| 1 | For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them. |
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Ότισὺνπᾶντοῦτοέδωκαειςκαρδίανμου,καὶκαρδίαμουσὺνπᾶνεῖδεντοῦτο,ωςοιδίκαιοικαὶοισοφοὶκαὶεργασίαιαυτῶνενχειρὶτοῦθεοῦ,καίγεαγάπηνκαίγεμῖσοςουκέστινειδὼςοάνθρωπος·τὰπάνταπρὸπροσώπουαυτῶν,
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| 2 | All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath. |
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ματαιότηςεντοῖςπᾶσιν.συνάντημαὲντῶδικαίωκαὶτῶασεβεῖ,τῶαγαθῶκαὶτῶκακῶκαὶτῶκαθαρῶκαὶτῶακαθάρτωκαὶτῶθυσιάζοντικαὶτῶμὴθυσιάζοντι·ωςοαγαθός,ῶςοαμαρτάνων·ῶςοομνύων,καθὼςοτὸνόρκονφοβούμενος.
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| 3 | This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. |
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τοῦτοπονηρὸνενπαντὶπεποιημένωυπὸτὸνήλιον,ότισυνάντημαὲντοῖςπᾶσιν·καίγεκαρδίαυιῶντοῦανθρώπουεπληρώθηπονηροῦ,καὶπεριφέρειαενκαρδίααυτῶνενζωῆαυτῶν,καὶοπίσωαυτῶνπρὸςτοὺςνεκρούς.
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| 4 | But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. |
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ότιτίςὸςκοινωνεῖπρὸςπάνταςτοὺςζῶντας;έστινελπίς,ότιοκύωνοζῶν,αυτὸςαγαθὸςυπὲρτὸνλέοντατὸννεκρόν.
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| 5 | For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. |
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ότιοιζῶντεςγνώσονταιότιαποθανοῦνται,καὶοινεκροὶούκεισινγινώσκοντεςουδέν·καὶουκέστιναυτοῖςέτιμισθός,ότιεπελήσθηημνήμηαυτῶν·
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| 6 | Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun. |
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καίγεαγάπηαυτῶνκαίγεμῖσοςαυτῶνκαίγεζῆλοςαυτῶνήδηαπώλετο,καὶμερὶςουκέστιναυτοῖςέτιειςαιῶναενπαντὶτῶπεποιημένωυπὸτὸνήλιον.
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| 7 | Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works. |
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Δεῦροφάγεενευφροσύνηάρτονσουκαὶπίεενκαρδίααγαθῆοῖνόνσου,ότιήδηευδόκησενοθεὸςτὰποιήματάσου.
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| 8 | Let your garments always be white, And let your head lack no oil. |
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ενπαντὶκαιρῶέστωσανιμάτιάσουλευκά,καὶέλαιονεπὶκεφαλήνσουμὴυστερησάτω.
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| 9 | Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun. |
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ιδὲζωὴνμετὰγυναικός,ῆςηγάπησας,πάσαςημέραςζωῆςματαιότητόςσουτὰςδοθείσαςσοιυπὸτὸνήλιον,πάσαςημέραςματαιότητόςσου,ότιαυτὸμερίςσουεντῆζωῆσουκαὶεντῶμόχθωσου,ῶσὺμοχθεῖςυπὸτὸνήλιον.
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| 10 | Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. |
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πάντα,όσαὰνεύρηηχείρσουτοῦποιῆσαι,ωςηδύναμίςσουποίησον,ότιουκέστινποίημακαὶλογισμὸςκαὶγνῶσιςκαὶσοφίαενάδη,όπουσὺπορεύηεκεῖ.
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| 11 | I returned and saw under the sun that— The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. |
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Επέστρεψακαὶεῖδονυπὸτὸνήλιονότιουτοῖςκούφοιςοδρόμοςκαὶουτοῖςδυνατοῖςοπόλεμοςκαίγεουτοῖςσοφοῖςάρτοςκαίγεουτοῖςσυνετοῖςπλοῦτοςκαίγεουτοῖςγινώσκουσινχάρις,ότικαιρὸςκαὶαπάντημασυναντήσεταιτοῖςπᾶσιναυτοῖς.
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| 12 | For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them. |
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ότικαίγεουκέγνωοάνθρωποςτὸνκαιρὸναυτοῦ·ωςοιιχθύεςοιθηρευόμενοιεναμφιβλήστρωκακῶκαὶωςόρνεατὰθηρευόμεναενπαγίδι,ωςαυτὰπαγιδεύονταιοιυιοὶτοῦανθρώπουειςκαιρὸνπονηρόν,ότανεπιπέσηεπ᾿αυτοὺςάφνω.
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| 13 | This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me: |
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Καίγετοῦτοεῖδονσοφίανυπὸτὸνήλιον,καὶμεγάληεστὶνπρόςμε·
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| 14 | There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it. |
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πόλιςμικρὰκαὶάνδρεςεναυτῆολίγοι,καὶέλθηεπ᾿αυτὴνβασιλεὺςμέγαςκαὶκυκλώσηαυτὴνκαὶοικοδομήσηεπ᾿αυτὴνχάρακαςμεγάλους·
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| 15 | Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man. |
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καὶεύρηεναυτῆάνδραπένητασοφόν,καὶδιασώσειαυτὸςτὴνπόλινεντῆσοφίααυτοῦ·καὶάνθρωποςουκεμνήσθησὺντοῦανδρὸςτοῦπένητοςεκείνου.
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| 16 | Then I said: “Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, And his words are not heard. |
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καὶεῖπαεγώΑγαθὴσοφίαυπὲρδύναμιν·καὶσοφίατοῦπένητοςεξουδενωμένη,καὶλόγοιαυτοῦούκεισινακουόμενοι.
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| 17 | Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools. |
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λόγοισοφῶνεναναπαύσειακούονταιυπὲρκραυγὴνεξουσιαζόντωνεναφροσύναις.
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| 18 | Wisdom is better than weapons of war; But one sinner destroys much good.” |
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αγαθὴσοφίαυπὲρσκεύηπολέμου,καὶαμαρτάνωνεῖςαπολέσειαγαθωσύνηνπολλήν.
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