Ecclesiastes 6
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Est et aliud malum quod vidi sub sole, et quidem frequens apud homines:
1There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
2vir cui dedit Deus divitias, et substantiam, et honorem, et nihil deest animæ suæ ex omnibus quæ desiderat; nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus ut comedat ex eo, sed homo extraneus vorabit illud: hoc vanitas et miseria magna est.
2A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
3Si genuerit quispiam centum liberos, et vixerit multos annos, et plures dies ætatis habuerit, et anima illius non utatur bonis substantiæ suæ, sepulturaque careat: de hoc ergo pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus.
3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
4Frustra enim venit, et pergit ad tenebras, et oblivione delebitur nomen ejus.
4For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
5Non vidit solem, neque cognovit distantiam boni et mali.
5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
6Etiam si duobus millibus annis vixerit, et non fuerit perfruitus bonis, nonne ad unum locum properant omnia?
6Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
7Omnis labor hominis in ore ejus; sed anima ejus non implebitur.
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
8Quid habet amplius sapiens a stulto? et quid pauper, nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita?
8What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
9Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias. Sed et hoc vanitas est, et præsumptio spiritus.
9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
10Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus; et scitur quod homo sit, et non possit contra fortiorem se in judicio contendere.
10He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
11Verba sunt plurima, multamque in disputando habentia vanitatem.]
11There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
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