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| [1]There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men |
[1]There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: |
| [2]when God geueth a man riches, goodes, and honour, so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire, and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioy the same, but another man spendeth them: This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague |
[2]A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. |
| [3]If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he |
[3]If a man begetteth a hundred children, and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. |
| [4]For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten |
[4]For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. |
| [5]Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other |
[5]Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other. |
| [6]Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place |
[6]Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? |
| [7]All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde |
[7]All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. |
| [8]For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng |
[8]For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? |
| [9]The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde |
[9]Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| [10]The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he |
[10]That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. |
| [11]Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els |
[11]Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| [12]For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne |
[12]For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? |