1Sinabi ko sa aking puso: Pumarito ka ngayon, Susubukin kitang may kasayahan; kaya't magsawa ka sa kalayawan: at narito, ito rin ay walang kabuluhan. 2Aking sinabi tungkol sa tawa, Ito'y ulol: at sa kasayahan, Anong ginagawa nito? 3Aking siniyasat sa aking puso na kung paanong masasayahan ang aking katawan sa pamamagitan ng alak, pinapatnubayan pa ng karunungan ang aking puso at kung paanong hahawak sa kamangmangan, hanggang sa aking makita kung ano ang mabuti sa mga anak ng mga tao na marapat nilang gawin sa silong ng langit sa lahat ng mga kaarawan ng kanilang buhay. 4Gumawa ako sa ganang akin ng mga malaking gawa; nagtayo ako sa ganang akin ng mga bahay; nagtanim ako sa ganang akin ng mga ubasan; 5Gumawa ako sa ganang akin ng mga halamanan at mga liwasan, at aking tinamnan ng mga sarisaring puno ng kahoy na nagkakabunga: 6Gumawa ako sa ganang akin ng mga tipunan ng tubig, upang dumilig ng gubat na pagtatamnan ng mga puno ng kahoy: 7Ako'y bumili ng mga aliping lalake at babae, at nagkaroon ako ng mga aliping ipinanganak sa aking bahay; nagkaroon din naman ako ng mga malaking pag-aari na mga bakahan at mga kawan, ng higit kay sa lahat na nauna sa akin sa Jerusalem: 8Nagtipon din ako sa ganang akin ng pilak at ginto, at ng tanging kayamanan ng mga hari at ng mga lalawigan: nagtatangkilik ako sa akin ng mga lalaking mangaawit at mga babaing mangaawit, at ng mga kalayawan ng mga anak ng mga tao, mga sarisaring instrumento ng musiko iya'y totoong marami. 9Sa gayo'y naging dakila ako, at lumago ako ng higit kay sa lahat na nauna sa akin sa Jerusalem: ang akin namang karunungan ay namamalagi sa akin. 10At anomang ninasa ng aking mga mata ay hindi ko ipinagkait: hindi ko pinigil ang aking puso sa anomang kagalakan, sapagka't nagagalak ang aking puso dahil sa lahat kong gawain; at ito ang aking bahagi na mula sa lahat kong gawain. 11Nang magkagayo'y minasdan ko ang lahat ng mga gawa, na ginawa ng aking mga kamay, at ang gawain na aking pinagsikapang gawin; at, narito, lahat ay walang kabuluhan at nauuwi sa wala, at walang pakinabang sa ilalim ng araw. 12At ako'y pumihit upang masdan ang karunungan, at ang kaululan at ang kamangmangan; sapagka't ano ang magagawa ng tao na sumusunod sa hari? samakatuwid baga'y ang nagawa na laong panahon ng nakaraan. 13Nang magkagayo'y aking nakita, na ang karunungan ay humihigit sa kamangmangan, na gaya ng liwanag na humihigit sa dilim. 14Ang mga mata ng pantas ay na sa kaniyang ulo, at ang mangmang ay lumalakad sa kadiliman: at gayon ma'y aking namalas na isang pangyayari ang nangyari sa kanilang lahat. 15Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko sa puso ko, Kung ano ang nangyari sa mangmang gayon ang mangyayari sa akin; at bakit pa nga ako naging lalong pantas? Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko sa puso ko, na ito man ay walang kabuluhan. 16Sapagka't kung paano sa pantas ay gayon din sa mangmang, walang alaala magpakailan man; dangang sa mga araw na darating ay malilimutang lahat na. At kung paanong ang pantas ay namamatay ay gayon ang mangmang! 17Sa gayo'y ipinagtanim ko ang buhay; sapagka't ang gawa na ginawa sa ilalim ng araw ay mapanglaw sa akin: sapagka't lahat ay walang kabuluhan at nauuwi sa wala. 18At ipinagtanim ko ang lahat kong gawa na aking ginawa sa ilalim ng araw: yamang marapat kong iwan sa tao na susunod sa akin. 19At sinong nakakaalam kung siya'y magiging isang pantas o isang mangmang? gayon ma'y magpupuno siya sa lahat ng aking gawa, na aking ginawa, at sa aking pinagpakitaan ng karunungan sa ilalim ng araw. Ito man ay walang kabuluhan. 20Kaya't ako'y bumalik upang aking alisan ng pagasa ang aking puso tungkol sa lahat na gawa na aking ginawa sa ilalim ng araw. 21Sapagka't may tao, na ang gawa ay sa pamamagitan ng karunungan, at ng kaalaman, at ng kabihasnan; gayon ma'y sa tao na hindi gumawa niyaon ay iiwan niya na pinakabahagi niyaon. Ito man ay walang kabuluhan at malaking kasamaan. 22Sapagka't ano ang tinatamo ng tao sa lahat niyang gawa, at sa nais ng kaniyang puso na kaniyang iginawa sa ilalim ng araw? 23Sapagka't lahat niyang kaarawan ay mga kapanglawan lamang, at ang kaniyang pagdaramdam ay hapis; oo, pati sa gabi ay hindi nagpapahinga ang kaniyang puso. Ito man ay walang kabuluhan. 24Walang maigi sa tao kundi ang kumain at uminom, at pagalaking mabuti ang kaniyang kaluluwa sa kaniyang gawa. Ito man ay aking nakita na mula sa kamay ng Dios. 25Sapagka't sinong makakakain, o sinong makapagtataglay ng kagalakang higit kay sa akin? 26Sapagka't ang tao na kinaluluguran niya, binibigyan ng Dios ng karunungan, at kaalaman, at kagalakan: nguni't ang makasalanan ay binibigyan niya ng damdam, na magpisan at magbunton, upang maibigay sa kaniya na kinaluluguran ng Dios. Ito man ay walang kabuluhan at nauuwi sa wala.
