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Prædikeren 5
Dette er Biblen på dansk
Prædikeren 5
Dette er Biblen på dansk
5 1 Lad ikke din Mund løbe eller dit Hjerte haste med at udtale et Ord for Guds Åsyn; thi Gud er i Himmelen og du på Jorden, derfor skal dine Ord være få. 2 Thi meget Slid giver Drømme, og mange Ord giver Dåretale. 3 Når du giver Gud et Løfte, så tøv ikke med at holde det! Thi der er ingen Glæde ved Dårer. Hvad du lover, skal du holde. 4 Det er bedre, at du ikke lover, end at du lover uden at holde. 5 Lad ikke din Mund bringe Skyld over dit Legeme og sig ikke til Guds Sendebud, at det var af Vanvare! Hvorfor skal Gud vredes over din Tale og nedbryde dine Hænders Værk? 6 Thi af mange Drømme og Ord kommer mange Skuffelser; nej, frygt Gud!
7 Når du ser den fattige undertrykt og Lov og Ret krænket på din Egn, så undre dig ikke over den Ting; thi på den høje vogter en højere, og andre endnu højere vogter på dem begge. 8 Dog, en Fordel for et Land er det i alt Fald, at der er en Konge over dyrket Jord.
9 Den, der elsker Sølv, mættes aldrig af Sølv, og den, der elsker Rigdom, mættes aldrig af Vinding. Også det er Tomhed. 10 Jo mere Gods, des flere til at fortære det, og hvad Gavn har Ejeren da deraf, ud over at hans Øjne ser det? 11 Sød er Arbejderens Søvn, hvad enten han har lidt eller meget at spise; men den riges Overflod giver ikke ham Lov til at sove. 12 Der er et slemt Onde, som jeg så under Solen: Rigdom gemt hen af sin Ejermand til hans Ulykke; 13 går Rigdommen tabt ved et Uheld, og han har avlet en Søn, så bliver der intet til ham. 14 Som han udgik af sin Moders Liv, skal han atter gå bort, lige så nøgen som han kom, og ved sin Flid vinder han intet, han kan tage med sig. 15 Også det er et slemt Onde: ganske som han kom, går han bort, og hvad Vinding har han så af, at han gør sig Flid hen i Vejret? 16 Og dertil kommer et helt Liv i Mørke, Sorg og stor Kvide, Sygdom og Kummer. 17 Se, hvad der efter mit Skøn er godt og smukt, det er at spise og drikke og nyde det gode under al den Flid, man gør sig under Solen, alle de Levedage Gud giver en; thi det er den Del, man har; 18 og hver Gang Gud giver et Menneske Rigdom og Gods og sætter ham i Stand til at nyde det, og tage sin Del og glæde sig under sin Flid, da er det en Guds Gave; 19 thi da tænker han ikke stort på sine Levedage, idet Gud lader ham være optaget af sit Hjertes Glæde.
Prædikeren 5
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Prædikeren 5
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5 Tænk, før du taler, så du ikke lover Gud noget, du ikke kan opfylde, for Gud er i Himlen, og du er på jorden. Pas derfor på ikke at love for meget. 2 Har man for mange bekymringer, kan man få mareridt. Bruger man for mange ord, kan man komme til at fortale sig. 3 Når du aflægger et løfte til Gud, så sørg for at opfylde det, for Gud glæder sig ikke over en tåbe. Du skal holde, hvad du lover. 4 Det er bedre ikke at love noget end at love noget, du ikke kan holde. 5 Lad ikke dine uoverlagte ord gøre dig skyldig i synd, så du må erkende over for præsten, at du ikke mente, hvad du sagde. Hvorfor gøre Gud vred, så han tager det fra dig, du har arbejdet for? 6 Dagdrømmeri og tomme ord fører kun til skuffelser. Hav hellere ærefrygt for Gud.
Rigdom og magt giver ikke livet mening
7 Hvis du ser retten blive krænket og de magtesløse blive undertrykt af magthaverne, skal du ikke undre dig, for en embedsmand bliver selv undertrykt af sine overordnede, som igen bliver undertrykt af højere myndigheder. 8 Alle udnytter jordens afgrøde, ja, selv kongen forlanger sin del af udbyttet.[a]
9 Den, der elsker penge, kan aldrig få penge nok. Den, der stræber efter rigdom, vil aldrig være tilfreds med sine indtægter. Hvor meningsløst! 10 Jo mere man ejer, jo flere er der om at bruge det. Hvad fordel har da ejeren af sin rigdom—bortset fra synet af pengene? 11 De, der arbejder hårdt, sover godt, uanset om de har meget eller lidt at spise, men de riges overflod fører let til søvnløshed.
12 En anden ulykkelig hændelse, jeg har set, er, når mennesker samler sig rigdom, men pludselig mister det hele. 13 Der kan ske et uheld, så der intet er tilbage til arvingerne. 14 De må forlade verden lige så tomhændede, som de blev født, uanset hvor hårdt de har arbejdet. 15 Hvor er det frustrerende! Hvad får de ud af alt deres slid? Det hele har været formålsløst! 16 Desuden har de levet deres liv i mørke, overvældet af mismod, smerte og bitterhed.
Nyd livet, mens du har det
17 Så mener jeg, det er bedre, at vi spiser og drikker og finder glæde i vores arbejde hver dag, Gud giver os at leve her på jorden. Sådan er menneskets lod. 18 Det er en gave fra Gud at blive velsignet med velstand, at få lov til at nyde den og samtidig kunne glæde sig over sit arbejde. 19 Så bekymrer man sig ikke om livets korthed, for man er optaget af den glæde, Gud giver en lige nu.
Footnotes
- 5,8 Teksten er uklar.
Ecclesiastes 5
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5
New International Version
Fulfill Your Vow to God
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
2 Do not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.(A)
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.(B)
3 A dream(C) comes when there are many cares,
and many words mark the speech of a fool.(D)
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.(E) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.(F) 5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.(G) 6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? 7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.(H)
Riches Are Meaningless
8 If you see the poor oppressed(I) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. 9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.(J)
13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:(K)
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,
14 or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when they have children
there is nothing left for them to inherit.
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.(L)
They take nothing from their toil(M)
that they can carry in their hands.(N)
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(O)
17 All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(P) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(Q) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot. 19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions,(R) and the ability to enjoy them,(S) to accept their lot(T) and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.(U) 20 They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.(V)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
Ecclesiastes 5
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5
King James Version
5 Keep 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.
2 Be 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.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 Suffer 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?
7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8 If 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.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11 When 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?
12 The 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.
13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 As 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.
16 And 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?
17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18 Behold 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.
19 Every 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.
20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
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