¹

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

¹

Не потщася ё^сты свои^ми, и^ срDце твое да не ё^скоритъ и^знести сло'во преD лицемъ бж~їимъ” ЈА/ко б~ъ на нб~си го'рњ и^ т^ы на ꙁемли` до'лђ” ѓ^ семъ да бђ'дђтᲆ словеса твоа ма'ла.

²

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

²

ја%ко прихо'дитъ со'нїе въ мно'жествњ и^скђса, и^ гла'съ безђмнаго въ мно'жествњ словесъ” ЈА/коже

³

Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.

³

а^ще ѓ^бњща'еши ѓ^бњтъ къ б~ђ, не ё^медли эTда'ти е&” ЈА/ко нњсть хотњ'нїе въ беꙁђмїе. т^ы ё^бо е^ли'ко ѓ^бњщався эTда'жDь,

⁴

It is better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

⁴

бл~го е^же не ѓ^бњщаватися нежели ѓ^бњща'вшися не эTда'ти”

⁵

Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands.

⁵

Не да'и же ё^стенъ своиX съгрњши'ти плоти свое^и, да не рече'ши преD лицемᲆ бж~їи^мъ ја%ко неви'дима е^сть” да не прогнњва'ется б~ъ ѓ^ гла'сњ твое^мъ, и^ растлитъ творе'нїя рђ'къ твоиX”

⁶

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

⁶

ја%коже въ мно'жествњ со'нїи и^ сђетъстви и^ словесъ мно'гъ” Ты ё^бо б~а бо'ися.

⁷

If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

⁷

а^ще ѓ^би'дђ ни'щаго и расхище'нїе сђда пра'веDнаго ви'диши вᲆ стра'нњ, не диви'ся ѓ^ вещи. ја%ко высо'кїи наD высо'кимъ съхрани'тся, и^ высится на ни'хъ

⁸

Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

⁸

и^ꙁоѓ^би'лїе ꙁемля`” наD вся'кою страною е^сть цр~ь съдњяn”

⁹

He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.

⁹

любя'и сребро` не насыти'тся сребра`. и^ кт^о възлюби въ мно'жествњ и^хъ. пло'ды, и^ се же сђета.

¹⁰

In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes?

¹⁰

вᲆ мно'жествњ бл~госᲄы'ня, ё^мно'жишася ја^дђщїи ю&” И$ кое мђжество е^же эT сея ја%ко нача'ло ви'дњти ѓ^чи'ма е^го”

¹¹

The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

¹¹

Со'нъ сла'докъ рабђ а^ще ма'ло и^ли мно'го снњсᲄь, и^ насы'щ#шемђся богатњти. ја%ко нњсть ѓ^ставля'яи е^го поспа'ти”

¹²

There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

¹²

е^сть недђ'гъ е^гоже ви'дњхъ поD слн~цеM. бога'тьство храни'мо эT него въ ꙁло'бђ е^мђ,

¹³

And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹³

и^ поги'бнетъ бога'тьство ѓ%но в попече'нїи лђка'внњ. и^ роди сн~а, и^ нњсть в рђцњ ничтоже”

¹⁴

As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go with him in his hand.

¹⁴

ЈА/коже и^ꙁы'иде эT чре'ва мт~ри свое^я на'гъ въꙁвраща'ется и^ти ја%коже и^ прїиде, и^ ничтоже прїиметъ вᲆ трђдњ своеM” да по'идетъ въ рђцњ е^го

¹⁵

And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?

¹⁵

и^ се же ѕо'лъ недђ'гъ. ја%коже б^о прїидетъ та'ко эTи^детъ, и^ чт^о и^ꙁоѓ^би'лїе е^го, и^же трђдитъ на вњтеръ.

¹⁶

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

¹⁶

и^б^о вс^и дн~и е^го въ тмњ и^ въ пла'чи, и^ въ ја%рости мно'ѕњ и^ в недђꙁњ и^ въ гнњ'вњ”

¹⁷

Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, all the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.

¹⁷

Се ви'дњхъ а^ꙁъ бл~гое е^же е^сть добро е^же ја%сти и^ е^же пи'ти. и^ е^же ви'дњти блгsты'ню въ все'м# трђдњ е^гоже и^ спњши'тъ поD слн~цемъ число` дн~їи живоᲄа` е^го, и^хже да'лъ е^сть е^мђ б~ъ, ја^ко сїа ча'сть е^го е^сть.

¹⁸

Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

¹⁸

и^б^о вся'къ чл~къ е^же да'лъ е^сть е^мђ б~ъ бога'тьство и^мњнїе и^ вла'сᲄь на не'мъ и^ ја%сти эT ниX, и^ прїя'ти ча'сть е^го и^ въꙁвесели'тися ѓ^ трђдњ свое^мъ” Сїе дая'нїе бж~їе е^сть

¹⁹

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.

¹⁹

ја%ко не мно'ги помянђти дн~и живота свое^го. ја%ко б~ъ печа'ль е^го въ весе'лїи срDца е^го”