The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
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1 memento creatoris tui in diebus iuventutis tuae antequam veniat tempus adflictionis et adpropinquent anni de quibus dicas non mihi placent
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Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
2 antequam tenebrescat sol et lumen et luna et stellae et revertantur nubes post pluviam
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before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;
3 quando commovebuntur custodes domus et nutabuntur viri fortissimi et otiosae erunt molentes inminuto numero et tenebrescent videntes per foramina
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when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;
4 et claudent ostia in platea in humilitate vocis molentis et consurgent ad vocem volucris et obsurdescent omnes filiae carminis
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when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;
5 excelsa quoque timebunt et formidabunt in via florebit amigdalum inpinguabitur lucusta et dissipabitur capparis quoniam ibit homo in domum aeternitatis suae et circumibunt in platea plangentes
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when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets.
6 antequam rumpatur funis argenteus et recurrat vitta aurea et conteratur hydria super fontem et confringatur rota super cisternam
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Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well,
7 et revertatur pulvis in terram suam unde erat et spiritus redeat ad Deum qui dedit illum
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and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes omnia vanitas
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“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“Everything is meaningless!”
9 cumque esset sapientissimus Ecclesiastes docuit populum et enarravit quae fecerit et investigans conposuit parabolas multas
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Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.
10 quaesivit verba utilia et conscripsit sermones rectissimos ac veritate plenos
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The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.
11 verba sapientium sicut stimuli et quasi clavi in altum defixi quae per magistrorum concilium data sunt a pastore uno
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The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.
12 his amplius fili mi ne requiras faciendi plures libros nullus est finis frequensque meditatio carnis adflictio est
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Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
13 finem loquendi omnes pariter audiamus Deum time et mandata eius observa hoc est enim omnis homo
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Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
14 et cuncta quae fiunt adducet Deus in iudicium pro omni errato sive bonum sive malum sit
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For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
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