Ecclesiastes 2
World English Bible
2 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives. 4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit. 6 I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown. 7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem. 8 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts. 9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me. 10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. 11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. 14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. 15 Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. 19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. 24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? 26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Eclesiastés 2
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Vanidad de las cosas terrenales
2 Entonces me dije[a]: «Ven ahora, te probaré con el placer(A); diviértete[b]». Y resultó que también esto era vanidad. 2 Dije de la risa(B): «Es locura»; y del placer: «¿Qué logra esto?». 3 Consideré en mi corazón estimular mi cuerpo[c] con el vino(C), mientras mi corazón me guiaba con sabiduría, y echar mano de la insensatez(D), hasta que pudiera ver qué hay de bueno bajo el cielo que los hijos de los hombres hacen en los contados días de su vida(E).
4 (F)Engrandecí mis obras, me edifiqué casas, me planté viñas(G); 5 me hice jardines(H) y huertos(I), y planté en ellos toda clase de árboles frutales; 6 me hice estanques de aguas(J) para regar[d] el bosque con árboles en pleno crecimiento. 7 Compré esclavos y esclavas, y tuve esclavos nacidos en casa[e](K). Tuve también ganados, vacas y ovejas(L), más que todos los que me precedieron en Jerusalén. 8 Reuní también plata y oro(M) para mí y el tesoro de los reyes y de las provincias. Me proveí de cantores y cantoras(N), y de los placeres de los hombres, de muchas concubinas[f].
9 Me engrandecí y superé a todos los que me precedieron en Jerusalén(O); también la sabiduría permaneció conmigo. 10 Y de todo cuanto mis ojos deseaban, nada les negué(P), ni privé a mi corazón de ningún placer, porque mi corazón gozaba de todo mi trabajo. Esta fue la recompensa de toda mi labor(Q). 11 Consideré luego todas las obras que mis manos habían hecho y el trabajo en que me había empeñado[g], y resultó que todo era vanidad y correr tras el viento[h](R), y sin provecho(S) bajo el sol.
12 Yo volví, pues, a considerar la sabiduría, la locura y la insensatez(T). Porque ¿qué hará el hombre que venga después del rey sino lo que ya ha sido hecho(U)? 13 Y yo vi que la sabiduría sobrepasa a la insensatez(V), como la luz a las tinieblas.
14 El sabio tiene ojos en su cabeza,
Pero el necio anda en tinieblas(W).
Aunque yo sé también que ambos corren la misma suerte(X).
15 Entonces me dije[i]: «Como la suerte del necio, así también será la mía[j](Y). ¿Para qué, pues, me aprovecha haber sido tan sabio(Z)?». Y me dije[k]: «También esto es vanidad. 16 Porque no hay memoria duradera[l] del sabio ni del[m] necio, ya que todos serán olvidados en los días venideros(AA). ¡Cómo mueren tanto el sabio como[n] el necio(AB)!». 17 Y aborrecí la vida(AC), porque me era penosa[o] la obra que se hace bajo el sol, pues todo es vanidad y correr tras el viento.
18 Asimismo aborrecí todo el fruto de mi trabajo con que me había afanado bajo el sol(AD), el cual tendré que dejar al hombre que vendrá después de mí(AE). 19 ¿Y quién sabe si será sabio o necio? Sin embargo, él tendrá dominio sobre todo el fruto de mi trabajo con que me afané obrando sabiamente bajo el sol. También esto es vanidad.
20 Por tanto me desesperé en gran manera[p] por todo el fruto de mi trabajo con que me había afanado bajo el sol. 21 Cuando hay un hombre que ha trabajado con sabiduría, con conocimiento y con destreza(AF), y da su hacienda[q] al que no ha trabajado en ella(AG), esto también es vanidad y un mal muy grande. 22 Pues, ¿qué recibe el hombre de todo su trabajo y del esfuerzo de su corazón con que se afana bajo el sol(AH)? 23 Porque durante todos sus días su tarea es dolorosa y penosa(AI); ni aun de noche descansa su corazón(AJ). También esto es vanidad.
