Ecclesiastes 1
1 word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
These are the words of the Teacher, the descendant of David and king in Jerusalem.
2 vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
The Teacher says this. “Like a vapor of mist, like a breeze in the wind, everything vanishes, leaving many questions.
3 what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
What profit does mankind gain from all the work that they labor at under the sun?
4 generation to go: went and generation to come (in): come and [the] land: country/planet to/for forever: enduring to stand: stand
One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
5 and to rise [the] sun and to come (in): come [the] sun and to(wards) place his to long for to rise he/she/it there
The sun rises, and it goes down and hurries back to the place where it rises again.
6 to go: walk to(wards) south and to turn: turn to(wards) north to turn: surround to turn: surround to go: walk [the] spirit: breath and upon around him to return: return [the] spirit: breath
The wind blows south and circles around to the north, always going around along its pathway and coming back again.
7 all [the] torrent: river to go: walk to(wards) [the] sea and [the] sea nothing he full to(wards) place which/that [the] torrent: river to go: walk there they(masc.) to return: return to/for to go: walk
All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. To the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
8 all [the] word: thing weary not be able man: anyone to/for to speak: speak not to satisfy eye to/for to see: see and not to fill ear from to hear: hear
Everything becomes wearisome, and no one can explain it. The eye is not satisfied by what it sees, nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears.
9 what? which/that to be he/she/it which/that to be and what? which/that to make: do he/she/it which/that to make: do and nothing all new underneath: under [the] sun
Whatever has been is what will be, and whatever has been done is what will be done. There is nothing new under the sun.
10 there word: thing which/that to say to see: behold! this new he/she/it already to be to/for forever: antiquity which to be from to/for face: before our
Is there anything about which it may be said, 'Look, this is new'? Whatever exists has already existed for a long time, during ages which came long before us.
11 nothing memorial to/for first: previous and also to/for last which/that to be not to be to/for them memorial with which/that to be to/for last
No one seems to remember the things that happened in ancient times, and the things that happened much later and that will happen in the future will not likely be remembered either.”
12 I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
I am the Teacher, and I have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 and to give: put [obj] heart my to/for to seek and to/for to spy in/on/with wisdom upon all which to make: do underneath: under [the] heaven he/she/it task bad: harmful to give: put God to/for son: child [the] man to/for be occupied in/on/with him
I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with.
14 to see: see [obj] all [the] deed: work which/that to make: do underneath: under [the] sun and behold [the] all vanity and longing spirit: breath
I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and chasing the wind.
15 to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
The twisted cannot be straightened! The missing cannot be counted!
16 to speak: speak I with heart my to/for to say I behold to magnify and to add wisdom upon all which to be to/for face: before my upon Jerusalem and heart my to see: examine to multiply wisdom and knowledge
I have spoken to my heart saying, “Look, I have acquired greater wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My mind has seen great wisdom and knowledge.”
17 and to give: put [emph?] heart my to/for to know wisdom and to know madness and folly to know which/that also this he/she/it striving spirit: breath
So I applied my heart to know wisdom and also madness and folly. I came to understand that this also was an attempt to shepherd the wind.
18 for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
For in the abundance of wisdom there is much frustration, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
