Ecclesiastes 6
1 I have seen something [else here] on this earth that troubles people.
Hay un mal que he visto bajo el sol, y es común para los hombres;
2 God enables some people to get a lot of money and possessions and to be honored; they have everything [LIT] that they want. But God [sometimes] does not allow them to continue to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair.
Un hombre a quien Dios le da dinero, riqueza y honor para que tenga todos sus deseos, pero Dios no le da el poder de gozar de él, y un hombre extranjero lo toma. Esto es vanidad y una enfermedad maligna.
3 Someone might have 100 children and live for many years. But if he is not able to enjoy the things that he has acquired, and if he is not buried [properly after he dies], [I say that] a child that is dead when it is born is more fortunate.
Si un hombre tiene cien hijos, y su vida es larga, los días de sus años son muy numerosos, pero su alma no se complace del bien, y careció de sepultura; Yo digo que un abortivo es mejor que él.
4 That dead baby’s birth is meaningless; it does not even have a name. It goes directly to the place where there is only darkness.
En el viento vino y se iría a la oscuridad, y con la oscuridad se ocultará su nombre.
5 It does not [live to] see the sun or know anything. But it finds more rest than rich people do [who are alive].
Si, no vio el sol y no tuvo conocimiento; Es mejor con esto que con el otro.
6 Even if people could live for 2,000 years, if they do not enjoy the things that God gives to them, [it would have been better for them never to have been born]. [All people who live a long time] certainly [RHQ] all go to the same place— [to the grave].
Y aunque continúa viviendo mil veces más y no ve bien, ¿no van los dos al mismo lugar?
7 People work hard to [earn enough money to buy] food to eat [MTY], but [often] they never get enough to eat.
Toda la obra del hombre es para su boca, y todavía tiene un deseo de comer.
8 So it seems that [RHQ] wise people do not receive more lasting benefits than foolish people do. And it seems that [RHQ] poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives.
. ¿Qué ventaja tienen los sabios que los necios? ¿Y qué tiene el pobre que camina sabiamente entre los vivos?
9 It is better to enjoy the things that we already have [MTY] than to constantly want more things; continually wanting more things is [senseless], [like] the wind.
Lo que ven los ojos es mejor que el deseo errante. Esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.
10 All the things that exist [on the earth] have been given names. And everyone knows what people are like, [so] it is useless to argue with someone (OR, with God) who is stronger than we are.
Lo que es, ha sido nombrado antes, y se sabe que es hombre. Él no tiene poder contra uno más fuerte que él.
11 The more [that we] talk, the more [often we say things that are] senseless, so it certainly does not [RHQ] benefit us to talk a lot.
Hay muchas palabras para aumentar la vanidad, pero ¿en qué beneficia al hombre?
12 We live for only a short time; we disappear like [SIM] a shadow disappears [in the sunlight]. No one [RHQ] knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one [RHQ] knows what will happen to us after we die [EUP].
¿Quién puede decir lo que es bueno para el hombre en la vida todos los días de su vida insensata por los que pasa como una sombra? ¿Quién dirá lo que será después de él bajo el sol?
