Ecclesiastes 5 - Listen Online

¹ PA ẹsẹ rẹ mọ́ nigbati iwọ ba nlọ si ile Ọlọrun, ki iwọ ki o si mura ati gbọ́ jù ati ṣe irubọ aṣiwère: nitoriti nwọn kò rò pe nwọn nṣe ibi.

¹ 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 Máṣe fi ẹnu rẹ yara, ki o má si jẹ ki aiya rẹ ki o yara sọ ọ̀rọ niwaju Ọlọrun: nitoriti Ọlọrun mbẹ li ọrun, iwọ si mbẹ li aiye: nitorina jẹ ki ọ̀rọ rẹ ki o mọ̀ ni ìwọn.

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 Nitoripe nipa ọ̀pọlọpọ iṣẹ ni alá ti iwá; bẹ̃ni nipa ọ̀pọlọpọ ọ̀rọ li ã mọ̀ ohùn aṣiwère.

³ For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

⁴ Nigbati iwọ ba jẹ ẹjẹ́ fun Ọlọrun, máṣe duro pẹ lati san a: nitori kò ni inu-didun si aṣiwère: san eyi ti iwọ jẹjẹ́.

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 O san ki iwọ ki o má jẹ ẹjẹ́, jù ki iwọ ki o jẹ ẹjẹ́, ki o má san a.

⁵ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

⁶ Máṣe jẹ ki ẹnu rẹ ki o mu ara rẹ ṣẹ̀: ki iwọ ki o má si ṣe wi niwaju iranṣẹ Ọlọrun pe, èṣi li o ṣe: nitori kili Ọlọrun yio ṣe binu si ohùn rẹ, a si ba iṣẹ ọwọ rẹ jẹ?

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 Nitoripe bi ninu ọ̀pọlọpọ alá ni asan wà, bẹ̃ni ninu ọ̀pọlọpọ ọ̀rọ pẹlu: ṣugbọn iwọ bẹ̀ru Ọlọrun.

⁷ For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

⁸ Bi iwọ ba ri inilara awọn olupọnju, ati ifi agbara yi idajọ ati otitọ pada ni igberiko, máṣe jẹ ki ẹnu ki o yà ọ si ọ̀ran na: nitoripe ẹniti o ga jù nṣọ ẹniti o ga, ati ẹni-giga-julọ wà lori wọn.

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 Pẹlupẹlu ère ilẹ ni fun gbogbo enia: a si nsìn ọba tikalarẹ pãpa lati inu oko wa.

⁹ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

¹⁰ Ẹniti o ba fẹ fadaka, fadaka kì yio tẹ́ ẹ lọrun; bẹ̃li ẹniti o fẹ ọrọ̀ kì yio tẹ́ ẹ lọrun: asan li eyi pẹlu.

¹⁰ He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

¹¹ Nigbati ẹrù ba npọ̀ si i, awọn ti o si njẹ ẹ a ma pọ̀ si i: ore ki tilẹ ni fun ẹniti o ni i bikoṣepe ki nwọn ki o ma fi oju wọn wò o?

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 Didùn ni orun oniṣẹ, iba jẹ onjẹ diẹ tabi pupọ: ṣugbọn itẹlọrun ọlọrọ̀ kì ijẹ, ki o sùn.

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 Ibi buburu kan mbẹ ti mo ri labẹ õrùn, eyini ni pe, ọrọ̀ ti a pamọ́ fun ifarapa awọn ti o ni i.

¹³ There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

¹⁴ Nitori ọrọ̀ wọnni a ṣegbe nipa iṣẹ buburu; bi o si bi ọmọkunrin kan, kò ni nkan lọwọ rẹ̀.

¹⁴ But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹⁵ Bi o ti ti inu iya rẹ̀ jade wá, ihoho ni yio si tun pada lọ bi o ti wá, kì yio si mu nkan ninu lãla rẹ̀, ti iba mu lọ lọwọ rẹ̀.

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 Ibi buburu li eyi pẹlu, pe li ọ̀na gbogbo, bi o ti wá, bẹ̃ni yio si lọ: ère ki si ni fun ẹniti nṣe lãla fun afẹfẹ?

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 Li ọjọ rẹ̀ gbogbo pẹlu, o njẹun li òkunkun, o si ni ibinujẹ pupọ ati àrun ati irora rẹ̀.

¹⁷ All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

¹⁸ Kiyesi eyi ti mo ri: o dara o si yẹ fun enia, ki o jẹ, ki o si mu, ki o si ma jẹ alafia ninu gbogbo lãla rẹ̀ ti o ṣe labẹ õrùn, ni iye ọjọ aiye rẹ̀ gbogbo, ti Ọlọrun fi fun u: nitori eyi ni ipin tirẹ̀.

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 Bi Ọlọrun ba fi ọrọ̀ fun ẹnikẹni, ti o si fun u li agbara ati jẹ ninu rẹ̀: ati lati mu ipin rẹ̀, ati lati yọ̀ ninu lãla rẹ eyi; pẹlu ẹ̀bun Ọlọrun ni.

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 Nitoriti kì yio ranti ọjọ aiye rẹ̀ pọju; nitoriti Ọlọrun da a lohùn ninu ayọ̀ ọkàn rẹ̀.

²⁰ For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.