¹Omnia hæc tractavi in corde meo,I have drawn all these things through my heart,ut curiose intelligerem.so that I might carefully understand.Sunt justi atque sapientes,There are just men as well as wise men,et opera eorum in manu Dei;and their works are in the hand of God.et tamen nescit homo utrum amore an odio dignus sit.And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.

¹Omnia hæc tractavi in corde meo,I have drawn all these things through my heart,ut curiose intelligerem.so that I might carefully understand.Sunt justi atque sapientes,There are just men as well as wise men,et opera eorum in manu Dei;and their works are in the hand of God.et tamen nescit homo utrum amore an odio dignus sit.And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.

²Sed omnia in futurum servantur incerta,But all things in the future remain uncertain,eo quod universa æque eveniant justo et impio,because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious,bono et malo,to the good and to the bad,mundo et immundo,to the pure and to the impure,immolanti victimas et sacrificia contemnenti.to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices.Sicut bonus,As the good are,sic et peccator;so also are sinners.ut perjurus,As those who commit perjury are,ita et ille qui verum dejerat.so also are those who swear to the truth.

²Sed omnia in futurum servantur incerta,But all things in the future remain uncertain,eo quod universa æque eveniant justo et impio,because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious,bono et malo,to the good and to the bad,mundo et immundo,to the pure and to the impure,immolanti victimas et sacrificia contemnenti.to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices.Sicut bonus,As the good are,sic et peccator;so also are sinners.ut perjurus,As those who commit perjury are,ita et ille qui verum dejerat.so also are those who swear to the truth.

³Hoc est pessimum inter omnia quæ sub sole fiunt:This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun:quia eadem cunctis eveniunt.that the same things happen to everyone.Unde et corda filiorum hominum implentur malitia et contemptu in vita sua,And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives,et post hæc ad inferos deducentur.afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell.

³Hoc est pessimum inter omnia quæ sub sole fiunt:This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun:quia eadem cunctis eveniunt.that the same things happen to everyone.Unde et corda filiorum hominum implentur malitia et contemptu in vita sua,And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives,et post hæc ad inferos deducentur.afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell.

⁴Nemo est qui semper vivat,There is no one who lives forever,et qui hujus rei habeat fiduciam;or who even has confidence in this regard.melior est canis vivus leone mortuo.A living dog is better than a dead lion.

⁴Nemo est qui semper vivat,There is no one who lives forever,et qui hujus rei habeat fiduciam;or who even has confidence in this regard.melior est canis vivus leone mortuo.A living dog is better than a dead lion.

⁵Viventes enim sciunt se esse morituros;For the living know that they themselves will die,mortui vero nihil noverunt amplius,yet truly the dead know nothing anymore,nec habent ultra mercedem,nor do they have any recompense.quia oblivioni tradita est memoria eorum.For the memory of them is forgotten.

⁵Viventes enim sciunt se esse morituros;For the living know that they themselves will die,mortui vero nihil noverunt amplius,yet truly the dead know nothing anymore,nec habent ultra mercedem,nor do they have any recompense.quia oblivioni tradita est memoria eorum.For the memory of them is forgotten.

⁶Amor quoque,Likewise,et odium, et invidiæ simul perierunt;love and hatred and envy have all perished together,nec habent partem in hoc sæculo, et in opere quod sub sole geritur.nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.

⁶Amor quoque,Likewise,et odium, et invidiæ simul perierunt;love and hatred and envy have all perished together,nec habent partem in hoc sæculo, et in opere quod sub sole geritur.nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.

⁷Vade ergo,So then,et comede in lætitia panem tuum,go and eat your bread with rejoicing,et bibe cum gaudio vinum tuum,and drink your wine with gladness.quia Deo placent opera tua.For your works are pleasing to God.

⁷Vade ergo,So then,et comede in lætitia panem tuum,go and eat your bread with rejoicing,et bibe cum gaudio vinum tuum,and drink your wine with gladness.quia Deo placent opera tua.For your works are pleasing to God.

⁸Omni tempore sint vestimenta tua candida,Let your garments be white at all times,et oleum de capite tuo non deficiat.and let not oil be absent from your head.

⁸Omni tempore sint vestimenta tua candida,Let your garments be white at all times,et oleum de capite tuo non deficiat.and let not oil be absent from your head.

⁹Perfruere vita cum uxore quam diligis,Enjoy life with the wife whom you love,cunctis diebus vitæ instabilitatis tuæ,all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun,qui dati sunt tibi sub sole omni tempore vanitatis tuæ:during all the time of your vanity.hæc est enim pars in vitaFor this is your portion in life and in your labor,et in labore tuo quo laboras sub sole.with which you labor under the sun.

