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.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí àlá tí ń wá, nígbà tí ìlépa púpọ̀ wà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀rọ̀ òmùgọ̀ nígbà tí ọ̀rọ̀ bá pọ̀jù.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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 vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Ó sàn láti má jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́, ju wí pé kí a jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́ kí a má mu ṣẹ lọ.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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 cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7 Asán ni ọ̀pọ̀ àlá àti ọ̀rọ̀ púpọ̀. Nítorí náà dúró nínú ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear 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 thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9 Gbogbo wọn ni ó ń pín èrè tí wọ́n bá rí lórí ilẹ̀, àní ọba pàápàá ń jẹ èrè lórí oko.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
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 loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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 eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them 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 sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Mo ti rí ohun tí ó burú gidigidi lábẹ́ oòrùn ọrọ̀ tí a kó pamọ́ fún ìparun ẹni tó ni nǹkan.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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 he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in 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 a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17 Ó ń jẹ nínú òkùnkùn ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ọ rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú iyè ríra tí ó ga, ìnira àti ìbínú.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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.
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it 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.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in 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.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
