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and a time for every activity under heaven:
and of those who
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.
I, the Teacher,
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God
He has made everything appropriate
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength,
Do not let your mouth bring guilt on you,
a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
turning to the north,
turning, turning, goes the wind,
and the wind returns in its cycles.
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
and consumes his own flesh.
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.
For many dreams bring futility, so do many words.
I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed in the ages before us.
I applied my mind to seek
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;
as knowledge increases, grief increases.
I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge,
All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.
I said to myself,
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.
If you see oppression of the poor
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
then there is no advantage for the charmer.
For man certainly does not know his time:
since it is not wise of you to ask this.
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
but the lips of a fool consume him.
There is a person without a companion,
In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,
yet the appetite is never satisfied.
a time for war and a time for peace.
In the day of prosperity be joyful,
a time to be silent and a time to speak;
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.
No one knows what will happen,
and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
Whatever is, has already been,
and your princes feast in the morning.
The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and write words of truth accurately.
Now a poor wise man was found in the city,
I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked,
Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life,
I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”
For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.
Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,
for a bird of the sky may carry the message,
and a winged creature may report the matter.
That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.
The sayings of the wise are like goads,
When I applied my mind to know wisdom
There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve,
What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool?
Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.
All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.
I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun
and because of negligent hands the house leaks.
I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me:
However, it will not go well with the wicked,
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength,
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it.
What is more, he eats in darkness all his days,
Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly,
Don’t pay attention
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the
and the strong men stoop,
the women who grind cease because they are few,
and the ones who watch through the windows see dimly,
Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.
When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?
while the sound of the mill fades;
when one rises at the sound of a bird,
and all the daughters of song grow faint.
but the end of his speaking is evil madness.
It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.
I made gardens
And I find more bitter than death
Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,
and mourners will walk around in the street;
This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain
I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;
Then I turned to consider wisdom,
and the moon and the stars,
and the clouds return after
I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.
for after many days you may find it.
and the gold bowl is broken,
and the jar is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel is broken into the well;
In my futile life
In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.
So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem;
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
for they don’t know how to go to the city.
and wine makes life happy,
and money is the answer for everything.
There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house.
When I considered all that I had accomplished
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.
Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?
or how bones develop in
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
a time to plant and a time to uproot;
Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy
As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came;
but the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
When you make a vow to God,
For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy,
and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun.
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.
a time to tear down and a time to build;
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.
For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts
Here is what I have seen to be good:
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.
And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.
I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities
and put away pain from your flesh,
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
for calmness puts great offenses to rest.
For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man,
and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
and he shows everyone he is a fool.
whether a tree falls to the south or the north,
the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:
So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?”
let him rejoice in them all,
and let him remember the days of darkness,
All that comes is futile.
for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
I said about laughter,
God has also given riches and wealth to every man,
For dreams result from much work and a fool’s voice from many words.
I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend.
the one who splits trees may be endangered by them.
then one must exert more strength;
however, the advantage of wisdom is that it brings success.
No one has authority over the wind
When there is a man whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill,
I observed all the work of God and concluded that man is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors hard to explore it, he cannot find it;
I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom
but the rich remain in lowly positions.
Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.
Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting
So I admired the dead,
I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.
For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful;
than to listen to the song of fools,
Whatever exists was given its name long ago,
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun,
I saw all the living, who move about under the sun, follow
and a bribe destroys the mind.
for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
So I began to give myself over
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.
But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed,
For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?
“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,
For every activity there is a right time and procedure,
but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
For when there are many words, they increase futility.
so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.
For the king’s word is authoritative, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful,
Yet no one knows what will happen
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor
Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence,
who does good and never sins.
But there is hope for whoever is joined
The words of the Teacher,
Everything is the same for everyone:
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives,
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.
And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
For he comes in futility and he goes in darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.
but a fool’s heart to the
Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.
for anger abides in the heart of fools.
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift,
but the earth remains forever.
And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
But beyond these, my son, be warned: there is no end to the making of many books,
For God will bring every act to judgment,
For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same.
Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright,