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.

¹Aza 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.

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.

²Fa ny haben'ny fisasarana no mahatonga ny nofy; ary ny haben'ny teny no isehoan'ny rediredin'ny adala.

³For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

³Raha mivoady amin'Andriamanitra ianao, aza manao ampitso lava: fa tsy ankasitrahany ny adala; koa efao ny voadinao.

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.

⁴Aleo tsy mivoady toy izay mivoady ka tsy mahefa.

⁵Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

⁵Aza 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? [Na: iraka;]

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?

⁶Fa amin'ny haben'ny nofy dia misy zava-poana; ary toy izany koa ny haben'ny teny, fa Andriamanitra no atahory.

⁷For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

⁷[Ny mbola hitsarana ny mpampahory sy ny mpamadika ny rariny ary ny maha-zava-poana ny harena sy ny tokony hifaliana amin'izay omen'Andriamanitra] 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.

⁸If 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.

⁸Fa na dia izany rehetra izany aza, dia mahasoa ny tany ny fisian'ny mpanjaka amin'izay tany volena.

⁹Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

⁹Izay 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.

¹⁰He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

¹⁰Raha mitombo ny fananana, dia mitombo koa ny mpihinana azy; ary inona no soa azon'ny tompony, afa-tsy ny mijery maso azy fotsiny ihany?

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?

¹¹Mamy ny torimason'ny mpiasa, na homan-kely na homam-be izy; fa ny haben'ny ananan'ny manan-karena kosa no tsy ahitany tory.[Na: ny fahavokisan']

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.

¹²Misy ratsy mahory efa hitako atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro, dia harena tehirizin'ny tompony, nefa mampidi-doza amin'ny tenany;

¹³There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

¹³sady levona izany harena izany noho ny loza manjo; ary miteraka zazalahy ralehilahy nefa tsy misy na inona na inona eny an-tànany,

¹⁴But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹⁴Toy 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.

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.

¹⁵Dia ratsy mahory koa izany, fa toy izay nihaviany indrindra no handehanany; ary inona no soa azony noho ny nisasarany ho an'ny rivotra?

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?

¹⁶Ary koa, homa-maizina amin'ny androny rehetra izy sady manana alahelo be sy fahoriana ary fahasosorana.

¹⁷All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

¹⁷Indro, 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.

¹⁸Behold 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.

¹⁸Ary 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.Fa tsy hahatsiaro loatra ny andro niainany izy, satria ny fahafinaretan'ny fony no avalin'Andriamanitra azy.

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.

¹⁹Fa tsy hahatsiaro loatra ny andro niainany izy, satria ny fahafinaretan'ny fony no avalin'Andriamanitra azy.

²⁰For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.