1
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
h'B;r.wt07227 v,m'V;ht08121 t;x;T yityia'r r,v]a h'['rt07451 veyt03426 ? ~'d'a'ht0120 -l;[ ayih
2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger* eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
~yis'k.n.Wt05233 r,v{[t06239 ~yih{l/a'ht0430 w{l -n,TIy r,v]a vyiat0376 ? h/W;a.tIyt0183 -r,v]a l{Kim w{v.p;n.lt05315 res'xt02638 .WN,nyea.w dw{b'k.wt03519 ? yiK .WN,Mim l{k/a,lt0398 ~yih{l/a'ht0430 .WN,jyil.v;y -a{l.w ? ['rt07451 yil\x'wt02483 l,b,ht01892 h,z .WN,l]ka{yt0398 yir.k'nt05237 vyiat0376 ? a.Wh
3
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
h,y.xIyt02421 tw{B;rt07227 ~yin'v.w h'aemt03967 vyiat0376 dyilw{yt03205 -mia ? [;B.fitt07646 -a{l w{v.p;n.wt05315 wy'n'v -yem.y .Wy.hiY,v b;r.wt07227 ? w{L h't.y'h -a{l h'r.Wb.qt06900 -m;g.w h'bw{J;h -nim ? l,p'N;ht05309 .WN,Mim bw{j yiT.r;m'at0559
4
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
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5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
h,z'lt02088 t;x;nt05183 ['d'y a{l.w h'a'rt07200 -a{l v,m,vt08121 -m;G ? h,Zimt02088
6
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
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7
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
a{l v,p,N;ht05315 -m;g.w .Whyip.l ~'d'a'ht0120 l;m][t05999 -l'K ? ael'Mitt04390
8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
h,z -m;G v,p'nt05315 -.k'l]hem ~Iy;nye[ hea.r;mt04758 bw{j ? ;x.Wrt07307 t.W[.r.Wt07469 l,b,ht01892
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.
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11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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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?
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