敬畏上帝

你进入上帝的殿时要小心谨慎,近前倾听胜过愚人献祭,因为他们不知道自己是在作恶。 在上帝面前不要冒失开口,不可急于发言,因为祂在天上,你在地上。所以,你要少言寡语。

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Fulfill Your Vow to God

[a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Do not be quick with your mouth,
    do not be hasty in your heart
    to utter anything before God.(A)
God is in heaven
    and you are on earth,
    so let your words be few.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.