¹Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

¹Ära ole kärme suuga ja su süda ärgu tõtaku sõna lausuma Jumala ees; sest Jumal on taevas ja sina oled maa peal, seepärast olgu su sõnu pisut!

²Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

²Sest suurest tööst tuleb uni ja paljudest sõnadest kostab albi hääl.

³For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

³Kui sa annad Jumalale tõotuse, siis ära viivita seda täitmast, sest albid ei ole temale meelepärased. Täida, mida tõotad!

⁴When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

⁴Parem on, et sa ei tõota, kui et sa tõotad ega täida.

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

⁵Ära lase, et sinu suu saadab su ihu pattu tegema, ja ära ütle Jumala käskjala ees, et see on eksitus! Miks peaks Jumal su hääle pärast vihastama ja su kätetööd hävitama?

⁶Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

⁶Sest kus on palju unenägusid ja palju sõnu, seal on ka palju tühisust. Aga sina karda Jumalat!

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

⁷Kui sa näed, et maal rõhutakse vaest ja et õigus ja õiglus kistakse käest, siis ära selle üle imesta; sest ülemuse üle valvab ülemus ja nende üle on veelgi ülemaid.

⁸If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

⁸Aga maale on kindlasti kasulik, et viljeldavatel põldudel oleks kuningas.

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

⁹Ei küllastu iialgi rahast, kes armastab raha, ja tulust, kes armastab rikkust. Seegi on tühi töö!

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

¹⁰Kui varandust saab palju, siis on ka selle sööjaid palju; ja mis muud kasu on selle omanikul, kui et ta silmad seda näevad.

¹¹When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

¹¹Töötegija uni on magus, söögu ta pisut või palju; aga rikka üliküllus ei lase teda magada.

¹²The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

¹²Ma nägin rasket õnnetust päikese all: säilitatud rikkus on omanikule enesele õnnetuseks.

¹³There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

¹³Kui see rikkus õnnetusjuhtumi läbi kaob, temale oli aga sündinud poeg, siis ei jää selle kätte midagi.

¹⁴and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

¹⁴Nõnda nagu ta oma ema ihust oli tulnud, nõnda läheb ta jälle tagasi alasti, nagu ta tuligi, ega saa oma vaevast midagi, mida oma käega võiks kaasa viia.

¹⁵As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

¹⁵Raske õnnetus on siis seegi: nagu ta oli tulnud, nõnda ta läheb, ja mis kasu on temal, et ta vaev on tuulde läinud?

¹⁶And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

¹⁶Ta veedab kõik oma päevad pimeduses ning tunneb palju tuska, haigust ja meelepaha.

¹⁷All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

¹⁷Vaata, mida ma olen näinud olevat hea ja ilus: süüa ja juua ning nautida head, hoolimata kogu oma vaevast, millega keegi ennast vaevab päikese all oma üürikesil elupäevil, mis Jumal temale on andnud - sest see on tema osa.

¹⁸Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

¹⁸Seegi on Jumala and, kui Jumal annab mõnele inimesele rikkust ja vara ning lubab tal seda nautida, sellest oma osa võtta ja rõõmus olla oma vaeva viljast.

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 labor-this is the gift of God.

¹⁹Sest siis ta ei mõtle nii palju oma elupäevadele, kuna Jumal paneb teda tegelema tema südame rõõmuga.

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