And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
Και ενθυμου τον Πλαστην σου εν ταις ημεραις της νεοτητος σου· πριν ελθωσιν αι κακαι ημεραι, και φθασωσι τα ετη εις τα οποια θελεις ειπει, Δεν εχω ευχαριστησιν εις αυτα·
in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding women cease because they have become few, and the women looking out at the windows be dark;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding women cease because they have become few, and the women looking out at the windows be dark;
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
οτε οι φυλακες της οικιας θελουσι τρεμει, και οι ανδρες οι ισχυροι θελουσι κλονιζεσθαι, και αι αλεθουσαι θελουσι παυσει· διοτι ωλιγοστευθησαν, και αι βλεπουσαι δια των θυριδων θελουσιν αμαυρωθη·
and they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
and they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
και αι θυραι θελουσι κλεισθη εν τη οδω, οτε θελει ασθενησει η φωνη της αλεθουσης, και ο ανθρωπος θελει εξεγειρεσθαι εις την φωνην του στρουθιου, και πασαι αι θυγατερες του ασματος ατονισωσιν·
and they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market:
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
and they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market:
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
οτε θελουσι φοβεισθαι το υψος και θελουσι τρεμει εν τη οδω· οτε η αμυγδαλεα θελει ανθησει και η ακρις θελει προξενει βαρος και η ορεξις θελει εκλειψει· διοτι ο ανθρωπος υπαγει εις τον αιωνιον οικον αυτου και οι πενθουντες περικυκλουσι τας οδους·
And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
Και οσον περισσοτερον ο Εκκλησιαστης εσταθη σοφος, τοσον περισσοτερον εδιδαξε την γνωσιν εις τον λαον· μαλιστα επροσεξε και ηρευνησε και εβαλεν εις ταξιν πολλας παροιμιας.