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.
Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
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:
Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
3 яко приходит соние во множестве попечения, тако и глас безумнаго во множестве словес.
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech 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 you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
5 Благо тебе еже не обещаватися, нежели обещавшуся тебе, не отдати.
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should 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:
Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
7 яко во множестве соний и суетствия, (тако) и словеса многа, темже Бога бойся.
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear 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 you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
9 и изюбилие земли над всем есть царь села возделанна.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
10 Любяй сребро не насытится сребра: и кто насладится во множестве его плода? И сие суета.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
11 Во множестве блага умножишася ядущии е: и кое мужество имущему е? Яко начало еже видети очима своима.
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
12 Сон сладок работающему, аще мало или много снесть: а насытившагося богатство не оставляет уснути.
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
13 Есть недуг, егоже видех под солнцем, богатство хранимо от стяжателя во зло ему:
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
14 и погибнет богатство оно в попечении лукавне: и роди сына, и несть в руце его ничтоже:
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing 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 out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 И сие зол недуг: якоже бо прииде, тако и отидет, и кая польза ему, яко трудится на ветр?
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors 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 he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
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, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has 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:
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
20 яко не много памятствовати имать дни живота своего, понеже Бог облагает его попеченьми в веселии сердца его.
For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
