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1
Guard
your steps
as you go
to the house
of God
and draw
near
to listen
rather than
to offer
the sacrifice
of fools;
for they do not know
they are doing
evil.
2
Do not be hasty
in word
or impulsive
in thought
to bring
up a matter
in the presence
of God.
For God
is in heaven
and you are on the earth;
therefore
let your words
be few.
3
For the dream
comes
through much
effort
and the voice
of a fool
through many
words.
4
When
you make
a vow
to God,
do not be late
in paying
it; for He takes no
delight
in fools.
Pay
what
you vow!
5
It is better
that you should not vow
than
that you should vow
and not pay.
6
Do not let
your speech
cause you to sin
and do not say
in the presence
of the messenger
of God that it was a mistake.
Why
should God
be angry
on account
of your voice
and destroy
the work
of your hands?
7
For in many
dreams
and in many
words
there is emptiness.
Rather,
fear
God.
8
If
you see
oppression
of the poor
and denial
of justice
and righteousness
in the province,
do not be shocked
at the sight;
for one official
watches
over
another official,
and there are higher officials
over
them.
9
After all,
a king
who cultivates
the field
is an advantage
to the land.
10
He who
loves
money
will not be satisfied
with
money
,
nor
he who
loves
abundance
with its income.
This
too
is vanity.
11
When good things
increase,
those who consume
them increase.
So what
is the advantage
to their owners
except
to look
on?
12
The sleep
of the working
man is pleasant,
whether
he eats
little
or much;
but the full stomach
of the rich man
does not allow
him to sleep.
13
There
is a grievous
evil
which I have seen
under
the sun:
riches
being hoarded
by their owner
to his hurt.
14
When those
riches
were lost
through a bad
investment
and he had fathered
a son,
then there was nothing
to support
him.
15
As he had come
naked
from his mother's
womb,
so will he return
as he came.
He will take
nothing
from the fruit of his labor
that he can carry
in his hand.
16
This
also
is a grievous
evil--
exactly
as a man is born,
thus
will he die.
So what
is the advantage
to him who
toils
for the wind?
17
Throughout
his life
he also
eats
in darkness
with great
vexation,
sickness
and anger.
18
Here
is what
I have seen
to be good
and fitting:
to eat,
to drink
and enjoy
oneself in all
one's labor
in
which
he toils
under
the sun
during the few
years
of his life
which
God
has given
him; for this
is his reward.
19
Furthermore,
as for every
man
to whom
God
has given
riches
and wealth,
He has also empowered
him to eat
from them and to receive
his reward
and rejoice
in his labor;
this
is the gift
of
God
.
20
For he will not often
consider
the years
of his life,
because
God
keeps him occupied
with the gladness
of his heart.
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