Ecclesiastes 6
1 est et aliud malum quod vidi sub sole et quidem frequens apud homines
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
2 vir cui dedit Deus divitias et substantiam et honorem et nihil deest animae eius ex omnibus quae desiderat nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus ut comedat ex eo sed homo extraneus vorabit illud hoc vanitas et magna miseria est
A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
3 si genuerit quispiam centum et vixerit multos annos et plures dies aetatis habuerit et anima illius non utatur bonis substantiae suae sepulturaque careat de hoc ego pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus
If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he [is] the untimely birth.'
4 frustra enim venit et pergit ad tenebras et oblivione delebitur nomen eius
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
5 non vidit solem neque cognovit distantiam boni et mali
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
6 etiam si duobus milibus annis vixerit et non fuerit perfruitus bonis nonne ad unum locum properant omnia
And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?
7 omnis labor hominis in ore eius sed anima illius non impletur
All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
8 quid habet amplius sapiens ab stulto et quid pauper nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita
For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
9 melius est videre quod cupias quam desiderare quod nescias sed et hoc vanitas est et praesumptio spiritus
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 qui futurus est iam vocatum est nomen eius et scitur quod homo sit et non possit contra fortiorem se in iudicio contendere
What [is] that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
11 verba sunt plurima multa in disputando habentia vanitatem
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?
12 quid necesse est homini maiora se quaerere cum ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua numero dierum peregrinationis suae et tempore quo velut umbra praeterit aut quis ei poterit indicare quid post eum futurum sub sole sit
For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
