Книга Екклезиаста 5
1 Сохрани ногу твою, егда аще идеши в дом Божий, и близ (буди) еже слушати: паче даяния безумных жертва твоя, понеже не ведят, яко творят зло.
Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
2 Не скор буди усты твоими, и сердце твое да не ускоряет износити слово пред лицем Божиим, яко Бог на небеси горе, ты же на земли долу: сего ради да будут словеса твоя мала:
Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 яко приходит соние во множестве попечения, тако и глас безумнаго во множестве словес.
For a dream cometh through being much employed [with something], and the voice of a fool cometh with a multitude of words.
4 Аще обещаеши обет Богу, не умедли отдати его, яко несть хотения в безумных: ты убо, елика аще обещаеши, отдаждь.
When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.
5 Благо тебе еже не обещаватися, нежели обещавшуся тебе, не отдати.
It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
6 Не даждь устнам твоим еже во грех ввести плоть твою, и да не речеши пред лицем Божиим, яко неведение есть: да не прогневается Бог о гласе твоем и растлит творения рук твоих:
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
7 яко во множестве соний и суетствия, (тако) и словеса многа, темже Бога бойся.
For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.
8 Аще обиду нищаго и расхищение суда и правды увидиши во стране, не дивися о вещи: яко высокий над высоким надзиратель, и высоцыи над ними,
If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.
9 и изюбилие земли над всем есть царь села возделанна.
But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.
10 Любяй сребро не насытится сребра: и кто насладится во множестве его плода? И сие суета.
He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity.
11 Во множестве блага умножишася ядущии е: и кое мужество имущему е? Яко начало еже видети очима своима.
When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it [likewise] increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see [it] with his eyes?
12 Сон сладок работающему, аще мало или много снесть: а насытившагося богатство не оставляет уснути.
Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Есть недуг, егоже видех под солнцем, богатство хранимо от стяжателя во зло ему:
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely, ] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
14 и погибнет богатство оно в попечении лукавне: и роди сына, и несть в руце его ничтоже:
And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:
15 якоже изыде из чрева матере своея наг, возвратится ити, якоже и прииде, и ничтоже возмет от труда своего, да понесет в руце своей.
As he came forth out of his mother's womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.
16 И сие зол недуг: якоже бо прииде, тако и отидет, и кая польза ему, яко трудится на ветр?
And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?
17 Ибо вси дние его во тме и плачи и в ярости мнозе, и в недузе и во гневе.
All his days also had he to eat in darkness, and hath had much vexation and wrath with his sickness.
18 Се, видех аз благое, еже есть изрядно, еже ясти и пити и видети благостыню во всем труде своем, имже трудился бы под солнцем, в число дний живота своего, яже дал есть ему Бог, яко сие часть его:
Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one's toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
19 ибо всякому человеку, емуже дал есть Бог богатство и имения, и власть даде ему ясти от того и прияти часть свою и возвеселитися о труде своем, сие дар Божий есть:
Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil— this is the gift of God.
20 яко не много памятствовати имать дни живота своего, понеже Бог облагает его попеченьми в веселии сердца его.
Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.
