Pridigar 5
1 Varuj svoje stopalo, ko greš k Božji hiši in bodi bolj pripravljen prisluhniti kakor izročiti klavno daritev bedakov, kajti ne preudarjajo, da počnejo zlo.
Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.
2 Ne bodi prenagljen s svojimi usti in tvoje srce naj ne bo hitro, da izreče katerokoli stvar pred Bogom, kajti Bog je v nebesih, ti pa na zemlji, zato naj bo tvojih besed malo.
Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 Kajti sanje prihajajo po množici zadev in bedakov glas je razpoznan z množico besed.
Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
4 Kadar prisegaš zaobljubo Bogu, ne odlašaj, da jo izpolniš, kajti on nima zadovoljstva v bedakih. Izpolni to, kar si se zaobljubil.
If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
5 Bolje je to, da ne prisežeš, kakor da prisežeš zaobljubo, pa ne izpolniš.
And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
6 Ne dopusti svojim ustom, da bi tvojemu mesu povzročila, da greši niti pred angelom ne povej, da je bila pomota. Zakaj bi bil Bog ob tvojem glasu jezen in bi uničil delo tvojih rok?
Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.
7 Kajti v množici sanj in mnogih besedah so tudi številne ničevosti, toda boj se Boga.
Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
8 Če vidiš v provinci zatirati ubogega in nasilne prevračati sodbo in pravico, se ne čudi ob zadevi, kajti kdor je višji kakor najvišji, upošteva; in obstaja višji kakor oni.
If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
9 Poleg tega je donos zemlje za vse; sam kralj je postrežen s poljem.
Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
10 Kdor ljubi srebro, ne bo potešen s srebrom niti kdor ljubi obilje, z donosom; tudi to je ničevost.
A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
11 Kadar se dobrine povečujejo, so povečane, da se pojejo; kakšno dobro je njegovim lastnikom, razen da jih gledajo s svojimi očmi?
Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
12 Spanje delovnega človeka je sladko, bodisi jé malo ali veliko, toda obilje bogastva mu ne bo pustilo spati.
Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Je boleče zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem, namreč bogastva, varovana za njihove lastnike v njihovo škodo.
There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
14 Toda ta bogastva izginejo po zli zadevi. Zaplodil je sina, pa v njegovi roki ni ničesar.
For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
15 Kakor je nag prišel iz maternice svoje matere, se bo vrnil kakor je prišel in ničesar ne bo vzel od svojega truda, kar bi v svoji roki lahko odnesel.
As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.
16 Tudi to je boleče zlo, da v vseh točkah, kakor je prišel, bo tako odšel; in kakšno korist ima tisti, ki se je trudil za veter?
A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
17 Prav tako vse svoje dni jé v temi in ima mnogo bridkosti in besa s svojo slabostjo.
All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
18 Glej to, kar sem videl. Dobro in ljubko je za nekoga jesti, piti in uživati dobro od vsega svojega truda, ki se ga loteva pod soncem vse dni svojega življenja, ki mu jih daje Bog, kajti to je njegov delež.
This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.
19 Tudi vsakemu človeku, ki mu Bog daje bogastva in premoženje, mu daje moč, da od tega jé in da vzame svoj delež in se veseli v svojem trudu; to je darilo od Boga.
And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.
20 Kajti dni svojega življenja se ne bo dosti spominjal, ker mu Bog odgovarja v radosti njegovega srca.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,
