Ecclesiastes 5
1 When you enter God’s temple, you should be sure to listen carefully. Doing that is better than offering sacrifices to God [and then not obeying him], which is foolish.
Bantayam dagiti tigtignaymo no mapanka iti balay ti Dios. Mapanka idiay a dumngeg. Nasaysayaat iti panagdengngeg ngem kadagiti maag nga agidatdaton kabayatan a saanda nga ammo a kinadangkes ti ar-aramidenda iti biag.
2 Think carefully before you speak [MTY] or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. [Do not forget that] God is in heaven [and he is all-powerful] and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you [make any promises to God].
Saanka nga agdarasudos unay nga agsao, ken saanmo a palubosan ti pusom nga agdarasudos unay a mangiyeg iti aniaman a banag iti sangoanan ti Dios. Adda ti Dios idiay langit, ngem addaka iti rabaw ti daga, isu a bassitem laeng koma dagiti sasaom.
3 If you are continually thinking [and worrying] about things, you will have bad dreams about them and not rest [well]. And the more you talk, the more likely it will be that you will say things that are foolish.
No adda ti adu unay a banag nga aramidem ken pakadanagam, mabalin nga agtagtagainepka iti dakes. Ken no ad-adu dagiti sasasoem, ad-adu ti maibagam a minamaag.
4 When you solemnly promise God that you will do something, do not be foolish by delaying in doing it, because God is not pleased with foolish people. Do [all] the things that you promise God that you will do.
No agsapataka iti Dios, saanmo nga itantan nga aramiden daytoy, ta saan a maragsakan ti Dios kadagiti maag. Aramidem ti insapatam nga aramiden.
5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
Nasaysayaat ti saan nga agsapata ngem ti agsapata a saanmo a tungpalen.
6 Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And [when you promise God to do something and do not do it], do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly [RHQ] become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you [SYN] have worked to acquire.
Saanmo a palubosan ti ngiwatmo a pakaigapuan ti panagbasol ti lasagmo. Saanmo nga ibaga iti mensahero ti padi, “Biddut dayta a sapata. “Apay a papungtotem ti Dios babaen iti panagsapatam a siuulbod, a mangparparurod iti Dios tapno dadaelenna dagiti aramid dagiti imam?
7 Promising to do something and not doing it is like [SIM] a dream that has no value; instead, revere God [by doing what you promised him that you would do].
Ta iti adu a tagtagainep, kas iti adu a sasao, ket adda ti awan kaipapananna nga alingasaw. Isu nga agbutengka iti Dios.
8 Do not be surprised if you see poor [people] being (oppressed/treated cruelly) [by powerful/influential people], or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. [That happens] because the people who do that are supervised [and cheated by] more important officials [DOU],
No makitam dagiti marigrigat a maidaddadanes ken mataktakawan iti nalinteg ken umno a panangtrato iti probinsiam, saanka a masdaaw a kasla awan ti makaammo, gapu ta adda dagiti tattao nga addaan iti pannakabalin a mangkitkita kadagiti adda iti babaenda, ken adda pay dagiti nangatngato ngem kadakuada.
9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
Kanayonna pay, dagiti bunga iti daga ket para iti amin ken ti ari a mismo ket mangal-ala kadagiti bunga manipud kadagiti talon.
10 Everyone who tries to [get as much] money as they can will never think that they have enough. They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. That also is senseless.
Siasinoman a mangay-ayat iti pirak ket saan a mapnek iti pirak ken siasinoman a mangay-ayat iti kinabaknang ket kankanayon nga agtarigagay iti ad-adu pay. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng.
11 The more money that we have, the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them. So people who have a lot of money do not [RHQ] benefit from it; they see [MTY] it when they get it, but it soon (disappears/is completely spent).
Kas umad-adu ti kinabaknang, kasta met nga umad-adu dagiti tattao a mangibus iti daytoy. Ania ti pagsayaatan ti kinabaknang iti akinkukua malaksid iti panangbuybuyana iti daytoy?
12 Those who work hard sleep peacefully [at night], even if they do not have much food to eat. But rich [people] do not sleep well, because [they worry] about their money.
Nasimbeng ti panagturog ti agtrabtrabaho a tao, mangan man isuna iti bassit wenno adu, ngem ti tao a nabaknang ket saan nga palubosan isuna ti kinabaknangna a makaturog iti nasayaat.
13 I have seen [another] terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]: People save [up all] their money and become rich, [but] they are not helped by saving a lot of money,
Adda ti nakaro a kinadakes a nakitak iti baba ti init: kinabaknang nga iduldulin ti akinkukua, a pagbanbanagan ti bukodna a panagrigat.
14 [because] something happens that causes their money to be gone, and when they die, there is no money for their children to get/inherit.
No mapukaw ti nabaknang a tao ti kinabaknangna babaen iti dakes a gasat, ket awan pulos ti mabati kadagiti ima ti bukodna nga anak a lalaki, nga isu ti nagbalinanna nga ama.
15 When we are born, we do not bring anything with us, and when we die, we take nothing with us from all that we have earned by our working hard.
Kas naiyanak ti tao a lamolamo manipud iti aanakan ti inana, kasta met nga ibatinanto daytoy a biag a lamolamo. Awan ti maalana kadagiti imana manipud iti trabahona.
16 That also seems senseless. People bring nothing [into the world when they are born], and they leave [this world] taking nothing with them. They have worked hard, but they receive no lasting benefit [MET].
Maysa pay a dakes unay ket kas iti wagas nga immay ti tao, ket kasta met laeng a masapul a pumanaw isuna. Isu nga ania ti magunggona ti siasinoman ti panagtrabtrabahona para iti angin?
17 [Furthermore, rich people] are always miserable [MET] and sad, and depressed/discouraged and often sick and (resentful/thinking that what has happened to them is unfair).
Kabayatan dagiti al-aldawna, mangmangan isuna iti kasipngetan ken kasta unay ti panagrigrigatna gapu iti sakit ken pungtot.
18 So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them.
Kitaem, ti nakitak a nasayaat ken maitutop ket ti mangan, uminom ken ti agragsak kadagiti gunggona manipud kadagiti amin a trabahotayo, kas agbannogtayo iti baba ti init kabayatan dagiti aldaw iti daytoy a biag nga inted kadatayo ti Dios. Ta daytoy ti naited nga aramiden ti tao.
19 If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to (enjoy/be happy with) the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are [also] gifts from God.
Siasinoman a nangitedan ti Dios ti kinabaknang ken sanikua ken ti kabaelan a mangawat iti bingay ken rag-o iti trabahona—sagut daytoy manipud iti Dios.
20 Those people do not worry much about [everything that has happened] during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.
Ta saanna a masansan a laglagipen dagiti aldaw ti biagna, gapu ta pagtalinaeden ti Dios isuna a makumikoman kadagiti banbanag a ragragsakenna nga ar-aramiden.
