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12 (13) Here is a gross evil which I have seen under the sun: the owner of wealth hoards it to his own hurt.

13 (14) Due to some misfortune,
the wealth turns to loss;
and then if he has fathered a son,
he has nothing to leave him.

14 (15) Just as he came from his mother’s womb,
so he will go back naked as he came,
and for his efforts he will take nothing
that he can carry away in his hand.

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