the caper-berry for [is] going humankind to [the] house of perpetuity its and they will go about (in the street *L(abh)*) the mourners.
6 その後、銀のひもは切れ、金の皿は砕け、水がめは泉のかたわらで破れ、車は井戸のかたわらで砕ける。
Until that not (it will be snapped *Q(K)*) [the] cord of silver so it may be crushed [the] bowl of gold so it may be broken [the] jar at the water spring and it will be crushed the [water] wheel to the well.
7 ちりは、もとのように土に帰り、霊はこれを授けた神に帰る。
And it will return the dust to the earth like which it was and the spirit it will return to God who he gave it.
8 伝道者は言う、「空の空、いっさいは空である」と。
Futility of futilities he said the Teacher everything [is] futility.
9 さらに伝道者は知恵があるゆえに、知識を民に教えた。彼はよく考え、尋ねきわめ、あまたの箴言をまとめた。
And besides that he was Teacher wise again he taught knowledge the people and he weighed and he searched out he arranged in order proverbs [surely] a multitude.
10 伝道者は麗しい言葉を得ようとつとめた。また彼は真実の言葉を正しく書きしるした。
sought Teacher to find words of delight and [what] was written uprightness [was] words of truth.
11 知者の言葉は突き棒のようであり、またよく打った釘のようなものであって、ひとりの牧者から出た言葉が集められたものである。
[the] words of Wise [people] [are] like goads and [are] like nails firmly fixed masters of collections they are given from a shepherd one.
12 わが子よ、これら以外の事にも心を用いよ。多くの書を作れば際限がない。多く学べばからだが疲れる。
And excess more than them O child my be warned to make books many there not [is] an end and study much [is] weariness of flesh.
13 事の帰する所は、すべて言われた。すなわち、神を恐れ、その命令を守れ。これはすべての人の本分である。
[the] end of [the] matter Everything it has been heard God fear and commandments his keep for this [is] all humankind.
14 神はすべてのわざ、ならびにすべての隠れた事を善悪ともにさばかれるからである。
For every deed God he will bring in judgment with every hidden thing whether good and or evil.

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