Mosaico decorativo

1. Est et aliud malum, quod vidi sub sole, et quidem grave apud homines:

1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men:

2. vir, cui dedit Deus divitias et substantiam et honorem, et nihil deest animae suae ex omnibus, quae desiderat; nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus, ut comedat ex eo, sed homo extraneus vorabit illud: hoc vanitas et miseria mala est.

2. a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them; this is vanity; it is a sore affliction.

3. Si genuerit quispiam centum liberos et vixerit multos annos et plures dies aetatis habuerit, et anima illius non sit satiata bonis substantiae suae, immo et sepultura careat, de hoc ego pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus.

3. If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but he does not enjoy life's good things, and also has no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better off than he.

4. Frustra enim venit et pergit ad tenebras, et in tenebris abscondetur nomen eius.

4. For it comes into vanity and goes into darkness, and in darkness its name is covered;

5. Etsi non vidit solem neque cognovit, maior est requies isti quam illi.

5. moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.

6. Etiamsi duobus milibus annis vixerit et non fuerit perfruitus bonis, nonne ad unum locum properant omnes?

6. Even though he should live a thousand years twice told, yet enjoy no good -- do not all go to the one place?

7. “Omnis labor hominis est ad os eius, sed anima eius non implebitur”.

7. All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

8. Quid habet amplius sapiens prae stulto? Et quid pauper, qui sciat ambulare coram vivis?

8. For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

9. “Melior est oculorum visio quam vana persequi desideria”; sed et hoc vanitas est et afflictio spiritus.

9. Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

10. Quidquid est, iam vocatum est nomen eius; et scitur quod homo sit et non possit contra fortiorem se in iudicio contendere.

10. Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

11. Ubi verba sunt plurima, multiplicant vanitatem; quid lucri habet homo?

11. The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better?

12. Quoniam quis scit quid homini bonum sit in vita, in paucis diebus vanitatis suae, quos peragit velut umbra? Aut quis ei poterit indicare quid post eum futurum sub sole sit?

12. For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?



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