Keep Your Promise to God
1Be careful what you say when you go to God’s house. Go there to listen. Don’t be like foolish people when you offer your sacrifice. They do what is wrong and don’t even know it.
2Don’t be too quick to speak.
Don’t be in a hurry to say anything to God.
God is in heaven. You are on earth.
So use only a few words when you speak.
3Many worries result in dreams.
Many words result in foolish talk.
4When you make a promise to God, don’t wait too long to carry it out. He isn’t pleased with foolish people. So do what you have promised. 5It is not good to make a promise and not keep it. It is better to make no promise at all. 6Don’t let your mouth cause you to sin. Don’t say to the temple messenger, “My promise was a mistake.” Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done? 7Dreaming too much and talking too much are meaningless. So have respect for God.
Riches Are Meaningless
8Suppose you see poor people being mistreated somewhere. And what is being done to them isn’t right or fair. Don’t be surprised by that. One official is watched by a higher one. Officials who are even higher are watching both of them. 9All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.
10Anyone who loves money never has enough.
Anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with what they get.
That doesn’t have any meaning either.
11As more and more goods are made,
more and more people use them up.
So how can those goods benefit their owners?
All they can do is look at them with desire.
12The sleep of a worker is sweet.
It doesn’t matter whether they eat a little or a lot.
But the wealth of rich people
keeps them awake at night.
13I’ve seen something very evil on earth.
It’s when wealth is stored up
and then brings harm to its owners.
14It’s also when wealth is lost
because of an unwise business deal.
Then there won’t be anything left
for the owners’ children.
15Everyone is born naked.
They come into the world with nothing.
And they go out of it with nothing.
They don’t get anything from their work
that they can take with them.
16Here’s something else that is very evil.
Everyone is born, and everyone dies.
And what do they get for their work?
Nothing. It’s like working for the wind.
17All their lives they eat in darkness.
Their lives are full of trouble, suffering and anger.
18I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for. 19Sometimes God gives a person wealth and possessions. God makes it possible for that person to enjoy them. God helps them accept the life he has given them. God helps them to be happy in their work. All these things are gifts from God. 20A person like that doesn’t have to think about how their life is going. That’s because God fills their heart with joy.
Ikaraga Wĩtigĩrĩte Ngai
1Atĩrĩrĩ, ceemaga ũgĩtoonya nyũmba ya Ngai. Gũkuhĩrĩria na kũigua ndeto ciake nĩ kwega gũkĩra igongona rĩrĩa rĩrutagwo nĩ andũ arĩa akĩĩgu, tondũ matimenyaga nĩ ũũru mareeka.
25:2 Atiir 11:35; Thim 20:25Tiga kũhiũha kwaria ũtambĩte gwĩciiria,
ndũgetĩkĩrie ngoro yaku ĩhiũhe kwaria ũndũ mbere ya Ngai.
Ngai arĩ igũrũ,
nawe ũrĩ gũkũ thĩ,
nĩ ũndũ ũcio nyiihagia ciugo ciaku.
3O ta ũrĩa mĩhangʼo mĩingĩ ĩtũmaga mũndũ aroote-rĩ,
ũguo no taguo mũndũ mũkĩĩgu aingĩhagia mĩario.
45:4 Gũcook 23:21; Ndar 30:2Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa wehĩta mwĩhĩtwa harĩ Ngai, ndũkanahũthĩrĩrie kũũhingia. Nĩ ũndũ we ndakenagio nĩ andũ akĩĩgu; hingagia mwĩhĩtwa waku. 55:5 Ndar 30:2-4; Joh 2:9Nĩ kaba kwaga kwĩhĩta, gũkĩra kwĩhĩta na kwaga kũhingia mwĩhĩtwa. 6Ndũkareke kanua gaku gatũme wĩhie. Ndũkanoigĩre mbere ya mũtũmwo wa hekarũ atĩrĩ, “Mwĩhĩtwa wakwa ndehĩtire na mahĩtia.” Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma ũrakarie Ngai na uuge waku, nake athũkie wĩra wa moko maku? 75:7 Koh 3:14Irooto nyingĩ na ciugo nyingĩ nĩ cia tũhũ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ikaraga wĩtigĩrĩte Ngai.
