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 your feet when you go to a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.
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.
Do not cause your mouth to hurry, and do not let your heart hurry to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and you on the earth, therefore let your words be few.
3 Kajti sanje prihajajo po množici zadev in bedakov glas je razpoznan z množico besed.
For the dream has come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
4 Kadar prisegaš zaobljubo Bogu, ne odlašaj, da jo izpolniš, kajti on nima zadovoljstva v bedakih. Izpolni to, kar si se zaobljubil.
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which you vow—complete.
5 Bolje je to, da ne prisežeš, kakor da prisežeš zaobljubo, pa ne izpolniš.
Better that you do not vow, than that you vow and do not complete.
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?
Do not permit your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger that it [is] ignorance. Why is God angry because of your voice and has destroyed the work of your hands?
7 Kajti v množici sanj in mnogih besedah so tudi številne ničevosti, toda boj se Boga.
For in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but 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 oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness you see in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones [are] over them.
9 Poleg tega je donos zemlje za vse; sam kralj je postrežen s poljem.
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
10 Kdor ljubi srebro, ne bo potešen s srebrom niti kdor ljubi obilje, z donosom; tudi to je ničevost.
Whoever is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity.
11 Kadar se dobrine povečujejo, so povečane, da se pojejo; kakšno dobro je njegovim lastnikom, razen da jih gledajo s svojimi očmi?
In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?
12 Spanje delovnega človeka je sladko, bodisi jé malo ali veliko, toda obilje bogastva mu ne bo pustilo spati.
Sweet [is] the sleep of the laborer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not permitting him to sleep.
13 Je boleče zlo, ki sem ga videl pod soncem, namreč bogastva, varovana za njihove lastnike v njihovo škodo.
There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
14 Toda ta bogastva izginejo po zli zadevi. Zaplodil je sina, pa v njegovi roki ni ničesar.
And that wealth has been lost in an evil business, and he has begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
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 out from the belly of his mother, naked he turns back to go as he came, and he does not take away anything of his labor, that goes in his hand.
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?
And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goes, and what advantage [is] to him who labors for wind?
17 Prav tako vse svoje dni jé v temi in ima mnogo bridkosti in besa s svojo slabostjo.
He also consumes all his days in darkness, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
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.
Behold, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor that he labors at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God has given to him, for it [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.
Every man also to whom God has given wealth and riches, and has given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labor, this is a gift of God.
20 Kajti dni svojega življenja se ne bo dosti spominjal, ker mu Bog odgovarja v radosti njegovega srca.
For he does not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.
