Ecclesiastes 5
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Keep 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.
1E MALAMA oe i kou wawae i kou hele ana i ka hale o ke Akua, e hoolohe koke, aole hoi oe e haawi i ka mohai a ka poe naaupo, no ka mea, aole lakou i manao pono, ua hana hewa lakou.
2Be 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.
2Mai olelo wawe kou waha, aole hoi e wikiwiki kou naau e hoopuka aku i kekahi mea imua o ke Akua; no ka mea, aia ke Akua ma ka lani, aka, eia no oe ma ka honua nei, no ia mea, e hoouuku i kau mau olelo.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
3No ka mea, no ka nui o ka hana, e hiki mai ai ka moeuhane; a o ka leo o ka naaupo, ua ikeia no ka lehulehu o kana olelo ana.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
4Ina e olelo oe e hoohiki i ke Akua, mai hoohakalia oe i ka hooko aku, no ka mea, aole oluolu ke Akua, i ka poe naaupo; e hooko aku oe i kau mea e hoohiki ai.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
5Ua oi aku kou maikai ke hoohiki ole, mamua o kou maikai ke hoohiki oe, aole hoi e hooko aku.
6Suffer 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?
6E malama oe i kou waha i ole e hoohihia'i kou kino; mai olelo oe imua o ke kahuna, He kuhi hewa ia. No ke aha la e huhu mai ai ke Akua i kou leo, a e hoohiolo i ka hana a kou mau lima?
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
7No ka mea, ma ka lehulehu o na moenhane, a me na olelo he nui wale, aia na mea lapuwale. Aka hoi, e makau aku oe i ke Akua.
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.
8I kou ike ana i ka hooluhiia o ka poe ilihune, a me ka hookahuli ana i ka oiaio, a me ka pono ma ka aina, mai kahaha kou naau i keia, no ka mea, o ka mea kiekie o na mea kiekie a pau, oia ka mea i ike mai, a aia hoi na mea kiekie maluna o lakou.
9¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
9O ka hua o ka honua, na na mea ia a pau; a o ke alii pu kekahi i hanaiia e ka aina.
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
10O ka mea makemake i ke kala, aole pau kona ono i ke kala; a o ka mea makemake i na mea nui, aole ia e ana i ka nui o ka waiwai. He mea lapuwale keia.
11When 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?
11I ka mahuahua ana o na mea maikai, mahuahua no hoi ka poe e hoopau ana ia mau mea; a heaha ka pono i loaa mai i ka poe nana ia mau mea? O ka ike wale ana o ko lakou mau maka.
12The 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.
12Ua lea ka hiamoe o ka poe hana, ke ai unku lakou a ke ai nui hoi; aka, o ka maona nui o ka mea waiwai, he mea ia e lea ole ai kona hiamoe ana.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
13Eia kekahi mea pono ole a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, o ka waiwai i malamaia i mea e poino ai ka poe nona ia.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
14Aka, e pau auanei keia waiwai i ka hana pono ole; a ua hanau aku kana keiki, aka, aohe mea ma kona lima.
15As 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.
15E like me kona puka ana mai, mai ka opu mai o kona makuwahine, pela no ia e hoi hou aku ai me ke kapa ole, e like me kona puka ana mai; aole hiki ia ia ke lawe aku ma kona lima i kekahi mea ana i hana'i.
16And 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?
16Eia ka mea pono ole; e like loa me kona puka ana mai, pela no kona hele ana aku. Heaha kona pono i kana hana ana no ka makani?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
17A o kona mau la a pau, ua ai oia iloko o ka pouli, a i kona wa mai, ua kaumaha oia no ka huhu.
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.
18Aia hoi, ka mea a'u i ike ai, he mea maikai keia, a he nani hoi, e ai kekahi, a e inu hoi, a e olioli i ka hana a pau ana i hana'i malalo iho o ka la, i na la a pau loa o kona ola ana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai nana; no ka mea, oia kona haawina.
19Every 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.
19A o kela kanaka, keia kanaka, ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i ka waiwai a me ka lako, a ua ae mai hoi oia i kana ai ana, a me kona lawe ana i kona haawina, a i kona olioli ana i ka hana ana i hana'i. Oia ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai.
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
20Aole ia e hoomanao nui i na la o kona ola ana; no ka mea, ua ae mai ke Akua i ka olioli o kona naau.
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