Qoelet 5

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
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 Be in no hurry to speak; do not hastily declare yourself before God; for God is in heaven, you on earth.Be sparing, then, of speech:
2 Multas curas sequuntur somnia, et in multis sermonibus invenietur stultitia.	2 From too much worrying comes illusion, from too much talking, the accents of fol y.
3 Si quid vovisti Deo, ne moreris reddere: displicet enim ei stulta promissio;sed, quodcumque voveris, redde.	3 If you make a vow to God, discharge it without delay, for God has no love for fools. Discharge your vow.
4 Multoque melius est non vovere, quam postvotum promissa non reddere.	4 Better a vow unmade than made and not discharged.
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 Do not al ow your mouth to make a sinner of you, and do not say to the messenger that it was amistake. Why give God occasion to be angry with you and ruin al the work that you have done?
6 Ubi multa sunt somnia, plurimaesunt vanitates et sermones innumeri; tu vero Deum time.	6 From too many illusions come futility and too much talk. Therefore, 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 in a province you see the poor oppressed, fair judgement and justice violated, do not be surprised, forover every official there watches a higher official, and over these, higher officials stil .
8 et terrae lucrum in omnibus est rex,cuius agri culti sunt.	8 But what the land yields is for the benefit of al , a king is served by the fields.
9 Qui diligit pecuniam, pecunia non implebitur; et, quiamat divitias, fructum non capiet ex eis; et hoc ergo vanitas.	9 No one who loves money ever has enough, no one who loves luxury has any income; this, too, is futile.
10 Ubi multaesunt opes, multi et qui comedunt eas; et quid prodest possessori, nisi quodcernit divitias oculis suis?	10 Where goods abound, parasites abound: where is the owner's profit, apart from feasting his eyes?
11 Dulcis est somnus operanti, sive parum sive multum comedat; saturitas autem divitis non sinit eum dormire.	11 The labourer's sleep is sweet, whether he has eaten little or much, but the surfeit of the rich wil not lethim sleep at al .
12 Est et infirmitas pessima, quam vidi sub sole: divitiae conservatae in malumdomini sui.	12 Something grossly unjust I observe under the sun: riches stored and turning to loss for their owner.
13 Perierunt enim in negotio pessimo; si generavit filium, in summaegestate erit.	13 An unlucky venture, and those riches are lost; a son is born to him, and he has nothing to leave him.
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 Naked from his mother's womb he came; as naked as he came wil he depart; not one of hisachievements can he take with him.
15 Miserabilis prorsus infirmitas: quomodo venit, sic revertetur. Quid ergo prodestei quod laboravit in ventum?	15 And something else grossly unjust: that as he came, so must he go; what profit can he show aftertoiling to earn the wind,
16 Cunctis enim diebus vitae suae comedit intenebris et in curis multis et in aerumna atque tristitia.	16 as he spends the rest of his days in darkness, mourning, many sorrows, sickness and exasperation.
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 So my conclusion is this: true happiness lies in eating and drinking and enjoying whatever has beenachieved under the sun, throughout the life given by God: for this is the lot of humanity.
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 whenever God gives someone riches and property, with the ability to enjoy them and to findcontentment in work, this is a gift from God.
19 Non enim satisrecordabitur dierum vitae suae, eo quod Deus occupet deliciis cor eius.	19 For such a person wil hardly notice the passing of time, so long as God keeps his heart occupied withjoy.