Salamans Mācītājs 6
1 Ir ļaunums, ko es redzēju pasaulē, kas grūti panesams cilvēkiem:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great on men:
2 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.
[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.
3 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.
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.
4 Jo niecībā šis nāk, un tumsībā šis aiziet, un ar tumsību šī vārds top aizklāts.
For in vanity it came, and in darkness it departeth, and with darkness will its name be covered.
5 Arī sauli šis nav redzējis nedz atzinis, - šim labāka dusa nekā tam.
Moreover it never saw the sun, and knew nothing: this hath more rest than the other.
6 Un jebšu tas divtūkstoš gadus dzīvotu un laba neredzētu, - vai visi nenoiet uz vienu vietu?
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?
7 Viss cilvēka pūliņš ir priekš viņa mutes, bet sirds no tā nepaēdās.
All the toil of a man is for his mouth; and yet is his desire never filled.
8 Jo kas atlec gudram vairāk nekā ģeķim? Kas nabagam, kas zin staigāt cilvēku vidū?
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk [properly] before the living?
9 Labāki ir acīm redzēt, nekā sirdī iekārot; arī tā ir niecība un grābstīšanās pēc vēja.
Better is what one seeth with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
10 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.
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.
11 Tiešām, daudz vārdu ir, kas vairo niecību; un kas tur cilvēkam atlec?
For there are many things that increase vanity: what advantage [cometh thence] for man?
12 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?
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?
