Mangangaral 5
1 Ingatan ang inyong pag-uugali kapag kayo ay nasa tahanan ng Diyos. Magtungo doon para makinig. Mas mabuti ang pakikinig kaysa mga handog ng mga mangmang habang hindi nalalaman na ang kanilang ginagawa sa buhay ay masama.
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 Huwag agad-agad magsasalita ang inyong bibig, at huwag hayaan ang inyong puso ay agad-agad maghain ng anumang bagay sa harapan ng Diyos. Ang Diyos ay nasa langit, ngunit ikaw ay nasa ibabaw ng mundo, kaya hayaang kakaunti ang iyong mga salita.
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 Kapag ikaw ay napakaraming ginagawa at iniintindi, ikaw ay maaaring magkaroon ng mga masamang panaginip. At habang dumadami ang iyong sinasabi, lalong dumadami ang mga kahangalang maaaring masasabi mo pa.
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 Kapag ikaw ay mamamanata sa Diyos, huwag patagalin ang pagtupad nito, dahil walang kasiyahan ang Diyos sa mga mangmang. Gawin ang iyong panata.
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 Mas mainam pa na hindi magbigay ng isang panata kaysa magbigay ng isa na hindi mo naman matutupad.
It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
6 Huwag hayaan ang inyong mga bibig ay magdulot ng kasalanan sa inyong katawan. Huwag ninyong sabihin sa tagapagbalita ng pari, “Ang panatang iyon ay isang pagkakamali.” Bakit ginagalit ang Diyos sa maling panata, hinahamon ang Diyos upang wasakin ang gawa ng iyong mga kamay?
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 Kaya sa maraming mga panaginip, katulad ng maraming mga salita, ito ay walang kabuluhang parang singaw. Kaya matakot sa Diyos.
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 Kapag nakikita mong inaapi ang mahihirap at pinagnanakawan ng katarungan at wastong pagtrato sa iyong lalawigan, huwag magtaka na para bang walang nakaka-alam, dahil mayroong mga taong nasa kapangyarihan na nangangalaga sa kanilang nasasakupan at mayroon pang mas mataas sa kanila.
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 Karagdagan pa, ang ani ng lupain ay para sa lahat, at nakikinabang ang hari mismo sa ani mula sa mga bukirin.
and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
10 Sinumang nagmamahal sa pilak ay hindi masisiyahan sa pilak, at sinuman ang nagmamahal sa yaman ay maghahangad pa nang marami. Ito din ay parang singaw.
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 Habang nadaragdagan ang kasaganaan, gayon din naman ang mga taong nangangailangan nito. Anong pakinabang sa may-ari ng yaman ang mayroon ito kundi pagmasdan ito ng kaniyang mga mata?
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 Ang tulog ng isang manggagawa ay mahimbing, kahit kaunti ang kinain o napakarami, ngunit ang kayamanan ng taong mayaman ay hindi siya pinahihintulutang matulog nang mahimbing.
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 Mayroon isang malubhang kasamaan na aking nakita sa ilalim ng araw: mga kayamanang inimbak ng may-ari, nagdudulot ng sarili niyang kapighatian.
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 Kapag nawala ng mayaman na tao ang kaniyang kayamanan dahil sa kamalasan, ang sarili niyang anak, na kaniyang inaruga ay walang naiwang anuman sa kaniyang mga kamay.
[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 Gaya ng isang taong ipinanganak nang hubad mula sa sinapupunan ng kaniyang ina, gayon din hubad niyang iiwan ang buhay na ito. Walang madadala ang kaniyang kamay mula sa kaniyang paggawa.
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 Isa pang malubhang kasamaan ay kung paanong dumating ang isang tao, gayon din siya dapat umalis. Kaya anong pakinabang ang makukuha ng sinuman na gumagawa para sa hangin?
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 Sa kaniyang kapanahunan, kumakain siya kasama ang kadiliman at lubhang balisa sa kaniyang karamdaman at galit.
[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 Pagmasdan mo, ang nakita kong mabuti at karapat-dapat ay kumain at uminom at magsaya sa pakinabang mula sa lahat ng ating gawain, habang tayo ay gumagawa sa ilalim ng araw sa lahat ng mga araw nitong buhay na ibinigay ng Diyos sa atin. Dahil ito ang bahagi ng tao.
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 Ang sinumang pinagkalooban ng Diyos ng kayamanan, kasaganaan at ang kakayahang tanggapin ang kaniyang bahagi at magalak sa kaniyang gawain – ito ay isang kaloob mula sa Diyos.
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 Sapagkat hindi niya madalas inaalala ang mga araw ng kaniyang buhay, dahil ginagawa ng Diyos na siya ay maging abala sa mga bagay na nasisiyahan niyang gawin.
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.
