Книга Екклезиаста 2
1 Рекох аз в сердцы моем: прииди убо, да тя искушу в веселии, и виждь во блазе: и се, такожде сие суетство.
Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness, —but lo! even that, was vanity.
2 Смеху рекох: погрешение, и веселию: что сие твориши?
Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do?
3 И разсмотрих, аще сердце мое повлечет аки вино плоть мою: и сердце мое настави мя в мудрости, и еже удержати веселие, дондеже увижду, кое благо сыном человеческим, еже творят под солнцем в число дний живота своего.
I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh, —but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life.
4 Возвеличих творение мое: создах ми домы, насадих ми винограды,
I enlarged my works, —I built me houses, I planted me vineyards;
5 сотворих ми вертограды и сады и насадих в них древес всякаго плода,
I made me gardens, and parks, —I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit;
6 сотворих ми купели водныя, еже напаяти от них прозябение древес:
I made me pools of water, —to irrigate therefrom the thick-set saplings growing up into trees:
7 притяжах рабы и рабыни, и домочадцы быша ми: и стяжание скота, и стад много ми бысть, паче всех бывших прежде мене во Иерусалиме:
I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, —also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem;
8 собрах ми злато и сребро и имения царей и стран, сотворих ми поющих и поющыя, и услаждения сынов человеческих, виночерпцы и виночерпицы.
I heaped me up, both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and provinces, —I provided me singing-men and singing-women, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and wives.
9 И возвеличихся, и приложихся мудрости паче всех бывших прежде мене во Иерусалиме: и мудрость моя пребысть со мною.
So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem, —moreover, my wisdom, remained with me;
10 И все, егоже просиста очи мои, не отях от них и не возбраних сердцу моему от всякаго веселия моего, яко сердце мое возвеселися во всяцем труде моем. И сие бысть часть моя от всего труда моего.
and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them, —I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.
11 И призрех аз на вся творения моя, яже сотвористе руце мои, и на труд, имже трудихся творити. И се, вся суета и произволение духа, и несть изюбилие под солнцем.
When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 И призрех аз видети мудрость, лесть и безумие: яко кто человек, иже пойдет вслед совета, елика сотвори в нем?
Thus turned, I, to look at wisdom, and madness and folly, —for what can the man [do more] who cometh after the king? [save] that which, already, men have done.
13 И видех аз, яко есть изюбилие мудрости паче безумия, якоже изюбилие света паче тмы:
Then saw, I, that wisdom doth excel folly, —as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 мудраго очи его во главе его, а безумный во тме ходит: и уведех и аз, яко случай един случится всем им.
As for the wise man, his eyes, are in his head, whereas, the dullard, in darkness, doth walk, —but, I myself, knew that, one destiny, happeneth to them, all.
15 И рех аз в сердцы моем: якоже случай безумнаго, и мне случится: и вскую умудрихся? Аз тогда излишше глаголах в сердцы моем, яко и сие суета, понеже безумный от избытка глаголет:
Then said, I, in my heart, As it happeneth to the dullard, even to me, will it happen, but wherefore, then, became, I, wise to excess? Therefore spake I, in my heart, Even this, is vanity.
16 яко несть памяти мудраго с безумным во век, зане уже во днех грядущих вся забвена быша: и како умрет мудрый с безумным?
For there is no remembrance of a wise man, more than of a dullard, unto times age-abiding, —seeing that, already, in the days to come, all hath been forgotten, how then cometh it that the wise man dieth equally with the dullard?
17 И возненавидех живот, яко лукавно мне сотворение сотворенное под солнцем: понеже всяческая суета и произволение духа.
Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun, —for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
18 И возненавидех аз всяческая мира и труд мой, имже аз труждаюся под солнцем, яко оставляю его человеку будущему по мне.
Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, —in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me;
19 И кто весть, мудр ли будет или безумен? И обладати ли имать всем трудом моим, имже трудихся и имже мудрствовах под солнцем? И сие же суета.
and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun, —even this, was vanity.
20 И обратихся аз отрещися сердцу моему о всем труде, имже трудихся под солнцем:
Then resolved I, to give my heart over to despair, —concerning all the toil, wherein I had toiled, under the sun.
21 яко есть человек, егоже труд в мудрости и в разуме и в мужестве: и человек, иже не потрудися о нем, даст ему часть свою. И сие суета и лукавство велие.
For here is a man, whose toil hath been with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill, —yet, to a man who hath not toiled therein, shall he leave it as his portion, even this, was vanity and a great vexation.
22 Яко бывает человеку во всем труде его и в произволении сердца его, имже той труждается под солнцем,
For what hath the man for all his toil, and for the striving of his heart, —wherein, he himself, toiled under the sun?
23 яко вси дние его болезней и ярости попечение ему, ибо в нощи не спит сердце его. И сие же суета есть.
For, all his days, are pains, and, vexatious, is his employment, even in the night, his heart lieth not down, —even this, was, vanity.
24 Несть благо человеку, но (разве) еже яст и пиет и еже покажет души своей благо в труде своем: и сие видех аз, яко от руки Божия есть:
There was nothing more blessed for Man [than] that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, —even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.
25 яко кто яст и пиет кроме Его?
For who could eat and who could enjoy, so well as I?
26 Яко человеку благу пред лицем Его даде мудрость и разум и веселие, согрешающему же даде попечение, еже прилагати и собирати, во еже дати благому пред лицем Божиим: яко и сие суета и произволение духа.
For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, —whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
