Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great on men:
Ir ļaunums, ko es redzēju pasaulē, kas grūti panesams cilvēkiem:
2 [There is many] a man to whom God hath given riches, property, and honor, and nothing is wanting for his soul of all that he longeth for: yet God empowereth him not to eat thereof, but a stranger will consume it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Vīrs, kam Dievs devis bagātību un mantu un godu, un viņam priekš savas sirds nekāda trūkuma nav no visa, kas tik viņam gribās, un Dievs viņam nedod vaļas no tā ēst, bet svešs vīrs to apēd; tā ir niecība un liels ļaunums.
3 If a man were to beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years were many, and his soul were not satisfied with what is good, and he have not had even a burial: then do I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Ja vīrs simts bērnus dzemdinātu un daudz gadus dzīvotu, un tam būtu garš mūžs, un viņa dvēsele nebautītu no tā labuma, un tam arī netiktu ne kapa vieta, tad es saku, ka nelaika(nedzīvi piedzimušam) bērnam labāki ir nekā tādam.
4 For in vanity it came, and in darkness it departeth, and with darkness will its name be covered.
Jo niecībā šis nāk, un tumsībā šis aiziet, un ar tumsību šī vārds top aizklāts.
5 Moreover it never saw the sun, and knew nothing: this hath more rest than the other.
Arī sauli šis nav redzējis nedz atzinis, - šim labāka dusa nekā tam.
6 Yea, though he were to live a thousand years twice told, and had not seen any good— doth not every one go to one place?
Un jebšu tas divtūkstoš gadus dzīvotu un laba neredzētu, - vai visi nenoiet uz vienu vietu?
7 All the toil of a man is for his mouth; and yet is his desire never filled.
Viss cilvēka pūliņš ir priekš viņa mutes, bet sirds no tā nepaēdās.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk [properly] before the living?
Jo kas atlec gudram vairāk nekā ģeķim? Kas nabagam, kas zin staigāt cilvēku vidū?
9 Better is what one seeth with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Labāki ir acīm redzēt, nekā sirdī iekārot; arī tā ir niecība un grābstīšanās pēc vēja.
10 That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier than he.
Kas notiek, tā vārds jau sen ir nosaukts, un ir nolikts, kas cilvēks būs, un viņš nespēj tiesāties ar to, kas ir stiprāks nekā viņš.
11 For there are many things that increase vanity: what advantage [cometh thence] for man?
Tiešām, daudz vārdu ir, kas vairo niecību; un kas tur cilvēkam atlec?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his vain life, that he should spend them as a shadow? for who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Jo kas zin, kas cilvēkam ir par labu šinī mūžā, ko viņš savā niecībā pavada kā ēnu? Jo kas cilvēkam var stāstīt, kas pēc viņa notiks pasaulē?
