Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
5:3
እስመ፡ ይመጽእ፡ ሕልም፡ በብዙኅ፡ መከራ፡ ወቃለ፡ ዕበድ፡ በብዙኅ፡ ነገር።
事務多,就令人做夢;言語多,就顯出愚昧。
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
5:9
ወንጉሥ፡ ዲበ፡ ወፍረ፡ ሐረስት።
況且地的益處歸眾人,就是君王也受田地的供應。
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.