Ecclesiastes 5

Aza haingam-bava, ary aza malaky manonona teny eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra ny fonao; fa Andriamanitra dia any an-danitra ary ianao etỳ an-tany, koa aoka ho vitsy ny teninao.

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.

Fa ny haben'ny fisasarana no mahatonga ny nofy; ary ny haben'ny teny no isehoan'ny rediredin'ny adala.

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.

Raha mivoady amin'Andriamanitra ianao, aza manao ampitso lava: fa tsy ankasitrahany ny adala; koa efao ny voadinao.

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

Aleo tsy mivoady toy izay mivoady ka tsy mahefa.

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.

Aza avela hahatonga heloka amin'ny tenanao ny vavanao; ary aza manao eo imason'ny anjely hoe: Niteny tsy nahy aho; nahoana no ho tezitra amin'ny teninao Andriamanitra ka hanimba ny asan'ny tananao?

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

Fa amin'ny haben'ny nofy dia misy zava-poana; ary toy izany koa ny haben'ny teny, fa Andriamanitra no atahory.

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?

Raha hitanao ny fampahoriana ny malahelo sy ny famadihana ny fitsarana sy ny rariny amin'ny tany, dia aza gaga amin'izany; fa misy ambony kokoa mibanjina ny ambony, ary mbola misy ambony noho ireo indray aza.

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

Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza, dia mahasoa ny tany ny fisian'ny mpanjaka amin'izay tany volena.

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.

Izay tia vola tsy hety ho voky vola; ary izay fatra-pitia harena be tsy hety ho vokin'ny fitomboan-karena; fa zava-poana koa izany.

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

Raha mitombo ny fananana, dia mitombo koa ny mpihinana azy; ary inona no soa azon'ny tompony, afa-tsy ny mijery maso azy fotsiny ihany?

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

Mamy ny torimason'ny mpiasa, na homan-kely na homam-be izy; fa ny haben'ny ananan'ny manan-karena kosa no tsy ahitany tory.

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?

Misy ratsy mahory efa hitako atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro, dia harena tehirizin'ny tompony, nefa mampidi-doza amin'ny tenany;

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.

sady levona izany harena izany noho ny loza manjo; ary miteraka zazalahy ralehilahy nefa tsy misy na inona na inona eny an-tànany,

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

Toy ny nivoahany mitanjaka avy tany an-kibon-dreniny, dia toy izay nihaviany ihany no hiverenany; ary tsy hisy na inona na inona ho entin'ny tànany ho valin'ny fisasarany.

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

Dia ratsy mahory koa izany, fa toy izay nihaviany indrindra no handehanany; ary inona no soa azony noho ny nisasarany ho an'ny rivotra?

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.

Ary koa, homa-maizina amin'ny androny rehetra izy sady manana alahelo be sy fahoriana ary fahasosorana.

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?

Indro, efa hitako izay soa sy izay tsara, dia ny mihinana sy misotro ary mifaly amin'ny fisasarana rehetra izay isasaran'ny olona atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro amin'izay andro vitsy iainany omen'Andriamanitra azy; fa izany no anjarany.

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

Ary koa, ny olona rehetra izay omen'Andriamanitra vola aman-karena sady omeny fahefana hihinanany azy sy hahazoany ny anjarany sy hifaliany amin'ny fisasarana, dia fanomezan'Andriamanitra izany.

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.

Fa tsy hahatsiaro loatra ny andro niainany izy, satria ny fahafinaretan'ny fony no avalin'Andriamanitra azy.

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.

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