2
All things come alike to all: there is
one event to the
righteous, and to the
wicked; to the
good and to the
clean, and to the
unclean; to him that
sacrificeth, and to him
that sacrificeth not: as is the
good, so is the
sinner; and he that
sweareth, as he that
feareth an
oath.
['v'r'l.w qyiD;C;l d'x,a h,r.qim l{K;l r,v]a;K l{K;h ? .WN,nyea r,v]a;l.w ;xeb{Z;l.w aem'J;l.w rw{h'J;l.w bw{J;l ? h'[.Wb.v r,v]a;K ['B.viN;h a,j{x;K bw{J;K ;xeb{z ? aer'y
3
This is an
evil among all things that are
done under the
sun, that there is
one event unto all: yea, also the
heart of the
sons of
men is
full of
evil, and
madness is in their
heart while they
live, and
after that they go to the
dead.
-yiK v,m,V;h t;x;T h'f][;n -r,v]a l{k.B ['r h,z ? -ael'm ~'d'a'h -yen.B bel ~;g.w l{K;l d'x,a h,r.qim ? ~yiteM;h -l,a wy'r]x;a.w ~,hyeY;x.B ~'b'b.liB tw{lelw{h.w ['r
4
For to him that
is joined to all the
living there is
hope: for a
living dog is
better than a
dead lion.
vey ~yiY;x;h -l'K l,a rex'BIy r,v]a yim -yiK ? hey.r;a'h -nim bw{j a.Wh y;x b,l,k.l -yiK !w{x'JiB ? teM;h
5
For the
living know that they shall
die: but the
dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a
reward; for the
memory of them is
forgotten.
~'nyea ~yiteM;h.w .WtUm'Y,v ~yi[.dw{y ~yiY;x;h yiK ? r'k'f ~,h'l dw{[ -nyea.w h'm.Wa.m ~yi[.dw{y ? ~'r.kiz x;K.vin yiK
6
Also their
love, and their
hatred, and their
envy, is
now perished; neither have they any more a
portion for
ever in any thing that is
done under the
sun.
r'b.K ~'t'a.niq -m;G ~'t'a.nif -m;G ~'t'b]h;a ~;G ? l{k.B ~'lw{[.l dw{[ ~,h'l -nyea q,lex.w h'd'b'a ? v,m'V;h t;x;T h'f][;n -r,v]a
7
Go thy
way,
eat thy
bread with
joy, and
drink thy
wine with a
merry heart; for
God now accepteth thy
works.
bw{j -b,l.b het]v.W '$,m.x;l h'x.mif.B l{k/a .$el ? '$y,f][;m -t,a ~yih{l/a'h h'c'r r'b.k yiK '$,nyey
8
Let thy
garments be
always white; and let thy
head lack no
ointment.
'$.va{r -l;[ !,m,v.w ~yin'b.l '$y,d'g.b .Wy.hIy te[ -l'k.B ? r's.x,y -l;a
9
Live joyfully with the
wife whom thou
lovest all the
days of the
life of thy
vanity, which he hath
given thee under the
sun, all the
days of thy
vanity: for that is thy
portion in this
life, and in thy
labour which thou
takest under the
sun.
yem.y -l'K 'T.b;h'a -r,v]a h'Via -mi[ ~yiY;x hea.r ? l{K v,m,V;h t;x;T '$.l -n;t'n r,v]a '$,l.b,h yeY;x ? '$.l'm][;b.W ~yiY;x;B '$.q.l,x a.Wh yiK '$,l.b,h yem.y ? v,m'V;h t;x;T lem'[ h'T;a -r,v]a
10
Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to
do,
do it with thy
might; for there is no
work, nor
device, nor
knowledge, nor
wisdom, in the
grave, whither thou
goest.
hef][ '$]x{k.B tw{f][;l '$.d'y a'c.miT r,v]a l{K ? lw{a.viB h'm.k'x.w t;[;d.w !w{B.v,x.w h,f][;m !yea yiK ? h'M'v .$el{h h'T;a r,v]a
11
I
returned, and
saw under the
sun, that the
race is not to the
swift, nor the
battle to the
strong, neither yet
bread to the
wise, nor yet
riches to men of
understanding, nor yet
favour to men of
skill; but
time and
chance happeneth to them all.
a{l yiK v,m,V;h -t;x;t h{a'r.w yiT.b;v ? ~;g.w h'm'x.liM;h ~yirw{BiG;l a{l.w #w{reM;h ~yiL;Q;l ? r,v{[ ~yin{b.N;l a{l ~;g.w ~,x,l ~yim'k]x;l a{l ? ~'LUK -t,a h,r.qIy [;g,p'w te[ -yiK !ex ~yi[.d{Y;l a{l ~;g.w
12
For
man also
knoweth not his
time: as the
fishes that are
taken in an
evil net, and as the
birds that are
caught in the
snare; so are the
sons of
men snared in an
evil time, when it
falleth suddenly upon them.
~yig'D;K w{Ti[ -t,a ~'d'a'h [;dey -a{l ~;G yiK ? tw{zUx]a'h ~yir\PiC;k.w h'['r h'dw{c.miB ~yiz'x/a,N,v ? h'['r te[.l ~'d'a'h yen.B ~yiv'q.Wy ~eh'K x'P;B ? ~{a.tiP ~,hyel][ lw{PiT,v.K