Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them';
memento creatoris tui in diebus iuventutis tuae antequam veniat tempus adflictionis et adpropinquent anni de quibus dicas non mihi placent
2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
antequam tenebrescat sol et lumen et luna et stellae et revertantur nubes post pluviam
3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out shall be darkened in the windows,
quando commovebuntur custodes domus et nutabuntur viri fortissimi et otiosae erunt molentes inminuto numero et tenebrescent videntes per foramina
4 And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
et claudent ostia in platea in humilitate vocis molentis et consurgent ad vocem volucris et obsurdescent omnes filiae carminis
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall drag itself along, and the caperberry shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;
excelsa quoque timebunt et formidabunt in via florebit amigdalum inpinguabitur lucusta et dissipabitur capparis quoniam ibit homo in domum aeternitatis suae et circumibunt in platea plangentes
6 Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;
antequam rumpatur funis argenteus et recurrat vitta aurea et conteratur hydria super fontem et confringatur rota super cisternam
7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
et revertatur pulvis in terram suam unde erat et spiritus redeat ad Deum qui dedit illum
8 Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity.
vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes omnia vanitas
9 And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
cumque esset sapientissimus Ecclesiastes docuit populum et enarravit quae fecerit et investigans conposuit parabolas multas
10 Koheleth sought to find out words of delight, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.
quaesivit verba utilia et conscripsit sermones rectissimos ac veritate plenos
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.
verba sapientium sicut stimuli et quasi clavi in altum defixi quae per magistrorum concilium data sunt a pastore uno
12 And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
his amplius fili mi ne requiras faciendi plures libros nullus est finis frequensque meditatio carnis adflictio est
13 The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.
finem loquendi omnes pariter audiamus Deum time et mandata eius observa hoc est enim omnis homo
14 For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
et cuncta quae fiunt adducet Deus in iudicium pro omni errato sive bonum sive malum sit
