6:1 Est et aliud malum quod vidi sub sole, et quidem frequens apud homines :

6:1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

6:2 vir cui dedit Deus divitias, et substantiam, et honorem, et nihil deest animæ suæ ex omnibus quæ desiderat ; nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus ut comedat ex eo, sed homo extraneus vorabit illud : hoc vanitas et miseria magna est.

6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

6:3 Si genuerit quispiam centum liberos, et vixerit multos annos, et plures dies ætatis habuerit, et anima illius non utatur bonis substantiæ suæ, sepulturaque careat : de hoc ergo pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus.

6:3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.

6:4 Frustra enim venit, et pergit ad tenebras, et oblivione delebitur nomen ejus.

6:4 For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

6:5 Non vidit solem, neque cognovit distantiam boni et mali.

6:5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

6:6 Etiam si duobus millibus annis vixerit, et non fuerit perfruitus bonis, nonne ad unum locum properant omnia ?

6:6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

6:7 Omnis labor hominis in ore ejus ; sed anima ejus non implebitur.

6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

6:8 Quid habet amplius sapiens a stulto ? et quid pauper, nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita ?

6:8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?

6:9 Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias. Sed et hoc vanitas est, et præsumptio spiritus.

6:9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

6:10 Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus ; et scitur quod homo sit, et non possit contra fortiorem se in judicio contendere.

6:10 He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is a man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

6:11 Verba sunt plurima, multamque in disputando habentia vanitatem.

6:11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.