a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
Ανθρωπος, εις τον οποιον ο Θεος εδωκε πλουτον και υπαρχοντα και δοξαν, ωστε δεν στερειται η ψυχη αυτου απο παντων οσα ηθελεν επιθυμησει· πλην ο Θεος δεν εδωκεν εις αυτον εξουσιαν να τρωγη εξ αυτων, αλλα τρωγει αυτα ξενος· και τουτο ματαιοτης και ειναι νοσος κακη.
If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, yea, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet if his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, yea, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet if his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
Greek • يوناني (السبعينية / الأصلية)
Εαν ανθρωπος γεννηση εκατον τεκνα και ζηση πολλα ετη, ωστε αι ημεραι των ετων αυτου να γεινωσι πολλαι, και η ψυχη αυτου δεν χορταινη αγαθου και δεν λαβη και ταφην, λεγω οτι το εξαμβλωμα ειναι καλητερον παρ' αυτον.
Διοτι τις γνωριζει τι ειναι καλον δια τον ανθρωπον εν τη ζωη, κατα πασας τας ημερας της ζωης της ματαιοτητος αυτου, τας οποιας διερχεται ως σκιαν; διοτι τις θελει απαγγειλει προς τον ανθρωπον, τι θελει εισθαι μετ' αυτον υπο τον ηλιον;