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!

¹Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

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

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

⁶Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

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.

⁷For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fear God.

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

⁸If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

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

⁹Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [himself] is dependent upon the field.

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

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

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

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

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

¹²The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.

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

¹³There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

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.

¹⁴or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing 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?

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

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

¹⁶And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

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.

¹⁷All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

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.

¹⁸Behold what I have seen good and comely: [it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

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

¹⁹Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

²⁰For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth [him] with the joy of his heart.