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.
De la vanité liée aux rois, il passe aux vanités (Ecclésiaste 5:7)
qui peuvent être tombées au service du Roi des rois, même par ceux
qui, co... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
NE SOYEZ PAS TÉMÉRAIRE AVEC LA BOUCHE - répondant à la
révérence attentionnée indiquée par le pied ("Keep thy foot",
Ecclésiaste 5... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's
voice is known by multitude of words.
CAR UN RÊVE VIENT ... AFFAIRES. Autant de "business", absorbant
l'esprit, donne naissance à des "rêves" incohérents, autant de mots
prononcés inconsidérément dans prière, donnez naissance à et... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
LORSQUE VOUS FAITES UN VŒU (Deutéronome 23:21 - Deutéronome
23:23). Des paroles hâtives dans la prière (Ecclésiaste 5:2 -
Ecclésiaste 5:3) suggèrent le sujet des vœux hâtifs. Un... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest
vow and not pay.
(Deutéronome 23:21; Deutéronome 23:23.)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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?
NE SOUFFRE PAS TA BOUCHE ... - ne jure pas avec "ta bouche" un vœu
(par exemple, le jeûne), que ta chair (ton c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers
vanities: but fear thou God.
CAR DANS LA MULTITUDE DES RÊVES ... (IL Y A) ... DES VANITÉS, ... -
(Note, Ecclésiaste 5:3.) Le service de Dieu, qui devrait être notre
bien principal, devient par des "rêves" (des fantaisies insensé... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
SI VOUS VOYEZ L'OPPRESSION DES PAUVRES ... Comme dans Ecclésiaste
3:16, alors ici la d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is
served by the field.
LE PROFIT (PRODUIT) DE LA TERRE EST (ORDONNÉ) POUR (LE BIEN COMMUN
DE) TOUS: (MÊME) LE ROI (LUI-MÊME) EST SERVI PAR (LES FRUITS) DES
CHAMPS. Donc dans le cas d'Ozias (2 Chroniques 26:10). C'est pourquoi
le Seign... [ Continuer la lecture ]
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that
loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
NE PAS ÊTRE SATISFAIT DE L'ARGENT Non seulement Dieu punira enfin,
mais en attendant, "ne se contentera pas de l'argent" - les gagnants
oppressifs de "l'argent" ne trouvent... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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?
QUAND LES BIENS AUGMENTENT ... - les personnes à charge de l'homme
riche. Soit du vivant du riche, soit après sa mort, toutes ses
accumulations trouv... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
LE SOMMEIL D'UN HOMME QUI TRAVAILLE EST DOUX ... Un autre argument
contre l'angoisse de gagner des richesses. "Dors ... doux", répond à
"calme" (Ecclésiaste 4:6); «ma... [ Continuer la lecture ]
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches
kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
UN MAL DOULOUREUX ... Des preuves des jugements de Dieu même dans ce
monde (Proverbes 11:31). La richesse du riche oppresseur provoque des
ennemis, des voleurs. etc. Puis, après l'avoi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
RIEN DE (NONOBSTANT) SON TRAVAIL ... C'EST AUSSI UN MAL DOULOUREUX
... - comme dans Ecclésiaste 5:13 l'incertitude de la richesse était
persis... [ Continuer la lecture ]
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and
wrath with his sickness.
EATETH - mis de manière appropriée pour 'live' en général, comme
lié à Ecclésiaste 5:11 - Ecclésiaste 5:12; Ecclésiaste 5:18. DANS
L'OBSCURITÉ - opposé à 'lumière (joie) de visage' (Ecclésiaste
8:1; Prov... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
VOICI (CE) QUE J'AI VU ... - contrairement à l'avarice
auto-tourmentante. I... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
TOUT HOMME AUSSI À QUI DIEU A DONNÉ DES RICHESSES ... Comme
Ecclésiaste 5:18 se réfère au "travail" man (Ecclésiaste 5:... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God
answereth him in the joy of his heart.
IL NE SE SOUVIENDRA PAS BEAUCOUP. Il ne se souviendra pas de grand
chose (regardant en arrière avec déception, comme le font les
impies, Ecclésiaste 2:11, les jours de sa vie. La vie est longu... [ Continuer la lecture ]