⁹Perfruere vita cum uxore quam diligis,Enjoy life with the wife whom you love,cunctis diebus vitæ instabilitatis tuæ,all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun,qui dati sunt tibi sub sole omni tempore vanitatis tuæ:during all the time of your vanity.hæc est enim pars in vitaFor this is your portion in life and in your labor,et in labore tuo quo laboras sub sole.with which you labor under the sun.

¹⁰Quodcumque facere potest manus tua,Whatever your hand is able to do,instanter operare,do it earnestly.quia nec opus,For neither work,nec ratio,nor reason,nec sapientia,nor wisdom,nec scientia erunt apud inferos,nor knowledge will exist in death,quo tu properas.toward which you are hurrying.

¹⁰Quodcumque facere potest manus tua,Whatever your hand is able to do,instanter operare,do it earnestly.quia nec opus,For neither work,nec ratio,nor reason,nec sapientia,nor wisdom,nec scientia erunt apud inferos,nor knowledge will exist in death,quo tu properas.toward which you are hurrying.

¹¹Verti me ad aliud,I turned myself toward another thing,et vidi sub sole nec velocium esse cursum,and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift,nec fortium bellum,nor the battle to the strong,nec sapientium panem,nor bread to the wise,nec doctorum divitias,nor wealth to the learned,nec artificum gratiam;nor grace to the skillful:sed tempus casumque in omnibus.but there is a time and an end for all these things.

¹¹Verti me ad aliud,I turned myself toward another thing,et vidi sub sole nec velocium esse cursum,and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift,nec fortium bellum,nor the battle to the strong,nec sapientium panem,nor bread to the wise,nec doctorum divitias,nor wealth to the learned,nec artificum gratiam;nor grace to the skillful:sed tempus casumque in omnibus.but there is a time and an end for all these things.

¹²Nescit homo finem suum;Man does not know his own end.sed sicut pisces capiuntur hamo,But, just as fish are caught with a hook,et sicut aves laqueo comprehenduntur,and birds are captured with a snare,sic capiuntur homines in tempore malo,so are men seized in the evil time,cum eis extemplo supervenerit.when it will suddenly overwhelm them.

¹²Nescit homo finem suum;Man does not know his own end.sed sicut pisces capiuntur hamo,But, just as fish are caught with a hook,et sicut aves laqueo comprehenduntur,and birds are captured with a snare,sic capiuntur homines in tempore malo,so are men seized in the evil time,cum eis extemplo supervenerit.when it will suddenly overwhelm them.

¹³Hanc quoque sub sole vidi sapientiam,This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun,et probavi maximam:and I have examined it intensely.

¹³Hanc quoque sub sole vidi sapientiam,This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun,et probavi maximam:and I have examined it intensely.

¹⁴civitas parva,There was a small city,et pauci in ea viri;with a few men in it.venit contra eam rex magnus,There came against it a great king,et vallavit eam,who surrounded it,exstruxitque munitiones per gyrum,and built fortifications all around it,et perfecta est obsidio.and the blockade was completed.

¹⁴civitas parva,There was a small city,et pauci in ea viri;with a few men in it.venit contra eam rex magnus,There came against it a great king,et vallavit eam,who surrounded it,exstruxitque munitiones per gyrum,and built fortifications all around it,et perfecta est obsidio.and the blockade was completed.

¹⁵Inventusque est in ea vir pauperAnd there was found within it,et sapiens,a poor and wise man,et liberavit urbem per sapientiam suam;and he freed the city through his wisdom,et nullus deinceps recordatus est hominis illius pauperis.and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.

¹⁵Inventusque est in ea vir pauperAnd there was found within it,et sapiens,a poor and wise man,et liberavit urbem per sapientiam suam;and he freed the city through his wisdom,et nullus deinceps recordatus est hominis illius pauperis.and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.

¹⁶Et dicebam ego meliorem esse sapientiam fortitudine.And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it,Quomodo ergo sapientia pauperis contempta est,then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt,et verba ejus non sunt audita?and his words are not heeded?

¹⁶Et dicebam ego meliorem esse sapientiam fortitudine.And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it,Quomodo ergo sapientia pauperis contempta est,then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt,et verba ejus non sunt audita?and his words are not heeded?

¹⁷Verba sapientium audiuntur in silentio,The words of the wise are heard in silence,plus quam clamor principis inter stultos.more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.

¹⁷Verba sapientium audiuntur in silentio,The words of the wise are heard in silence,plus quam clamor principis inter stultos.more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.

¹⁸Melior est sapientia quam arma bellica;Wisdom is better than weapons of war.et qui in uno peccaverit,And whoever offends in one thing,multa bona perdet.shall lose many good things.

¹⁸Melior est sapientia quam arma bellica;Wisdom is better than weapons of war.et qui in uno peccaverit,And whoever offends in one thing,multa bona perdet.shall lose many good things.