| 1 | Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”: |
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καὶμνήσθητιτοῦκτίσαντόςσεενημέραιςνεότητόςσου,έωςότουμὴέλθωσινημέραιτῆςκακίαςκαὶφθάσωσινέτη,ενοῖςερεῖςΟυκέστινμοιεναυτοῖςθέλημα·
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| 2 | While the sun and the light, The moon and the stars, Are not darkened, And the clouds do not return after the rain; |
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έωςοῦμὴσκοτισθῆοήλιοςκαὶτὸφῶςκαὶησελήνηκαὶοιαστέρες,καὶεπιστρέψωσιντὰνέφηοπίσωτοῦυετοῦ·
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| 3 | In the day when the keepers of the house tremble, And the strong men bow down; When the grinders cease because they are few, And those that look through the windows grow dim; |
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ενημέρα,ῆεὰνσαλευθῶσινφύλακεςτῆςοικίαςκαὶδιαστραφῶσινάνδρεςτῆςδυνάμεως,καὶήργησαναιαλήθουσαι,ότιωλιγώθησαν,καὶσκοτάσουσιναιβλέπουσαιενταῖςοπαῖς·
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| 4 | When the doors are shut in the streets, And the sound of grinding is low; When one rises up at the sound of a bird, And all the daughters of music are brought low. |
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καὶκλείσουσινθύραςεναγορᾶενασθενείαφωνῆςτῆςαληθούσης,καὶαναστήσεταιειςφωνὴντοῦστρουθίου,καὶταπεινωθήσονταιπᾶσαιαιθυγατέρεςτοῦάσματος·
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| 5 | Also they are afraid of height, And of terrors in the way; When the almond tree blossoms, The grasshopper is a burden, And desire fails. For man goes to his eternal home, And the mourners go about the streets. |
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καίγεαπὸύψουςόψονται,καὶθάμβοιεντῆοδῶ·καὶανθήσητὸαμύγδαλον,καὶπαχυνθῆηακρίς,καὶδιασκεδασθῆηκάππαρις,ότιεπορεύθηοάνθρωποςειςοῖκοναιῶνοςαυτοῦ,καὶεκύκλωσανεναγορᾶοικοπτόμενοι·
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| 6 | Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, Or the wheel broken at the well. |
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έωςότουμὴανατραπῆσχοινίοντοῦαργυρίου,καὶσυνθλιβῆανθέμιοντοῦχρυσίου,καὶσυντριβῆυδρίαεπὶτὴνπηγήν,καὶσυντροχάσηοτροχὸςεπὶτὸνλάκκον,
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| 7 | Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. |
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καὶεπιστρέψηοχοῦςεπὶτὴνγῆν,ωςῆν,καὶτὸπνεῦμαεπιστρέψηπρὸςτὸνθεόν,ὸςέδωκεναυτό.
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| 8 | “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.” |
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ματαιότηςματαιοτήτων,εῖπενοΕκκλησιαστής,τὰπάνταματαιότης.
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| 9 | And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. |
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ΚαὶπερισσὸνότιεγένετοΕκκλησιαστὴςσοφός,έτιεδίδαξενγνῶσινσὺντὸνλαόν,καὶοῦςεξιχνιάσεταικόσμιονπαραβολῶν.
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| 10 | The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright—words of truth. |
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πολλὰεζήτησενΕκκλησιαστὴςτοῦευρεῖνλόγουςθελήματοςκαὶγεγραμμένονευθύτητος,λόγουςαληθείας.
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| 11 | The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. |
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Λόγοισοφῶνωςτὰβούκεντρακαὶωςῆλοιπεφυτευμένοι,οὶπαρὰτῶνσυναγμάτωνεδόθησανεκποιμένοςενὸςκαὶπερισσὸνεξαυτῶν.
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| 12 | And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. |
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υιέμου,φύλαξαιποιῆσαιβιβλίαπολλά·ουκέστινπερασμός,καὶμελέτηπολλὴκόπωσιςσαρκός.
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| 13 | Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. |
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ΤέλοςλόγουτὸπᾶνακούεταιΤὸνθεὸνφοβοῦκαὶτὰςεντολὰςαυτοῦφύλασσε,ότιτοῦτοπᾶςοάνθρωπος.
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| 14 | For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil. |
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ότισὺνπᾶντὸποίημαοθεὸςάξειενκρίσειενπαντὶπαρεωραμένω,εὰναγαθὸνκαὶεὰνπονηρόν.
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