Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 5

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¹ Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.	¹ Ne temere quid loquaris, neque cor tuum sit velox ad proferen dumsermonem coram Deo; Deus enim in caelo, et tu super terram: idcirco sint paucisermones tui.
² Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.	² Multas curas sequuntur somnia, et in multis sermonibus invenietur stultitia.
³ If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.	³ Si quid vovisti Deo, ne moreris reddere: displicet enim ei stulta promissio;sed, quodcumque voveris, redde.
⁴ And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.	⁴ Multoque melius est non vovere, quam postvotum promissa non reddere.
⁵ Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.	⁵ Ne dederis os tuum, ut peccare faciat carnem tuam,neque dicas coram angelo: “ Error fuit ”; ne forte iratus Deus contrasermones tuos dissipet opera manuum tuarum.
⁶ Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.	⁶ Ubi multa sunt somnia, plurimaesunt vanitates et sermones innumeri; tu vero Deum time.
⁷ If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:	⁷ Si videris calumnias egenorum et subreptionem iudicii et iustitiae inprovincia, non mireris super hoc negotio, quia excelso excelsior vigilat, etsuper hos quoque eminentiores sunt alii;
⁸ Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.	⁸ et terrae lucrum in omnibus est rex,cuius agri culti sunt.
⁹ A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.	⁹ Qui diligit pecuniam, pecunia non implebitur; et, quiamat divitias, fructum non capiet ex eis; et hoc ergo vanitas.
¹⁰ Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?	¹⁰ Ubi multaesunt opes, multi et qui comedunt eas; et quid prodest possessori, nisi quodcernit divitias oculis suis?
¹¹ Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.	¹¹ Dulcis est somnus operanti, sive parum sive multum comedat; saturitas autem divitis non sinit eum dormire.
¹² There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.	¹² Est et infirmitas pessima, quam vidi sub sole: divitiae conservatae in malumdomini sui.
¹³ For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.	¹³ Perierunt enim in negotio pessimo; si generavit filium, in summaegestate erit.
¹⁴ As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.	¹⁴ Sicut egressus est de utero matris suae, nudus iterum abibit,sicut venit, et nihil auferet secum de labore suo, quod tollat in manu sua.
¹⁵ A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?	¹⁵ Miserabilis prorsus infirmitas: quomodo venit, sic revertetur. Quid ergo prodestei quod laboravit in ventum?
¹⁶ All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.	¹⁶ Cunctis enim diebus vitae suae comedit intenebris et in curis multis et in aerumna atque tristitia.
¹⁷ This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.	¹⁷ Ecce quod ego vidibonum, quod pulchrum, ut comedat quis et bibat et fruatur laetitia ex laboresuo, quo laboravit ipse sub sole, numero dierum vitae suae, quos dedit ei Deus;haec enim est pars illius.
¹⁸ And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.	¹⁸ Et quidem omni homini, cui dedit Deus divitiasatque substantiam, potestatemque ei tribuit, ut comedat ex eis et tollat partemsuam et laetetur de labore suo: hoc est donum Dei.
¹⁹ For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,	¹⁹ Non enim satisrecordabitur dierum vitae suae, eo quod Deus occupet deliciis cor eius.