1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity. 2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?” 3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives. 4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards. 5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit. 6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared. 7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem; 8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me. 10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. 11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun. 12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago. 13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. 14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. 15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool! 17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. 19Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. 21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? 23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. 24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? 26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
1Ik zeide in mijn hart: Nu, welaan, ik zal u beproeven door vreugde; derhalve zie het goede aan; maar zie, ook dat was ijdelheid. 2Tot het lachen zeide ik: Gij zijt onzinnig, en tot de vreugde: Wat maakt deze? 3Ik heb in mijn hart nagespeurd, om mijn vlees op te houden in den wijn, (nochtans leidende mijn hart in wijsheid) en om de dwaasheid vast te houden, totdat ik zou zien wat den kinderen der mensen het best ware, dat zij doen zouden onder den hemel, gedurende het getal der dagen huns levens. 4Ik maakte mij grote werken, ik bouwde mij huizen, ik plantte mij wijngaarden. 5Ik maakte mij hoven en lusthoven, en ik plantte bomen in dezelve, van allerlei vrucht. 6Ik maakte mij vijvers van wateren, om daarmede te bewateren het woud, dat met bomen groende. 7Ik kreeg knechten en maagden, en ik had kinderen des huizes; ook had ik een groot bezit van runderen en schapen, meer dan allen, die voor mij te Jeruzalem geweest waren. 8Ik vergaderde mij ook zilver en goud, en kleinoden der koningen en der landschappen; ik bestelde mij zangers en zangeressen, en wellustigheden der mensenkinderen, snarenspel, ja, allerlei snarenspel. 9En ik werd groot, en nam toe, meer dan iemand, die voor mij te Jeruzalem geweest was; ook bleef mijn wijsheid mij bij. 10En al wat mijn ogen begeerden, dat onttrok ik hun niet; ik wederhield mijn hart niet van enige blijdschap, maar mijn hart was verblijd vanwege al mijn arbeid; en dit was mijn deel van al mijn arbeid. 11Toen wendde ik mij tot al mijn werken, die mijn handen gemaakt hadden, en tot den arbeid, dien ik werkende gearbeid had; ziet, het was al ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes, en daarin was geen voordeel onder de zon. 12Daarna wendde ik mij, om te zien wijsheid, ook onzinnigheden en dwaasheid; want hoe zou een mens, die den koning nakomen zal, doen hetgeen alrede gedaan is? 13Toen zag ik, dat de wijsheid uitnemendheid heeft boven de dwaasheid, gelijk het licht uitnemendheid heeft boven de duisternis. 14De ogen des wijzen zijn in zijn hoofd, maar de zot wandelt in de duisternis. Toen bemerkte ik ook, dat enerlei geval hun allen bejegent. 15Dies zeide ik in mijn hart: Gelijk het den dwaze bejegent, zal het ook mijzelven bejegenen; waarom heb ik dan toen meer naar wijsheid gestaan? Toen sprak ik in mijn hart, dat ook hetzelve ijdelheid was. 16Want er zal in eeuwigheid niet meer gedachtenis van een wijze, dan van een dwaas zijn; aangezien hetgeen nu is, in de toekomende dagen altemaal vergeten wordt; en hoe sterft de wijze met den zot? 17Daarom haatte ik dit leven, want dit werk dacht mij kwaad, dat onder de zon geschiedt; want het is al ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes. 18Ik haatte ook al mijn arbeid, dien ik bearbeid had onder de zon, dat ik dien zou achterlaten aan een mens, die na mij wezen zal. 19Want wie weet, of hij wijs zal zijn, of dwaas? Evenwel zal hij heersen over al mijn arbeid, dien ik bearbeid heb en dien ik wijselijk beleid heb onder de zon. Dat is ook ijdelheid. 20Daarom keerde ik mij om, om mijn hart te doen wanhopen over al den arbeid, dien ik bearbeid heb onder de zon. 21Want er is een mens, wiens arbeid in wijsheid, en in wetenschap, en in geschikkelijkheid is; nochtans zal hij die overgeven tot zijn deel, aan een mens, die daaraan niet gearbeid heeft. Dit is ook ijdelheid en een groot kwaad. 22Wat heeft toch die mens van al zijn arbeid, en van de kwellingen zijns harten, dien hij is bearbeidende onder de zon? 23Want al zijn dagen zijn smarten, en zijn bezigheid is verdriet; zelfs des nachts rust zijn hart niet. Datzelve is ook ijdelheid. 24Is het dan niet goed voor den mens, dat hij ete en drinke, en dat hij zijn ziel het goede doe genieten in zijn arbeid? Ik heb ook gezien, dat zulks van de hand Gods is. 25(Want wie zou er van eten, of wie zou zich daartoe haasten, meer dan ik zelf?) 26Want Hij geeft wijsheid, en wetenschap, en vreugde den mens, die goed is voor Zijn aangezicht; maar den zondaar geeft Hij bezigheid om te verzamelen en te vergaderen, opdat Hij het geve dien, die goed is voor Gods aangezicht. Dit is ook ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes.
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