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Ecclesiast 1
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Ecclesiast 1
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Mersul tuturor lucrurilor
1 Cuvintele Eclesiastului(A), fiul lui David, împăratul Ierusalimului. 2 O, deşertăciune(B) a deşertăciunilor, zice Eclesiastul, o deşertăciune a deşertăciunilor! Totul(C) este deşertăciune. 3 Ce(D) folos are omul din toată truda pe care şi-o dă sub soare? 4 Un neam trece, altul vine şi(E) pământul rămâne veşnic în picioare. 5 Soarele(F) răsare, apune şi aleargă spre locul de unde răsare din nou. 6 Vântul(G) suflă spre miazăzi şi se întoarce spre miazănoapte; apoi iarăşi se întoarce şi începe din nou aceleaşi rotituri. 7 Toate(H) râurile se varsă în mare, şi marea tot nu se umple: ele aleargă necurmat spre locul de unde pornesc, ca iarăşi să pornească de acolo. 8 Toate lucrurile sunt într-o necurmată frământare, aşa cum nu se poate spune; ochiul(I) nu se mai satură privind şi urechea nu oboseşte auzind. 9 Ce(J) a fost va mai fi şi ce s-a făcut se va mai face; nu este nimic nou sub soare. 10 Dacă este vreun lucru despre care s-ar putea spune: „Iată ceva nou!”, de mult lucrul acela era şi în veacurile dinaintea noastră. 11 Nimeni nu-şi mai aduce aminte de ce a fost mai înainte; şi ce va mai fi, ce se va mai întâmpla mai pe urmă, nu va lăsa nicio urmă de aducere-aminte la cei ce vor trăi mai târziu.
Deşertăciunea tuturor lucrurilor
12 Eu(K), Eclesiastul, am fost împărat peste Israel, în Ierusalim. 13 Mi-am pus inima să cercetez şi să adâncesc cu înţelepciune tot ce se întâmplă sub ceruri: iată o îndeletnicire(L) plină de trudă, la care supune Dumnezeu pe fiii oamenilor. 14 Am văzut tot ce se face sub soare; şi iată că totul este deşertăciune şi goană după vânt! 15 Ce(M) este strâmb nu se poate îndrepta şi ce lipseşte nu poate fi trecut la număr. 16 Am zis în mine însumi: „Iată că am sporit şi am întrecut(N) în înţelepciune pe toţi cei ce au stăpânit înaintea mea peste Ierusalim şi mintea mea a văzut multă înţelepciune şi ştiinţă”. 17 Mi-am pus(O) inima să cunosc înţelepciunea şi să cunosc prostia şi nebunia. Dar am înţeles că şi aceasta este goană după vânt. 18 Căci unde este(P) multă înţelepciune, este şi mult necaz, şi cine ştie multe are şi multă durere.
Ecclesiastes 1
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1
New International Version
Everything Is Meaningless
1 The words of the Teacher,[a](A) son of David, king in Jerusalem:(B)
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(C)
3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?(D)
4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.(E)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.(F)
6 The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.
7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.(G)
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(H)
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(I)
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one can say,
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
11 No one remembers the former generations,(J)
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.(K)
Wisdom Is Meaningless
12 I, the Teacher,(L) was king over Israel in Jerusalem.(M) 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(N) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(O) 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(P)
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;(Q)
what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;(R) I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(S) and also of madness and folly,(T) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12
Ecclesiastes 1
American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1
American Standard Version
1 The words of [a]the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. 3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? 4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits. 7 All the [b]rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. 8 [c]All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. 11 There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and [d]a striving after wind. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and [e]that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom [f]above all that were before me [g]in Jerusalem; yea, my heart [h]hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Hebrew Koheleth.
- Ecclesiastes 1:7 Or, torrents
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 Or, All words are feeble
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or, a feeding on wind (See Hos. 12:1). Or, vexation of spirit (and so elsewhere).
- Ecclesiastes 1:15 Hebrew defect.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 Or, yea, more than all
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 Hebrew over.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 Hebrew hath seen abundantly.
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