Ecclesiastes 5 #catechesis/bible/ecclesiastes
[!abstract] Caution in words. Vows are to be paid. Riches are often pernicious: the moderate use of them is the gift of God.
Book: Ecclesiastes · ← Ecclesiastes 4 · Ecclesiastes 6 →
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GR μὴ σπεῦδε ἐπὶ στόματί σου καὶ καρδία σου μὴ ταχυνάτω τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι λόγον πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ σὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔστωσαν οἱ λόγοι σου ὀλίγοι
LA Ne temere quid loquaris, neque cor tuum sit velox ad proferendum sermonem coram Deo. Deus enim in cælo, et tu super terram; idcirco sint pauci sermones tui.
EN Speak not anything rashly, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
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GR ὅτι παραγίνεται ἐνύπνιον ἐν πλήθει περισπασμοῦ καὶ φωνὴ ἄφρονος ἐν πλήθει λόγων
LA Multas curas sequuntur somnia, et in multis sermonibus invenietur stultitia.
EN Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
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GR καθὼς ἂν εὔξῃ εὐχὴν τῷ θεῷ μὴ χρονίσῃς τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτήν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν θέλημα ἐν ἄφροσιν σὺν ὅσα ἐὰν εὔξῃ ἀπόδος
LA Si quid vovisti Deo, ne moreris reddere: displicet enim ei infidelis et stulta promissio, sed quodcumque voveris redde:
EN If you have vowed anything to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him: but whatsoever you have vowed, pay it.
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GR ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ εὔξασθαί σε ἢ τὸ εὔξασθαί σε καὶ μὴ ἀποδοῦναι
LA multoque melius est non vovere, quam post votum promissa non reddere.
EN And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
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GR μὴ δῷς τὸ στόμα σου τοῦ ἐξαμαρτῆσαι τὴν σάρκα σου καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι ἄγνοιά ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ ὀργισθῇ ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ φωνῇ σου καὶ διαφθείρῃ τὰ ποιήματα χειρῶν σου
LA Ne dederis os tuum ut peccare facias carnem tuam, neque dicas coram angelo: Non est providentia: ne forte iratus Deus contra sermones tuos dissipet cuncta opera manuum tuarum.
EN Give not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at your words, and destroy all the works of your hands.
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GR ὅτι ἐν πλήθει ἐνυπνίων καὶ ματαιότητες καὶ λόγοι πολλοί ὅτι σὺν τὸν θεὸν φοβοῦ
LA Ubi multa sunt somnia, plurimæ sunt vanitates, et sermones innumeri; tu vero Deum time.
EN Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but fear God.
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GR ἐὰν συκοφαντίαν πένητος καὶ ἁρπαγὴν κρίματος καὶ δικαιοσύνης ἴδῃς ἐν χώρᾳ μὴ θαυμάσῃς ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι ὅτι ὑψηλὸς ἐπάνω ὑψηλοῦ φυλάξαι καὶ ὑψηλοὶ ἐπ’ αὐτούς
LA Si videris calumnias egenorum, et violenta judicia, et subverti justitiam in provincia, non mireris super hoc negotio: quia excelso excelsior est alius, et super hos quoque eminentiores sunt alii;
EN If you shall 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 has another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
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GR καὶ περισσεία γῆς ἐν παντί ἐστι βασιλεὺς τοῦ ἀγροῦ εἰργασμένου
LA et insuper universæ terræ rex imperat servienti.
EN Moreover there is the king that reigns over all the land subject to him.
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GR ἀγαπῶν ἀργύριον οὐ πλησθήσεται ἀργυρίου καὶ τίς ἠγάπησεν ἐν πλήθει αὐτῶν γένημα καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης
LA Avarus non implebitur pecunia, et qui amat divitias fructum non capiet ex eis; et hoc ergo vanitas.
EN A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loves riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
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GR ἐν πλήθει τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης ἐπληθύνθησαν ἔσθοντες αὐτήν καὶ τί ἀνδρεία τῷ παρ’ αὐτῆς ὅτι ἀλλ’ ἢ τοῦ ὁρᾶν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ
LA Ubi multæ sunt opes, multi et qui comedunt eas. Et quid prodest possessori, nisi quod cernit divitias oculis suis?
EN Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what does it profit the owner, but that he sees the riches with his eyes?
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GR γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου εἰ ὀλίγον καὶ εἰ πολὺ φάγεται καὶ τῷ ἐμπλησθέντι τοῦ πλουτῆσαι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφίων αὐτὸν τοῦ ὑπνῶσαι
LA Dulcis est somnus operanti, sive parum sive multum comedat; saturitas autem divitis non sinit eum dormire.
EN Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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GR ἔστιν ἀρρωστία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον πλοῦτον φυλασσόμενον τῷ παρ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς κακίαν αὐτοῦ
LA Est et alia infirmitas pessima quam vidi sub sole: divitiæ conservatæ in malum domini sui.
EN There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
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GR καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ πλοῦτος ἐκεῖνος ἐν περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱόν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν
LA Pereunt enim in afflictione pessima: generavit filium qui in summa egestate erit.
EN For they are lost with very great affliction: he has begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
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GR καθὼς ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ γυμνός ἐπιστρέψει τοῦ πορευθῆναι ὡς ἥκει καὶ οὐδὲν οὐ λήμψεται ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ἵνα πορευθῇ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ
LA Sicut egressus est nudus de utero matris suæ, sic revertetur, et nihil auferet secum de labore suo.
EN As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.
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GR καί γε τοῦτο πονηρὰ ἀρρωστία ὥσπερ γὰρ παρεγένετο οὕτως καὶ ἀπελεύσεται καὶ τίς περισσεία αὐτῷ ᾗ μοχθεῖ εἰς ἄνεμον
LA Miserabilis prorsus infirmitas: quomodo venit, sic revertetur. Quid ergo prodest ei quod laboravit in ventum?
EN A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then does it profit him that he has laboured for the wind?
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GR καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει καὶ πένθει καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ καὶ ἀρρωστίᾳ καὶ χόλῳ
LA cunctis diebus vitæ suæ comedit in tenebris, et in curis multis, et in ærumna atque tristitia.
EN All the days of his life he eats in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
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GR ἰδοὺ ὃ εἶδον ἐγὼ ἀγαθόν ὅ ἐστιν καλόν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τοῦ πιεῖν καὶ τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἀγαθωσύνην ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ᾧ ἐὰν μοχθῇ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ἀριθμὸν ἡμερῶν ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ὧν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ
LA Hoc itaque visum est mihi bonum, ut comedat quis et bibat, et fruatur lætitia ex labore suo quo laboravit ipse sub sole, numero dierum vitæ suæ quos dedit ei Deus; et hæc est pars illius.
EN This therefore has seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he has laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God has given him: and this is his portion.
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GR καί γε πᾶς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ᾧ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς πλοῦτον καὶ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ ἐξουσίασεν αὐτὸν τοῦ φαγεῖν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ λαβεῖν τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ τοῦτο δόμα θεοῦ ἐστιν
LA Et omni homini cui dedit Deus divitias atque substantiam, potestatemque ei tribuit ut comedat ex eis, et fruatur parte sua, et lætetur de labore suo: hoc est donum Dei.
EN And every man to whom God has given riches, and substance, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.
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GR ὅτι οὐ πολλὰ μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς περισπᾷ αὐτὸν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καρδίας αὐτοῦ
LA Non enim satis recordabitur dierum vitæ suæ, eo quod Deus occupet deliciis cor ejus.
EN For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertains his heart with delight.
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