Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
est et aliud malum quod vidi sub sole et quidem frequens apud homines
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
vir cui dedit Deus divitias et substantiam et honorem et nihil deest animae eius ex omnibus quae desiderat nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus ut comedat ex eo sed homo extraneus vorabit illud hoc vanitas et magna miseria est
3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
si genuerit quispiam centum et vixerit multos annos et plures dies aetatis habuerit et anima illius non utatur bonis substantiae suae sepulturaque careat de hoc ego pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus
4 For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
frustra enim venit et pergit ad tenebras et oblivione delebitur nomen eius
5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
non vidit solem neque cognovit distantiam boni et mali
6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
etiam si duobus milibus annis vixerit et non fuerit perfruitus bonis nonne ad unum locum properant omnia
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
omnis labor hominis in ore eius sed anima illius non impletur
8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
quid habet amplius sapiens ab stulto et quid pauper nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita
9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
melius est videre quod cupias quam desiderare quod nescias sed et hoc vanitas est et praesumptio spiritus
10 He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
qui futurus est iam vocatum est nomen eius et scitur quod homo sit et non possit contra fortiorem se in iudicio contendere
11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
verba sunt plurima multa in disputando habentia vanitatem
12 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
quid necesse est homini maiora se quaerere cum ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua numero dierum peregrinationis suae et tempore quo velut umbra praeterit aut quis ei poterit indicare quid post eum futurum sub sole sit
