Ecclesiastes 5
1 Ṣọ́ ìrìn rẹ nígbà tí o bá lọ sí ilé Ọlọ́run. Kí ìwọ kí ó sì múra láti gbọ́ ju àti ṣe ìrúbọ aṣiwèrè, tí kò mọ̀ wí pé òun ń ṣe búburú.
Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.
2 Má ṣe yára pẹ̀lú ẹnu un rẹ, má sọ ohunkóhun níwájú Ọlọ́run. Ọlọ́run ń bẹ ní ọ̀run ìwọ sì wà ní ayé, nítorí náà jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ mọ ní ìwọ̀n.
Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.
3 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí àlá tí ń wá, nígbà tí ìlépa púpọ̀ wà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀rọ̀ òmùgọ̀ nígbà tí ọ̀rọ̀ bá pọ̀jù.
For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
4 Nígbà tí o bá ṣe ìlérí sí Ọlọ́run, má ṣe pẹ́ ní mímúṣẹ, kò ní inú dídùn sí òmùgọ̀, mú ìlérí rẹ sẹ.
When thou hast vowed a vowe to God, deferre not to pay it: for he deliteth not in fooles: pay therefore that thou hast vowed.
5 Ó sàn láti má jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́, ju wí pé kí a jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́ kí a má mu ṣẹ lọ.
It is better that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vow and not pay it.
6 Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnu rẹ tì ọ́ sínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Má sì ṣe sọ fún òjíṣẹ́ ilé ìsìn pé, “Àṣìṣe ni ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.” Kí ló dé tí Ọlọ́run fi le è bínú sí ọ, kí ó sì ba iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ rẹ jẹ́?
Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?
7 Asán ni ọ̀pọ̀ àlá àti ọ̀rọ̀ púpọ̀. Nítorí náà dúró nínú ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run.
For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.
8 Bí o bá rí tálákà tí wọ́n ń ni lára ní ojú púpọ̀, tí a sì ń fi òtítọ́ àti ẹ̀tọ́ rẹ̀ dù ú, má ṣe jẹ́ kí ó yà ọ́ lẹ́nu láti rí irú nǹkan bẹ́ẹ̀, nítorí pé ẹni tí ó wà ní ipò gíga máa ń mọ́ òṣìṣẹ́ tí ó wà lábẹ́ rẹ̀ lójú ni, síbẹ̀ àwọn kan sì wà tí wọ́n jẹ́ olórí àwọn méjèèjì.
If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.
9 Gbogbo wọn ni ó ń pín èrè tí wọ́n bá rí lórí ilẹ̀, àní ọba pàápàá ń jẹ èrè lórí oko.
And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King also consisteth by the fielde that is tilled.
10 Ẹni tí ó bá ní ìfẹ́ owó kì í ní owó ànító, ẹni tí ó bá ní ìfẹ́ sí ọrọ̀ kì í ní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn pẹ̀lú èrè tí ó ń wọlé fún un.
He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.
11 Bí ẹrù bá ti ń pọ̀ sí i, náà ni àwọn tí ó ń jẹ ẹ́ yóò máa pọ̀ sí i Èrè e kí ni wọ́n sì jẹ́ sí ẹni tí ó ni nǹkan bí kò ṣe pé, kí ó máa mú inú ara rẹ dùn nípa rí rí wọn?
When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?
12 Oorun alágbàṣe a máa dùn, yálà ó jẹun kékeré ni tàbí ó jẹun púpọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀pọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ ọlọ́rọ̀ kì í jẹ́ kí ó sùn rárá.
The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.
13 Mo ti rí ohun tí ó burú gidigidi lábẹ́ oòrùn ọrọ̀ tí a kó pamọ́ fún ìparun ẹni tó ni nǹkan.
There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.
14 Tàbí ọrọ̀ tí ó sọnù nípa àìrí ojúrere, nítorí wí pé bí ó bá ní ọmọkùnrin kò sí ohun tí yóò fi sílẹ̀ fún un.
And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
15 Ìhòhò ni ènìyàn wá láti inú ìyá rẹ̀, bí ó sì ṣe wá, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni yóò kúrò kò sí ohunkóhun nínú iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ tí ó le mú ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shall beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.
16 Ohun búburú gbá à ni eléyìí pàápàá. Bí ènìyàn ṣe wá, ni yóò lọ kí wá ni èrè tí ó jẹ nígbà tí ó ṣe wàhálà fún afẹ́fẹ́?
And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?
17 Ó ń jẹ nínú òkùnkùn ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ọ rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú iyè ríra tí ó ga, ìnira àti ìbínú.
Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.
18 Nígbà náà ni mo wá rí i dájú pé, ó dára, ó sì tọ̀nà fún ènìyàn láti jẹ, kí ó mu, kí ó sì ní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nínú iṣẹ́ wàhálà rẹ̀ lábẹ́ oòrùn, ní àkókò ọjọ́ ayé díẹ̀ tí Ọlọ́run ti fi fún un, nítorí ìpín rẹ̀ ni èyí.
Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.
19 Síwájú sí, nígbà tí Ọlọ́run fún ẹnikẹ́ni ní ọrọ̀ àti ohun ìní, tí ó sì fún un lágbára láti gbádùn wọn, láti gba ìpín rẹ̀ kí inú rẹ̀ sì dùn sí iṣẹ́ rẹ—ẹ̀bùn Ọlọ́run ni èyí.
Also to euery man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures, and giueth him power to eate thereof, and to take his part, and to enioy his labour: this is the gift of God.
20 Ó máa ń ronú lẹ́ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nípa ọjọ́ ayé rẹ lẹ́ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nítorí pé Ọlọ́run ń pa á mọ́ pẹ̀lú inú dídùn ní ọkàn rẹ̀.
Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.
