Eclesiastés 5
1 Cuida tus pies con cuidado cuando vayas a la casa de Dios, porque es mejor escuchar que hacer las ofrendas quemadas de los necios, porque no saben que solo hacen el mal.
When you enter God’s temple, you should be sure to listen carefully. Doing that is better than offering sacrifices to God [and then not obeying him], which is foolish.
2 No seas imprudente con tu boca, y no te apresures a que tu corazón diga nada delante de Dios, porque Dios está en el cielo y tú estás en la tierra; por lo tanto, sean pocas tus palabras.
Think carefully before you speak [MTY] or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. [Do not forget that] God is in heaven [and he is all-powerful] and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you [make any promises to God].
3 Como un sueño proviene de mucha tarea, la voz de un hombre necio viene con palabras en gran número.
If you are continually thinking [and worrying] about things, you will have bad dreams about them and not rest [well]. And the more you talk, the more likely it will be that you will say things that are foolish.
4 Cuando hagas un juramento ante Dios, cúmplelo rápidamente, porque Él no tiene placer en los necios; cumple el juramento que has tomado.
When you solemnly promise God that you will do something, do not be foolish by delaying in doing it, because God is not pleased with foolish people. Do [all] the things that you promise God that you will do.
5 Es mejor no prestar juramento que jurar y no cumplir.
It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
6 No permitas que tu boca haga que tu carne haga el mal. Y no digas ante el ángel, fue un error. Para que Dios no se enoje con tus palabras y ponga fin a la obra de tus manos.
Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And [when you promise God to do something and do not do it], do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly [RHQ] become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you [SYN] have worked to acquire.
7 Porque se habla mucho de los sueños y de cosas sin sentido. Pero deja que el temor de Dios esté en ti.
Promising to do something and not doing it is like [SIM] a dream that has no value; instead, revere God [by doing what you promised him that you would do].
8 Si ves a los pobres bajo un yugo cruel, y la ley y el derecho están siendo violentamente volcados en un país, no te sorprendas, porque una autoridad está vigilando a otra y hay más altas que ellas.
Do not be surprised if you see poor [people] being (oppressed/treated cruelly) [by powerful/influential people], or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. [That happens] because the people who do that are supervised [and cheated by] more important officials [DOU],
9 Generalmente es bueno para un país donde se trabaja la tierra para tener un rey.
and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
10 El que ama la plata nunca tiene suficiente plata, o el que ama la riqueza, suficiente ganancia. Esto de nuevo no tiene ningún propósito.
Everyone who tries to [get as much] money as they can will never think that they have enough. They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. That also is senseless.
11 Cuando aumentan los bienes, aumenta el número de consumidores; ¿Y qué beneficio tiene el dueño más que verlos?
The more money that we have, the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them. So people who have a lot of money do not [RHQ] benefit from it; they see [MTY] it when they get it, but it soon (disappears/is completely spent).
12 El sueño de un hombre trabajador es dulce, si tiene poco o mucho alimento; pero al que está lleno, el sueño no vendrá.
Those who work hard sleep peacefully [at night], even if they do not have much food to eat. But rich [people] do not sleep well, because [they worry] about their money.
13 Hay un gran mal que he visto bajo el sol: la riqueza guardada por el dueño para ser su perdición.
I have seen [another] terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]: People save [up all] their money and become rich, [but] they are not helped by saving a lot of money,
14 Y vi la destrucción de su riqueza por una mala oportunidad; y cuando llegó a ser padre de un hijo no tenía nada en la mano.
[because] something happens that causes their money to be gone, and when they die, there is no money for their children to get/inherit.
15 Al salir de su madre al nacer, vuelve a ir; no obtiene de su trabajo ninguna recompensa que pueda quitar en su mano.
When we are born, we do not bring anything with us, and when we die, we take nothing with us from all that we have earned by our working hard.
16 Y de nuevo esto es un gran mal, que en todos los puntos, al irse, se irá; ¿Y qué beneficio tiene él trabajando para el viento?
That also seems senseless. People bring nothing [into the world when they are born], and they leave [this world] taking nothing with them. They have worked hard, but they receive no lasting benefit [MET].
17 Todos sus días están en la oscuridad, y él tiene mucha aflicción, dolor, enfermedad y problemas.
[Furthermore, rich people] are always miserable [MET] and sad, and depressed/discouraged and often sick and (resentful/thinking that what has happened to them is unfair).
18 Esto es lo que he visto: es bueno y justo para un hombre comer y beber y tener gozo en toda su obra bajo el sol, todos los días de su vida que Dios le ha dado; Esa es su recompensa.
So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them.
19 Todo hombre a quien Dios le ha dado dinero, riquezas y el poder de tener placer en ello y hacer su parte y tener alegría en su trabajo: esto es dado por Dios.
If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to (enjoy/be happy with) the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are [also] gifts from God.
20 No pensará mucho en los días de su vida; porque Dios le permite ser ocupado con el gozo de su corazón.
Those people do not worry much about [everything that has happened] during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.
