| 1 | The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
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ΡήματαΕκκλησιαστοῦυιοῦΔαυιδβασιλέωςΙσραηλενΙερουσαλημ.
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| 2 | “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” |
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Ματαιότηςματαιοτήτων,εῖπενοΕκκλησιαστής,ματαιότηςματαιοτήτων,τὰπάνταματαιότης.
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| 3 | What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? |
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τίςπερισσείατῶανθρώπωενπαντὶμόχθωαυτοῦ,ῶμοχθεῖυπὸτὸνήλιον;
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| 4 | One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever. |
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γενεὰπορεύεταικαὶγενεὰέρχεται,καὶηγῆειςτὸναιῶναέστηκεν.
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| 5 | The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose. |
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καὶανατέλλειοήλιοςκαὶδύνειοήλιοςκαὶειςτὸντόποναυτοῦέλκει·
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| 6 | The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit. |
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ανατέλλωναυτὸςεκεῖπορεύεταιπρὸςνότονκαὶκυκλοῖπρὸςβορρᾶν·κυκλοῖκυκλῶν,πορεύεταιτὸπνεῦμα,καὶεπὶκύκλουςαυτοῦεπιστρέφειτὸπνεῦμα.
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| 7 | All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again. |
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πάντεςοιχείμαρροι,πορεύονταιειςτὴνθάλασσαν,καὶηθάλασσαουκέσταιεμπιμπλαμένη·ειςτόπον,οῦοιχείμαρροιπορεύονται,εκεῖαυτοὶεπιστρέφουσιντοῦπορευθῆναι.
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| 8 | All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing. |
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πάντεςοιλόγοιέγκοποι·ουδυνήσεταιανὴρτοῦλαλεῖν,καὶουκεμπλησθήσεταιοφθαλμὸςτοῦορᾶν,καὶουπληρωθήσεταιοῦςαπὸακροάσεως.
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| 9 | That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. |
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τίτὸγεγονός,αυτὸτὸγενησόμενον·καὶτίτὸπεποιημένον,αυτὸτὸποιηθησόμενον·καὶουκέστινπᾶνπρόσφατονυπὸτὸνήλιον.
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| 10 | Is there anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in ancient times before us. |
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ὸςλαλήσεικαὶερεῖΙδὲτοῦτοκαινόνεστιν,ήδηγέγονενεντοῖςαιῶσιντοῖςγενομένοιςαπὸέμπροσθενημῶν.
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| 11 | There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after. |
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ουκέστινμνήμητοῖςπρώτοις,καίγετοῖςεσχάτοιςγενομένοιςουκέσταιαυτοῖςμνήμημετὰτῶνγενησομένωνειςτὴνεσχάτην.
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| 12 | I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
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ΕγὼΕκκλησιαστὴςεγενόμηνβασιλεὺςεπὶΙσραηλενΙερουσαλημ·
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| 13 | And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. |
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καὶέδωκατὴνκαρδίανμουτοῦεκζητῆσαικαὶτοῦκατασκέψασθαιεντῆσοφίαπερὶπάντωντῶνγινομένωνυπὸτὸνουρανόν·ότιπερισπασμὸνπονηρὸνέδωκενοθεὸςτοῖςυιοῖςτοῦανθρώπουτοῦπερισπᾶσθαιεναυτῶ.
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| 14 | I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind. |
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εῖδονσὺνπάντατὰποιήματατὰπεποιημέναυπὸτὸνήλιον,καὶιδοὺτὰπάνταματαιότηςκαὶπροαίρεσιςπνεύματος.
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| 15 | What is crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered. |
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διεστραμμένονουδυνήσεταιτοῦεπικοσμηθῆναι,καὶυστέρημαουδυνήσεταιτοῦαριθμηθῆναι.
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| 16 | I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.” |
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ελάλησαεγὼενκαρδίαμουτῶλέγεινΕγὼιδοὺεμεγαλύνθηνκαὶπροσέθηκασοφίανεπὶπᾶσιν,οὶεγένοντοέμπροσθένμουενΙερουσαλημ,καὶκαρδίαμουεῖδενπολλά,σοφίανκαὶγνῶσιν.
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| 17 | And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind. |
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καὶέδωκακαρδίανμουτοῦγνῶναισοφίανκαὶγνῶσιν,παραβολὰςκαὶεπιστήμηνέγνων,ότικαίγετοῦτ᾿έστινπροαίρεσιςπνεύματος·
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| 18 | For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. |
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ότιενπλήθεισοφίαςπλῆθοςγνώσεως,καὶοπροστιθεὶςγνῶσινπροσθήσειάλγημα.
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