KOHELET 6

1 Ikusia dut eguzkipean
gizakume artean maiz
gertatu ohi den beste gaitz bat:

2 Ematen dizkio Jainkoak bati
aberastasunak, ondasunak, ohorea;
nahi duen guztia du,
ez du falta deus ere.
Baina Jainkoak ez dio uzten
halakoez gozatzen,
arrotz batek dizkio irensten.
Hau bai zentzugabekeria
eta zoritxar handia!t

3 Batek ehun seme-alaba ukan,
urte luzez bizi
eta anitz egun harturik ere,
bere ondasunez
aski gozatzen ez badu,
eta hilobitarako ere ez badu,
horra zer diodan: halakoa
haur-galdua baino okerrago da.t

4 Haur-galdua, etorri ere,
alferrik etorri baitzen,
eta ilunpetan dabil,
beronen izena ere
ilunpetan geldituko da.

5 Ez du egun-argia ikusi,
ez ezagutu;
hala ere, beste horrek baino
atseden handiagoa du.

6 Izan ere, gerta daiteke,
hark, mila urte bi aldiz bizi arren,
bere ondasunak ez gozatzea.
Baina, azkenean,
ez al doaz guztiak toki berera?t

7 Ahora zer eramana izateko
lehiatu ohi dira
gizon-emakumeak lanean;
hala ere beren barnea asetzen ez.

8 Zer du jakintsuak
ergelak baino gehiago?
Eta bizien aurrean
jokatzen dakien behartsuak ere
zer du onik?

9 Hobe desiratzen dena ikusi,
ikusten ez dena desiratu baino.
Hau ere, ordea, huskeria da,
haizea atzeman nahi izatea.t

10 Orain den guztia
izendatua zuen jadanik Jainkoak
eta bazekien zer den gizona.
Ezin dio gizonak auzian aurre egin
bera baino indartsuagoa denari.t

11 Zenbat eta hitz gehiago
zorakeria gehiago.
Zertarako jardun?t

12 Batek daki
zer duen hoberena gizonak
bere bizitza hutsalean
ematen dituen egun urrietan!
Itzala bezala joaten zaio denbora.
Esan ote diezaioke inork gizonari
zer izanen ote den beraren ondoren
eguzkipean?t

Ecclesiastes 6

Not Everyone Enjoys Life

1 Here ist another misfortunet that I have seen on earth,t
and it weighst heavily on people:t

2 God gives a man riches, property, and wealth
so that he lacks nothing that his heartt desires,t
yet God does not enablet him to enjoyt the fruit of his labort –
instead, someone elset enjoyst it!s
This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.t

3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years –
even if he lives a long, long time,t but cannot enjoy his prosperity –
even if he were to live forevert –
I would say, “A stillborn childt is better off than he is!”s

4 Though the stillborn childt came into the worldt for no reasons and departed into darkness,
though its name is shrouded in darkness,s

5 though it never saw the light of dayt nor knew anything,t
yet it has more rests than that man –

6 if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity.
For both of them die!t

7 All of man’s labor is for nothing more thant to fill his stomacht –
yet his appetitet is never satisfied!

8 So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool?s
And what advantages does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?t

9 It is better to be content witht what the eyes can seet
than for one’s heart always to crave more.t
This continual longingt is futile – liket chasing the wind.

The Futile Way Life Works

10 Whatever has happened was foreordained,t
and what happens to a persont was also foreknown.
It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate
because God is more powerful than he is.t

11 The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes.t
How does that benefit him?t

12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his lifet –
during the few days of his fleeting life –
fort they pass awayt like a shadow.
Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.t