1
I
said in mine
heart, Go to
now, I will
prove thee with
mirth, therefore
enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is
vanity.
h'x.mif.b h'k.S;n]a a'N -h'k.l yiBil.B yin]a ]yiT.r;m'a ? l,b'h a.Wh -m;g heNih.w bw{j.b hea.r.W
2
I
said of
laughter, It is
mad: and of
mirth, What doeth it?
h{Z -h;m h'x.mif.l.W l'lw{h.m yiT.r;m'a qw{x.fil ? h'f{[
3
I
sought in mine
heart to
give myself unto
wine, yet
acquainting mine
heart with
wisdom; and to lay
hold on
folly, till I might
see what was that
good for the
sons of
men, which they should
do under the
heaven all the
days of their
life.
yiBil.w yir'f.B -t,a !Iy;Y;B .$w{v.mil yiBil.b yiT.r;T ? h,a.r,a -r,v]a d;[ t.Wl.kis.B z{x/a,l.w h'm.k'x;B geh{n ? t;x;T .Wf][;y r,v]a ~'d'a'h yen.bil bw{j h,z -yea ? ~,hyeY;x yem.y r;P.sim ~Iy;m'V;h
4
I made me
great works; I
builded me
houses; I
planted me
vineyards:
yiT.[;j'n ~yiT'B yil yityin'B y'f][;m yiT.l;D.gih ? ~yim'r.K yil
5
I
made me
gardens and
orchards, and I
planted trees in them of all kind of
fruits:
~,h'b yiT.[;j'n.w ~yiseD.r;p.W tw{N;G yil yityif'[ ? yir,P -l'K #e[
6
I
made me
pools of
water, to
water therewith the
wood that bringeth
forth trees:
r;[;y ~,hem tw{q.v;h.l ~Iy'm tw{ker.B yil yityif'[ ? ~yice[ ;xemw{c
7
I
got me
servants and
maidens, and had servants
born in my
house; also I had
great possessions of
great and small
cattle above all that were in
Jerusalem before me:
h'y'h tIy;b -yen.b.W tw{x'p.v.W ~yid'b][ yityin'q ? yil h'y'h heB.r;h !a{c'w r'q'b h,n.qim ~;G yil ? ~i'l'v.WryiB y;n'p.l .Wy'h,v l{Kim
8
I
gathered me also
silver and
gold, and the peculiar
treasure of
kings and of the
provinces: I
gat me men
singers and women
singers, and the
delights of the
sons of
men, as musical
instruments*, and that of all sorts.
~yik'l.m t;LUg.s.W b'h'z.w @,s,K -m;G yil yiT.s;n'K ? t{g.Wn][;t.w tw{r'v.w ~yir'v yil yityif'[ tw{nyid.M;h.w ? tw{Div.w h'Div ~'d'a'h yen.B
9
So I was
great, and
increased more than all that were
before me in
Jerusalem: also my
wisdom remained with me.
~i'l'v.WryiB y;n'p.l h'y'h,v l{Kim yiT.p;sw{h.w yiT.l;d'g.w ? yiL h'd.m'[ yit'm.k'x @;a
10
And whatsoever mine
eyes desired I
kept not from them, I
withheld not my
heart from any
joy; for my
heart rejoiced in all my
labour: and this was my
portion of all my
labour.
yiT.l;c'a a{l y;nye[ .Wl]a'v r,v]a l{k.w ? -yiK h'x.mif -l'Kim yiBil -t,a yiT.[;n'm -a{l ~,hem ? yil'm][ -l'Kim yiq.l,x h'y'h -h,z.w yil'm][ -l'Kim ;xem'f yiBil
11
Then I
looked on all the
works that my
hands had
wrought, and on the
labour that I had
laboured to
do: and, behold, all was
vanity and
vexation of
spirit, and there was no
profit under the
sun.
l'm'[,b.W y;d'y .Wf'[,v y;f][;m -l'k.B yin]a yityin'p.W ? t.W[.r.W l,b,h l{K;h heNih.w tw{f][;l yiT.l;m'[,v ? v,m'V;h t;x;T !w{r.tIy !yea.w ;x.Wr