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Eclesiastés 5
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Eclesiastés 5
Reina Valera Contemporánea
No hagas votos a la ligera
5 Cuando vayas a la casa de Dios, refrena tus pasos. En vez de acercarte para ofrecer sacrificios de gente necia, que no sabe que hace mal, acércate para oír. 2 No permitas que tu boca ni tu corazón se apresuren a decir nada delante de Dios, porque Dios está en el cielo y tú estás en la tierra. Por lo tanto, habla lo menos que puedas, 3 porque si te preocupas mucho, tienes pesadillas; y si hablas mucho, dices tonterías.
4 Cuando le hagas una promesa a Dios, no tardes en cumplírsela, porque a Dios no le agrada la gente necia. Cumple lo que prometas, 5 porque es mejor que no prometas, y no que prometas y no cumplas.
6 No permitas que tus labios te hagan pecar, ni digas delante del ángel que lo hiciste por ignorancia. ¿Para qué provocar que Dios se enoje por tus palabras, y que destruya todo lo que has hecho?
7 Tú debes temer a Dios. Porque cuando los sueños aumentan, también aumentan las palabras huecas.
La vanidad de la vida
8 Si en tu provincia ves que se oprime a los pobres, y que se tuercen el derecho y la justicia, esto no debe asombrarte, porque sobre un alto oficial hay otro más alto, y por encima de ellos hay uno más alto. 9 ¿Y qué provecho saca la tierra de todo esto? ¿Acaso el rey está al servicio del campo?
10 Quien ama el dinero, jamás tiene suficiente. Quien ama las riquezas, nunca recibe bastante. ¡Y también esto es vanidad! 11 Cuando aumentan los bienes, aumentan los comensales. ¿Y qué gana su dueño con esto, aparte de poder contemplar sus bienes?
12 El que trabaja tiene dulces sueños, aun cuando coma mucho o coma poco. En cambio, al rico tanta abundancia le quita el sueño.
13 He visto un mal terrible bajo el sol, y es que las riquezas acumuladas acaban por perjudicar a sus dueños, 14 pues se pueden perder en un mal negocio, ¡y a los hijos que tuvo no les deja nada! 15 Al final, se va tal como vino, es decir, tan desnudo como cuando salió del vientre de su madre, ¡y nada se lleva de todo su trabajo! 16 También esto es un mal terrible, que se vaya tal como vino. ¿De qué le sirvió tanto trabajar para nada? 17 Para colmo, toda su vida la pasa comiendo a oscuras, y en medio de muchos afanes, dolores y miseria.
18 Pero algo bueno he visto. Y es que no hay nada mejor que comer y beber y gozar, cada día de nuestra vida, del fruto del trabajo con que nos agobiamos bajo el sol. Ésa es la herencia que de Dios hemos recibido. 19 A cada uno de nosotros Dios nos ha dado riquezas y bienes, y también nos ha dado el derecho de consumirlas. Tomar nuestra parte y disfrutar de nuestro trabajo es un don de Dios. 20 Y como Dios nos llena de alegría el corazón, no nos preocupamos mucho por los días de nuestra vida.
Ecclésiaste 5
Louis Segond
Ecclésiaste 5
Louis Segond
5 (4:17) Prends garde à ton pied, lorsque tu entres dans la maison de Dieu; approche-toi pour écouter, plutôt que pour offrir le sacrifice des insensés, car ils ne savent pas qu'ils font mal.
2 (5:1) Ne te presse pas d'ouvrir la bouche, et que ton coeur ne se hâte pas d'exprimer une parole devant Dieu; car Dieu est au ciel, et toi sur la terre: que tes paroles soient donc peu nombreuses.
3 (5:2) Car, si les songes naissent de la multitude des occupations, la voix de l'insensé se fait entendre dans la multitude des paroles.
4 (5:3) Lorsque tu as fait un voeu à Dieu, ne tarde pas à l'accomplir, car il n'aime pas les insensés: accomplis le voeu que tu as fait.
5 (5:4) Mieux vaut pour toi ne point faire de voeu, que d'en faire un et de ne pas l'accomplir.
6 (5:5) Ne permets pas à ta bouche de faire pécher ta chair, et ne dis pas en présence de l'envoyé que c'est une inadvertance. Pourquoi Dieu s'irriterait-il de tes paroles, et détruirait-il l'ouvrage de tes mains?
7 (5:6) Car, s'il y a des vanités dans la multitude des songes, il y en a aussi dans beaucoup de paroles; c'est pourquoi, crains Dieu.
8 (5:7) Si tu vois dans une province le pauvre opprimé et la violation du droit et de la justice, ne t'en étonne point; car un homme élevé est placé sous la surveillance d'un autre plus élevé, et au-dessus d'eux il en est de plus élevés encore.
9 (5:8) Un avantage pour le pays à tous égards, c'est un roi honoré du pays.
10 (5:9) Celui qui aime l'argent n'est pas rassasié par l'argent, et celui qui aime les richesses n'en profite pas. C'est encore là une vanité.
11 (5:10) Quand le bien abonde, ceux qui le mangent abondent; et quel avantage en revient-il à son possesseur, sinon qu'il le voit de ses yeux?
12 (5:11) Le sommeil du travailleur est doux, qu'il ait peu ou beaucoup à manger; mais le rassasiement du riche ne le laisse pas dormir.
13 (5:12) Il est un mal grave que j'ai vu sous le soleil: des richesses conservées, pour son malheur, par celui qui les possède.
14 (5:13) Ces richesses se perdent par quelque événement fâcheux; il a engendré un fils, et il ne reste rien entre ses mains.
15 (5:14) Comme il est sorti du ventre de sa mère, il s'en retourne nu ainsi qu'il était venu, et pour son travail n'emporte rien qu'il puisse prendre dans sa main.
16 (5:15) C'est encore là un mal grave. Il s'en va comme il était venu; et quel avantage lui revient-il d'avoir travaillé pour du vent?
17 (5:16) De plus, toute sa vie il mange dans les ténèbres, et il a beaucoup de chagrin, de maux et d'irritation.
18 (5:17) Voici ce que j'ai vu: c'est pour l'homme une chose bonne et belle de manger et de boire, et de jouir du bien-être au milieu de tout le travail qu'il fait sous le soleil, pendant le nombre des jours de vie que Dieu lui a donnés; car c'est là sa part.
19 (5:18) Mais, si Dieu a donné à un homme des richesses et des biens, s'il l'a rendu maître d'en manger, d'en prendre sa part, et de se réjouir au milieu de son travail, c'est là un don de Dieu.
20 (5:19) Car il ne se souviendra pas beaucoup des jours de sa vie, parce que Dieu répand la joie dans son coeur.
Ecclesiastes 5
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5
King James Version
5 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 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 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
4 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 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 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 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8 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 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11 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 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 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 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 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 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18 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 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 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Ecclesiastes 5
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5
New International Version
Fulfill Your Vow to God
5 [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.
2 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)
3 A dream(C) comes when there are many cares,
and many words mark the speech of a fool.(D)
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.(E) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.(F) 5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.(G) 6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? 7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.(H)
Riches Are Meaningless
8 If you see the poor oppressed(I) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. 9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.(J)
13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(K)
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14 or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
there is nothing left for them to inherit.
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.(L)
They take nothing from their toil(M)
that they can carry in their hands.(N)
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(O)
17 All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(P) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(Q) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot. 19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions,(R) and the ability to enjoy them,(S) to accept their lot(T) and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.(U) 20 They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.(V)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
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