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Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
Remember him before your legs — the guards of your house — start to tremble; and before your shoulders — the strong men — stoop. Remember him before your teeth — your few remaining servants — stop grinding; and before your eyes — the women looking through the windows — see dimly.
Придет день, когда задрожат стерегущие дом, и сильные мужчины согнутся, и мелющие женщины перестанут молоть, потому что осталось их немного, и помрачатся смотрящие в окно19;
Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.
Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
когда люди будут бояться высоты и опасностей на улице; когда расцветет миндаль, и отяжелеет кузнечик, и осыплется каперс.21 Ведь человек отправляется в свой вечный дом, и плакальщицы проходят по улицам.
Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
Поэтому помни Его , пока не порвалась серебряная цепочка и не раскололась золотая чаша, пока не разбился кувшин у источника и не обрушилось колесо над колодцем.22
Keep this in mind: The Teacher was considered wise, and he taught the people everything he knew. He listened carefully to many proverbs, studying and classifying them.
The words of the wise are like cattle prods — painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherdb drives the sheep.
Слова мудрецов подобны стрекалу, которым пастухи подгоняют скот, и собранные пословицы закрепляются в сознании, словно прочно вбитые гвозди. Они даны одним пастухом.24