Ecclesiastes 1
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
1Verba Ecclesiastæ, filii David, regis Jerusalem.
2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
2[Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes; vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
3What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
3Quid habet amplius homo de universo labore suo quo laborat sub sole?]
4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
4[Generatio præterit, et generatio advenit; terra autem in æternum stat.
5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
5Oritur sol et occidit, et ad locum suum revertitur; ibique renascens,
6The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
6gyrat per meridiem, et flectitur ad aquilonem. Lustrans universa in circuitu pergit spiritus, et in circulos suos revertitur.
7All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
7Omnia flumina intrant in mare, et mare non redundat; ad locum unde exeunt flumina revertuntur ut iterum fluant.
8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
8Cunctæ res difficiles; non potest eas homo explicare sermone. Non saturatur oculus visu, nec auris auditu impletur.
9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
9Quid est quod fuit? Ipsum quod futurum est. Quid est quod factum est? Ipsum quod faciendum est.
10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
10Nihil sub sole novum, nec valet quisquam dicere: Ecce hoc recens est: jam enim præcessit in sæculis quæ fuerunt ante nos.
11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
11Non est priorum memoria; sed nec eorum quidem quæ postea futura sunt erit recordatio apud eos qui futuri sunt in novissimo.]
12I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
12[Ego Ecclesiastes fui rex Israël in Jerusalem;
13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
13et proposui in animo meo quærere et investigare sapienter de omnibus quæ fiunt sub sole. Hanc occupationem pessimam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut occuparentur in ea.
14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
14Vidi cuncta quæ fiunt sub sole, et ecce universa vanitas et afflictio spiritus.
15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
15Perversi difficile corriguntur, et stultorum infinitus est numerus.
16I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
16Locutus sum in corde meo, dicens: Ecce magnus effectus sum, et præcessi omnes sapientia qui fuerunt ante me in Jerusalem; et mens mea contemplata est multa sapienter, et didici.
17So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
17Dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam, erroresque et stultitiam; et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et afflictio spiritus:
18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
18eo quod in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio; et qui addit scientiam, addit et laborem.]
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