Ũtonga no wa Tũhũ
85:8 Thab 12:5Ũngĩkoona mũthĩĩni akĩhinyĩrĩrio, na akaagithio ciira wa ma na kĩhooto bũrũri-inĩ, ndũkanamakio nĩ maũndũ macio; nĩgũkorwo mũnene ũmwe aroragwo nĩ mũnene ũngĩ, na igũrũ wa acio eerĩ nĩ harĩ angĩ anene kũmakĩra. 9Uumithio wa bũrũri nĩ wa andũ othe; o na mũthamaki we mwene oonaga uumithio kuuma mĩgũnda-inĩ.
10Mũndũ ũrĩa wothe wendeete mbeeca ndarĩ hĩndĩ aciiganagia;
nake ũrĩa wothe wendeete ũtonga ndaiganagwo nĩ kĩrĩa oonaga.
Ũndũ ũyũ o naguo no wa tũhũ.
11O ũrĩa indo ikĩragĩrĩria kuongerereka,
noguo arĩa macirĩĩaga mongererekaga.
Mwene cio agunĩkaga nakĩ,
tiga o gũciĩrorera na maitho?
125:12 Ayub 20:20Toro wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũrutaga wĩra nĩ mwega,
o na angĩrĩa irio nini kana nyingĩ,
no ũingĩ wa indo cia gĩtonga
ndũrekaga kĩone toro.
135:13 Koh 6:1-2Nĩnyonete ũndũ mũũru na wa kĩeha gũkũ thĩ kwaraga riũa:
ũtonga ũrĩa mũndũ eigagĩra ũkaya kũmũthũkia we mwene,
14kana ũtonga ũrĩa ũthiraga na njĩra ya mũtino,
atĩ angĩgaaciara kahĩĩ,
gatirĩ kĩndũ kangĩgaya.
155:15 Ayub 1:21; Thab 49:17Mũndũ oimaga nda ya nyina arĩ njaga,
na o ũguo okaga, noguo athiiaga.
Ndarĩ kĩndũ o nakĩ kiumanĩte na wĩra wake
agaakuua na moko make.
165:16 Koh 1:3Ũndũ ũyũ o naguo nĩ mũũru, na wa kĩeha:
Atĩ o ũrĩa mũndũ okaga, noguo athiiaga,
nake-rĩ, nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ egunaga naguo,
kuona atĩ enogagĩria o rũhuho?
17Matukũ-inĩ make mothe arĩĩagĩra nduma-inĩ,
arĩ na gũtangĩka kũnene, na kũhinyĩrĩrĩka, o na marakara.
185:18 Koh 2:3Ngĩcooka ngĩmenya atĩ nĩ wega na nĩ kwagĩrĩire mũndũ arĩĩage na anyuuage, na akenagĩre gwĩtungumania gwake arĩ gũkũ thĩ kwaraga riũa matukũ-inĩ manini ma gũtũũra muoyo marĩa aheetwo nĩ Ngai, tondũ rĩu nĩrĩo igai rĩake. 195:19 1Maũ 29:12; Koh 2:24Na ningĩ-rĩ, mũndũ o wothe angĩheo ũtonga na indo nĩ Ngai, na amũhotithie gũcikenera, nake aamũkĩre igai rĩake na akenio nĩ wĩra wake-rĩ, kĩu nĩ kĩheo aheetwo nĩ Ngai. 205:20 Gũcook 12:7Ti kaingĩ mũndũ ũcio ataranagia ũhoro wa matukũ ma muoyo wake, tondũ Ngai nĩamũikaragia arĩ na gĩkeno ngoro-inĩ.
