Salamans Mācītājs 8
1 Kas ir kā gudrais un kas zin sacīt, kādas tās lietas ir? Cilvēka gudrība dara gaišu viņa vaigu un viņa bargums pārvēršās.
[I will tell you about] those who are truly wise [RHQ] with the result that they can explain why everything happens. Being wise enables people to be happy [MTY] and enables them to smile.
2 Es (saku): liec vērā ķēniņa pavēli, kā tu Dievam esi zvērējis.
You solemnly promised God that you would obey what the king commands, so do that.
3 Nesteidzies no viņa vaiga iet nost, netinies nekādā ļaunā darbā; jo visu, ko viņš grib, to viņš dara.
Do not quickly disobey the king. And do not join those who want to rebel against him, because the king will do what he wants to do.
4 Kur ķēniņa vārds ir, tur ir vara, un kas uz viņu var sacīt: ko tu dari?
We need to obey what the king says more than we need to obey what anyone else says; no one can say to the king, “(Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.) [RHQ]”
5 Kas bausli tur, tas neredzēs ļauna; un gudra sirds zin laiku un tiesu.
If you obey what the king commands, he will not harm you. [So] be wise, and know the correct/right time to do things and the right way to do them.
6 Jo ikkatram padomam ir savs laiks un sava tiesa; jo cilvēka ļaunums to smagi spiež.
Although people experience many troubles/difficulties, there is a right/correct time to do things, and there is a right/correct way [to do them].
7 Jo viņš nezin, kas notiks un kas viņam sacīs, kā tas būs?
No one knows what will happen in the future, so there is no one [RHQ] who can tell us what is going to happen.
8 Cilvēka nav, kam būtu vara pār garu, to garu aizturēt; viņam arī nav varas pār miršanas dienu, un nav atlaišanas karā; tā arī bezdievība to neizglābs, kas to dara.
We cannot control the wind, and we cannot control when we will die. Soldiers are not permitted to go home during a battle, and evil people will not be saved by [doing what is] evil.
9 Visu to es esmu redzējis, un esmu griezis savu sirdi uz ikvienu darbu, ko dara pasaulē. Dažkārt cilvēks pār cilvēku valda sev par nelaimi.
I thought about all those things, and I thought about all [HYP] the other things that happen on this earth. I saw that [sometimes] people cause those whom they control to suffer.
10 Es arī vēl redzēju bezdievīgus, kas tika aprakti un nāca pie dusas; bet tālu aizgāja no svētās vietas un tika aizmirsti pilsētā, kas bija darījuši taisnību; arī tā ir niecība.
I also saw that [sometimes] after evil [people] die, they are highly honored at their funerals by the people in the cities where they had done [evil] deeds. It seemed to be difficult to understand why that happens.
11 Kad tiesu par ļauno darbu nenes drīzumā, tad cilvēku bērnu sirds paliek droša, ļaunu darīt.
If evil people are not immediately punished, it causes [other] people [SYN] to [also] want to do evil things.
12 Jebšu grēcinieks simts reizes ļaunu dara un dzīvo ilgi, tomēr es zinu, ka dievbijīgiem labi klāsies, kas priekš viņa bīstas.
But even if sinful people commit 100 crimes, and [even if they] live for a long time, I know that things will go better for those who greatly respect and revere God.
13 Bet bezdievīgam labi neklāsies, un viņš ilgi nedzīvos, tā kā ēna; tādēļ ka viņš priekš Dieva nebīstas.
[I also know] that things will not go well go for those who are evil, because they do not revere God. Shadows [do not last a long time]. Similarly [SIM], evil people will not live a long time.
14 Niecība ir, kas notiek virs zemes, ka ir taisni cilvēki, kam tā klājās, tā kā būtu darījuši bezdievīgi, un ir bezdievīgi, kam tā klājās, tā kā būtu darījuši taisni; es sacīju: arī tā ir niecība.
Another thing that [sometimes] happens on this earth is that bad things happen to righteous people, and good things happen to evil people. It is difficult to understand why that happens.
15 Tādēļ es slavēju to prieku, ka cilvēkam cita labuma nav pasaulē, kā vien ēst un dzert un priecāties, un tas viņam atlec no viņa pūliņa viņa dzīvības laikā, ko Dievs viņam dod pasaulē.
[So] I decided that I would recommend that people be happy while they are alive, because the best thing that people can do here on this earth is to eat and drink and be happy. Enjoying doing those things will help people while they do their work, all the time that God has given to them to remain alive here on the earth.
16 Kad es apņēmos, gudrību atzīt un ieraudzīt to grūtumu, kas virs zemes notiek, ka dažs ne dienu ne nakti miegu neredz savām acīm.
I thought about being wise and about people who work very hard, working day and night and not taking time to sleep.
17 Tad es redzēju visu Dieva darbu, ka cilvēks to darbu nevar izprast, kas notiek pasaulē; jebšu cilvēks darbojās izdomāt, tomēr viņš to neizdibinās, un jebšu arī tas gudrais sacītu, ka viņš to zina, tomēr viņš to nevar atrast.
Then I thought about everything [HYP] that God has done, and I realized that no one can understand everything that happens here on this earth. Truly, people are not able to fully understand everything [that God understands], even if they try hard to do that. Even if wise people claim that they understand it all, they cannot.
