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| 5:1 | When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy fote & draw nye that God which is at hande may heare: that thou gyue not the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe nowght, but to do euell. |
| 5:2 | Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine hert speake eny thing rashly before God. For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be few. |
| 5:3 | For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: and where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles. |
| 5:4 | If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for folysh vowes, he hath no pleasure in them: |
| 5:5 | If thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promyse, and not paye. |
| 5:6 | Suffre not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to synne, nether saye thou before the angell, that it is thy ignoraunce. For then God wilbe angrie at thy voyce, & destroye all the worckes of thyne handes. |
| 5:7 | And why? where as are many dreames and many wordes, there are also diuerse vanytes: but loke that thou feare God. |
| 5:8 | If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the ryght of the lawe is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at soch a thyng, for one greate man kepeth touch with another, & the myghtie men are in auctorite ouer the pore. |
| 5:9 | The encrease of the erth vpholdeth all thinge, yea the kynge himselfe is mayntened by husbandrye. |
| 5:10 | He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfyed wt money: & who so deliteth in riches, shal haue no profyt therof. This is also a vayne thinge. |
| 5:11 | Where as moche ryches is, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? |
| 5:12 | A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be lytle or moch that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche will not suffre him to slepe. |
| 5:13 | Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the sunne (namely) ryches kepte to the hurte of him that hath them in possession. |
| 5:14 | For oft tymes they perysh with his greate misery & trouble: & yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge. |
| 5:15 | Lyke as he came naked out of hys mothers wombe, so goeth he thither agayne, & carieth nothing awaye with hym of all his laboure. |
| 5:16 | This is a miserable plage, that he shall go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it hym then, that he hath laboured in the wynde? |
| 5:17 | All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sycknesse and sorow. |
| 5:18 | Therfore me thincke it a better & as fayrer thyng, a man to eate and dryncke, and to be refreshed of all hys laboure, that he taketh vnder the Sunne all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth hym, for this is hys porcyon. |
| 5:19 | For vnto whomsoeuer God geueth riches goodes and power, he geueth it hym to enioye it, to take it for hys porcyon, and to be refreshed of hys laboure: thys is the gyfte of God. |
| 5:20 | For he thincketh not moch howe longe he shall lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his herte with gladnesse. |
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| 5:9 | An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of tho; and therfor this is vanyte. |
| 5:10 | Where ben many richessis, also many men ben, that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, no but that he seeth richessis with hise iyen? |
| 5:11 | Slepe is swete to hym that worchith, whether he etith litil ether myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffrith not hym to slepe. |
| 5:12 | Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y siy vndur the sunne; richessis ben kept in to the yuel of her lord. |
| 5:13 | For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse. |
| 5:14 | As he yede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne ayen; and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel. |
| 5:15 | Outirli it is a wretchid sijknesse; as he cam, so he schal turne ayen. What therfor profitith it to hym, that he trauelide in to the wynde? |
| 5:16 | In alle the daies of his lijf he eet in derknessis, and in many bisinessis, and in nedynesse, and sorewe. |
| 5:17 | Therfor this semyde good to me, that a man ete, and drynke, and vse gladnesse of his trauel, in which he trauelide vndir the sunne, in the noumbre of daies of his lijf, which God yaf to hym; and this is his part. |
| 5:18 | And to ech man, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and yaf power to hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his trauel; this is the yifte of God. |
| 5:19 | For he schal not bithenke miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with delicis. |
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| 5:1 | Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do. |
| 5:2 | Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe. |
| 5:3 | For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles. |
| 5:4 | Yf thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them. |
| 5:5 | Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye. |
| 5:6 | Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes. |
| 5:7 | And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God. |
| 5:8 | Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together. |
| 5:9 | The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin, is in subieccion and bondage vnto ye kinge. |
| 5:10 | He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge? |
| 5:11 | Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? |
| 5:12 | A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe. |
| 5:13 | Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession. |
| 5:14 | For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge. |
| 5:15 | Like as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thither agayne, and carieth nothinge awaye with him of all his laboure. |
| 5:16 | This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde? |
| 5:17 | All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow. |
| 5:18 | Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refreshed of all his laboure, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him, for this is his porcion. |
| 5:19 | For vnto whom so euer God geueth riches, goodes and power, he geueth it him to enioye it, to take it for his porcion, and to be refreshed of his laboure: this is now the gifte of God. |
| 5:20 | For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse. |
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