< Ecclesiastes 6 >

1 I have seen something [else here] on this earth that troubles people.
Hay otro mal que he visto debajo del cielo, y muy común entre los hombres:
2 God enables some people to get a lot of money and possessions and to be honored; they have everything [LIT] that they want. But God [sometimes] does not allow them to continue to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair.
Hombre, a quien Dios dio riquezas, y hacienda, y honra, y nada le falta de todo lo que su alma desea; y Dios no le dio facultad de comer de ello; antes los extraños se lo comen: esto vanidad es, y enfermedad trabajosa.
3 Someone might have 100 children and live for many years. But if he is not able to enjoy the things that he has acquired, and if he is not buried [properly after he dies], [I say that] a child that is dead when it is born is more fortunate.
Si el hombre engendrare cien hijos, y viviere muchos años, y los días de su edad fueren asaz; si su alma no se hartó del bien, y también careció de sepultura; yo digo que el abortivo es mejor que él.
4 That dead baby’s birth is meaningless; it does not even have a name. It goes directly to the place where there is only darkness.
Porque en vano vino, y a tinieblas va, y con tinieblas será cubierto su nombre.
5 It does not [live to] see the sun or know anything. But it finds more rest than rich people do [who are alive].
Aunque no haya visto el sol, ni conocido nada, más reposo tiene este, que aquel.
6 Even if people could live for 2,000 years, if they do not enjoy the things that God gives to them, [it would have been better for them never to have been born]. [All people who live a long time] certainly [RHQ] all go to the same place— [to the grave].
Porque si viviere mil años dos veces, y no gozó del bien; cierto todos van a un lugar.
7 People work hard to [earn enough money to buy] food to eat [MTY], but [often] they never get enough to eat.
Todo el trabajo del hombre es para su boca, y con todo eso, su deseo no se harta.
8 So it seems that [RHQ] wise people do not receive more lasting benefits than foolish people do. And it seems that [RHQ] poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives.
Porque ¿qué más tiene el sabio que el insensato? ¿Qué más tiene el pobre que supo caminar entre los vivos?
9 It is better to enjoy the things that we already have [MTY] than to constantly want more things; continually wanting more things is [senseless], [like] the wind.
Mas vale vista de ojos, que deseo que pasa; y también esto es vanidad, y aflicción de espíritu.
10 All the things that exist [on the earth] have been given names. And everyone knows what people are like, [so] it is useless to argue with someone (OR, with God) who is stronger than we are.
El que es, ya su nombre ha sido nombrado, y se sabe, que es hombre; y que no podrá contender con el que es más fuerte que él.
11 The more [that we] talk, the more [often we say things that are] senseless, so it certainly does not [RHQ] benefit us to talk a lot.
Ciertamente las muchas palabras multiplican la vanidad. ¿Qué más tiene el hombre?
12 We live for only a short time; we disappear like [SIM] a shadow disappears [in the sunlight]. No one [RHQ] knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one [RHQ] knows what will happen to us after we die [EUP].
Porque ¿quién sabe cual es el bien del hombre en la vida todos los días de la vida de su vanidad, que los pasa como sombra? Porque ¿quién enseñará al hombre que será después de él debajo del sol?

< Ecclesiastes 6 >