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| י֣ש רע֔ה אש֥ר רא֖יתי ת֣חת הש֑מש ורב֥ה ה֖יא על־האדֽם׃ | Qoh 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: |
| א֣יש אש֣ר יתן־ל֣ו האלה֡ים עשר֩ ונכס֨ים וכב֜וד וֽאינ֨נו חס֥ר לנפש֣ו׀ מכ֣ל אשר־יתאו֗ה ולֽא־ישליט֤נו הֽאלהים֙ לאכ֣ל ממ֔נו כ֛י א֥יש נכר֖י יֽאכל֑נו ז֥ה ה֛בל וחל֥י ר֖ע הֽוא׃ | Qoh 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. |
| אם־יול֣יד א֣יש מא֡ה ושנים֩ רב֨ות יֽחי֜ה ור֣ב׀ שיהי֣ו ימֽי־שנ֗יו ונפשו֙ לא־תשב֣ע מן־הטוב֔ה וגם־קבור֖ה לא־ה֣יתה ל֑ו אמ֕רתי ט֥וב ממ֖נו הנֽפל׃ | Qoh 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. |
| כֽי־בה֥בל ב֖א ובח֣שך יל֑ך ובח֖שך שמ֥ו יכסֽה׃ | Qoh 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. |
| גם־ש֥מש לא־רא֖ה ול֣א יד֑ע נ֥חת לז֖ה מזֽה׃ | Qoh 6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other. |
| ואל֣ו חי֗ה א֤לף שנים֙ פעמ֔ים וטוב֖ה ל֣א רא֑ה הל֛א אל־מק֥ום אח֖ד הכ֥ל הולֽך׃ | Qoh 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? |
| כל־עמ֥ל האד֖ם לפ֑יהו וגם־הנ֖פש ל֥א תמלֽא׃ | Qoh 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. |
| כ֛י מה־יות֥ר לחכ֖ם מֽן־הכס֑יל מה־לענ֣י יוד֔ע להל֖ך נ֥גד החיֽים׃ | Qoh 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? |
| ט֛וב מרא֥ה עינ֖ים מֽהלך־נ֑פש גם־ז֥ה ה֖בל ורע֥ות רֽוח׃ | Qoh 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| מה־שֽהי֗ה כבר֙ נקר֣א שמ֔ו ונוד֖ע אשר־ה֣וא אד֑ם ולא־יוכ֣ל לד֔ין ע֥ם שתק֖יף ממֽנו׃ | Qoh 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. |
| כ֛י יש־דבר֥ים הרב֖ה מרב֣ים ה֑בל מה־ית֖ר לאדֽם׃ | Qoh 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| כ֣י מֽי־יודע֩ מה־ט֨וב לֽאד֜ם בֽחי֗ים מספ֛ר ימי־חי֥י הבל֖ו ויעש֣ם כצ֑ל אשר֙ מֽי־יג֣יד לֽאד֔ם מה־יהי֥ה אחר֖יו ת֥חת השֽמש׃ | Qoh 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? |