1
Who is as the
wise man? and who
knoweth the
interpretation of a
thing? a
man's wisdom maketh his
face to
shine, and the
boldness of his
face shall be
changed.
t;m.k'x r'b'D r,veP ;[edw{y yim.W ~'k'x,h.K yim ? a,NUv.y wy'n'P z{[.w wy'n'P ryia'T ~'d'a
2
I counsel thee to
keep the
king's commandment, and that in
regard of the
oath of
God.
t;[.Wb.v t;r.biD l;[.w rw{m.v .$,l,m -yiP yin]a ? ~yih{l/a
3
Be not
hasty to go
out of his
sight: stand not in an
evil thing; for he
doeth whatsoever
pleaseth him.
r'b'd.B d{m][;T -l;a .$eleT wy'n'Pim leh'BiT -l;a ? h,f][;y #{P.x;y r,v]a -l'K yiK ['r
4
Where the
word of a
king is, there is
power: and who may
say unto him, What
doest thou?
w{l -r;ma{y yim.W !w{j.liv .$,l,m -r;b.D r,v]a;B ? h,f][;T -h;m
5
Whoso
keepeth the
commandment shall
feel no
evil thing: and a wise
man's heart discerneth both
time and
judgment.
j'P.vim.W te[.w ['r r'b'D [;dey a{l h'w.cim remw{v ? ~'k'x bel [;dey
6
Because to every
purpose there
is time and
judgment, therefore the
misery of
man is
great upon him.
t;['r -yiK j'P.vim.W te[ vey #,pex -l'k.l yiK ? wy'l'[ h'B;r ~'d'a'h
7
For he
knoweth not that which shall be: for who can
tell him when it shall be?
r,v]a;K yiK h,y.hiY,V -h;m ;[ed{y .WN,nyea -yiK ? w{l dyiG;y yim h,y.hIy
8
There is no
man that hath
power over the
spirit to
retain the
spirit; neither hath he
power in the
day of
death: and there is no
discharge in that
war; neither shall
wickedness deliver those that are
given to it.
;x.Wr'h -t,a aw{l.kil ;x.Wr'B jyiL;v ~'d'a !yea ? t;x;l.vim !yea.w t,w'M;h ~w{y.B !w{j.liv !yea.w ? wy'l'[.B -t,a [;v,r jeL;m.y -a{l.w h'm'x.liM;B
9
All this have I
seen, and
applied my
heart unto every
work that is
done under the
sun: there is a
time wherein one
man ruleth over another to his own
hurt.
yiBil -t,a !w{t'n.w yityia'r h,z -l'K -t,a ? te[ v,m'V;h t;x;T h'f][;n r,v]a h,f][;m -l'k.l ? w{l [;r.l ~'d'a.B ~'d'a'h j;l'v r,v]a
10
And
so I
saw the
wicked buried, who had
come and
gone from the
place of the
holy, and they were
forgotten in the
city where they had so
done: this is also
vanity.
~w{q.Mim.W .Wa'b'w ~yirUb.q ~yi['v.r yityia'r !ek.b.W ? .Wf'[ -neK r,v]a ryi['b .Wx.K;T.vIy.w .WkeL;h.y vw{d'q ? l,b'h h,z -m;G
11
Because
sentence against an
evil work is not
executed speedily, therefore the
heart of the
sons of
men is fully
set in them to
do evil.
h'reh.m h'['r'h hef][;m ~'g.tip h'f][;n -nyea r,v]a ? tw{f][;l ~,h'B ~'d'a'h -yen.B bel ael'm !eK -l;[ ? ['r
12
Though a
sinner do evil an hundred
times, and his days be
prolonged, yet surely I
know that it shall be
well with them that
fear God, which
fear before him:
yiK w{l .$yir]a;m.W t;a.m ['r h,f{[ a,j{x r,v]a ? yea.rIy.l bw{J -h,y.hIy r,v]a yin'a ;[edw{y -m;G ? wy'n'p.Lim .Wa.ryIy r,v]a ~yih{l/a'h
13
But it shall not be
well with the
wicked, neither shall he
prolong his
days, which are as a
shadow; because he
feareth not
before God.
~yim'y .$yir]a;y -a{l.w ['v'r'l h,y.hIy -a{l bw{j.w ? ~yih{l/a yen.piLim aer'y .WN,nyea r,v]a leC;K
14
There
is a
vanity which is
done upon the
earth; that there be
just men, unto whom it
happeneth according to the
work of the
wicked; again, there
be wicked men, to whom it
happeneth according to the
work of the
righteous: I
said that this
also is
vanity.
vey r,v]a #,r'a'h -l;[ h'f][;n r,v]a l,b,h -v,y ? ~yi['v.r'h hef][;m.K ~,hel]a ;[yiG;m r,v]a ~yiqyiD;c ? ~yiqyiD;C;h hef][;m.K ~,hel]a ;[yiG;M,v ~yi['v.r vey.w ? l,b'h h,z -m;G,v yiT.r;m'a
15
Then I
commended mirth, because a
man hath no better
thing under the
sun, than to
eat, and to
drink, and to be
merry: for that shall
abide with him of his
labour the
days of his
life, which
God giveth him under the
sun.
bw{j -nyea r,v]a h'x.miF;h -t,a yin]a yiT.x;Biv.w ? tw{T.vil.w lw{k/a,l -mia yiK v,m,V;h t;x;T ~'d'a'l ? wy'Y;x yem.y w{l'm][;b .WN,w.lIy a.Wh.w ;xw{m.fil.w ? v,m'V;h t;x;T ~yih{l/a'h w{l -n;t'n -r,v]a
16
When I
applied mine
heart to
know wisdom, and to
see the
business that is
done upon the
earth: (for also there is that neither
day nor
night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
tw{a.ril.w h'm.k'x t;[;d'l yiBil -t,a yiT;t'n r,v]a;K ? yiK #,r'a'h~wy -l;[ h'f][;n r,v]a !'y.ni['h -t,a ? .WN,nyea wy'nye[.B< h'nev h'l.y;L;b.W ~w{Y;B ~;g ? h,a{r
17
Then I
beheld all the
work of
God, that a
man cannot find
out the
work that is
done under the
sun: because though a
man labour to seek it
out, yet he shall not
find it; yea further; though a
wise man
think to
know it, yet shall he not be
able to
find it.
a{l yiK ~yih{l/a'h hef][;m -l'K -t,a yityia'r.w ? h'f][;n r,v]a h,f][;M;h -t,a aw{c.mil ~'d'a'h l;k.Wy ? veQ;b.l ~'d'a'h l{m][;y r,v]a l,v.B v,m,V;h -t;x;t ? t;[;d'l ~'k'x,h r;ma{y -mia ~;g.w a'c.mIy a{l.w ? a{c.mil l;k.Wy a{l