Prædikeren 6

1 Der er et Onde, jeg så under Solen, og som tynger Menneskene hårdt:

there distress: evil which to see: see underneath: under [the] sun and many he/she/it upon [the] man

2 Når Gud giver en Mand Rigdom og Gods og Ære, så han intet savner af, hvad han ønsker, og Gud ikke sætter ham i Stand til at nyde det, men en fremmed nyder det, da er dette Tomhed og en slem Lidelse.

man: anyone which to give: give to/for him [the] God riches and wealth and glory and nothing he lacking to/for soul: myself his from all which to desire and not to domineer him [the] God to/for to eat from him for man foreign to eat him this vanity and sickness bad: harmful he/she/it

3 Om en Mand avler hundrede Børn og lever mange År, så hans Levetid bliver lang, men hans Sjæl ikke mættes af Goder, så siger jeg dog, at et utidigt Foster er bedre faren end han;

if to beget man: anyone hundred and year many to live and many which/that to be day year his and soul: appetite his not to satisfy from [the] welfare and also tomb not to be to/for him to say pleasant from him [the] miscarriage

4 thi at det kommer, er Tomhed, og det går bort i Mørke, og i Mørke dølges dets Navn;

for in/on/with vanity to come (in): come and in/on/with darkness to go: went and in/on/with darkness name his to cover

5 og det har hverken set eller kendt Sol; det får end ikke en Grav; det hviler bedre end han.

also sun not to see: see and not to know quietness to/for this from this

6 Om han så levede to Gange tusind År, men ikke skuede Lykke - mon ikke alle farer sammesteds hen?

and except to live thousand year beat and welfare not to see: enjoy not to(wards) place one [the] all to go: went

7 Al Menneskets Flid tjener hans Mund, og dog stilles hans Sult aldrig.

all trouble [the] man to/for lip his and also [the] soul: appetite not to fill

8 Thi hvad har den vise forud for Tåben, hvad båder det den arme, der ved at vandre for de levendes Øjne?

for what? advantage to/for wise from [the] fool what? to/for afflicted to know to/for to go: walk before [the] alive

9 Bedre at se med sine Øjne end higende Attrå. Også det er Tomhed og Jag efter Vind.

pleasant appearance eye from to go: walk soul: appetite also this vanity and longing spirit: breath

10 Hvad der bliver til er for længst nævnet ved Navn, og det vides i Forvejen, hvad et Menneske bliver til; det kan ikke gå i Rette med ham, der er den stærkeste.

what? which/that to be already to call: call by name his and to know which he/she/it man and not be able to/for to judge with (which/that mighty *Q(K)*) from him

11 Thi jo flere Ord der bruges, des større bliver Tomheden, og hvad gavner de Mennesket?

for there word to multiply to multiply vanity what? advantage to/for man

12 Thi hvo ved, hvad der båder et Menneske i Livet, det Tal af tomme Levedage han henlever som en Skygge? Thi hvo kan sige et Menneske, hvad der skal ske under Solen efter hans Død?

for who? to know what? pleasant to/for man in/on/with life number day life vanity his and to make: do them like/as shadow which who? to tell to/for man what? to be after him underneath: under [the] sun