Qoelet 5

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
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.	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.
2 Multas curas sequuntur somnia, et in multis sermonibus invenietur stultitia.	2 Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
3 Si quid vovisti Deo, ne moreris reddere: displicet enim ei stulta promissio;sed, quodcumque voveris, redde.	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.
4 Multoque melius est non vovere, quam postvotum promissa non reddere.	4 And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
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.	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.
6 Ubi multa sunt somnia, plurimaesunt vanitates et sermones innumeri; tu vero Deum time.	6 Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
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;	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:
8 et terrae lucrum in omnibus est rex,cuius agri culti sunt.	8 Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
9 Qui diligit pecuniam, pecunia non implebitur; et, quiamat divitias, fructum non capiet ex eis; et hoc ergo vanitas.	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.
10 Ubi multaesunt opes, multi et qui comedunt eas; et quid prodest possessori, nisi quodcernit divitias oculis suis?	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?
11 Dulcis est somnus operanti, sive parum sive multum comedat; saturitas autem divitis non sinit eum dormire.	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.
12 Est et infirmitas pessima, quam vidi sub sole: divitiae conservatae in malumdomini sui.	12 There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
13 Perierunt enim in negotio pessimo; si generavit filium, in summaegestate erit.	13 For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
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.	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.
15 Miserabilis prorsus infirmitas: quomodo venit, sic revertetur. Quid ergo prodestei quod laboravit in ventum?	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?
16 Cunctis enim diebus vitae suae comedit intenebris et in curis multis et in aerumna atque tristitia.	16 All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
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.	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.
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.	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.
19 Non enim satisrecordabitur dierum vitae suae, eo quod Deus occupet deliciis cor eius.	19 For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,