24 No hay nada mejor para el hombre que comer y beber y decirse que su trabajo es bueno[r](AK). Yo he visto que también esto es de la mano de Dios(AL). 25 Porque ¿quién comerá y quién se alegrará sin Él[s]? 26 Porque a la persona que le agrada[t], Él le ha dado sabiduría, conocimiento(AM) y gozo; pero al pecador le ha dado la tarea de recoger y amontonar para dárselo al que agrada a[u] Dios(AN). Esto también es vanidad y correr tras el viento(AO).
Footnotes
- 2:1 Lit. Yo dije en mi corazón.
- 2:1 Lit. considera lo bueno.
- 2:3 Lit. carne.
- 2:6 Lit. regar de ellos.
- 2:7 Lit. tuve hijos de la casa.
- 2:8 Otra posible lectura es: de toda clase de instrumentos musicales; en la versión gr. (sept.), coperos y coperas.
- 2:11 Lit. trabajado para hacer.
- 2:11 O aflicción de espíritu, y así en el resto del cap.
- 2:15 Lit. Yo dije en mi corazón.
- 2:15 Lit. también caerá sobre mí.
- 2:15 Lit. hablé en mi corazón.
- 2:16 Lit. para siempre.
- 2:16 Lit. con.
- 2:16 Lit. con.
- 2:17 Lit. mala.
- 2:20 Lit. Y volví a desesperar mi corazón.
- 2:21 Lit. porción.
- 2:24 Lit. hacer que su alma vea bueno su trabajo.
- 2:25 Así en la versión gr. (sept.); en heb. mí.
- 2:26 Lit. que es buena ante Él.
- 2:26 Lit. que es buena ante Él.
Ecclesiastes 2
King James Version
2 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Еклисиаст 2
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Суетата на насладите
2 Размислих тъй в сърцето си: ще те изпитам с веселие – наслади се с блага. Но ето и това е суета. 2 Отсъдих за смеха: „глупост“, а за веселието – „Какво ти носи?“ 3 Реших в сърцето си да усладя плътта си с вино и макар сърцето ми да ходеше след мъдростта, реших да се предам и на глупостта, докато вникна кое е добро за хората, какво би трябвало да вършат те под небето през преброените дни на живота си.
Суетата на богатството и труда
4 (A)Наченах велики начинания: съградих си палати, насадих си лозя, 5 оградих се с райски градини и ги залесих с всякакви овощни дървета. 6 Съградих водоеми да напояват райските градини, в които растат дървета. 7 Сдобих се със слуги и слугини и прибавих слугите, родени в моя дом; аз имах едър и дребен добитък повече от всички, живели преди мен в Йерусалим. 8 (B)Натрупах сребро и злато, а също скъпоценности от разни земни царе и земи, отбрах си певци и певици, както и разкоши, услаждащи човека – многобройни жени. 9 И се възвеличих, и забогатях повече от всички, които властваха преди мен в Йерусалим. Но въпреки това аз запазих мъдростта си. 10 Нищо, каквото пожелаеха очите ми, не им отказвах, не удържах сърцето си от никакво веселие. Затуй сърцето ми ликуваше при всички мои трудове. Нали това ми бе наградата за всички мои трудове? 11 Но ето обърнах се, огледах всичко, извършено от моите ръце, и моя труд, с който бях се трудил, за да го постигна. И ето – всичко е суета и гонене на вятър и няма полза от нищо под слънцето.
Суетата на мъдростта и глупостта на труда и радостта
12 Обърнах се, за да разгледам мъдростта наред с безумието и глупостта. Кой ли може да извърши нещо след царя освен извършеното вече? 13 Тогава аз разбрах, че мъдростта стои над глупостта, тъй както светлината превъзхожда тъмнината. 14 (C)Мъдрецът има на главата си очи, глупецът броди из тъмата, но аз разбрах – една съдба постига всички тях. 15 И аз размислих в сърцето си: щом и мен съдбата на глупеца ще постигне, защо съм станал толкова премъдър? Затуй си казах пак в сърцето – и това е суета. 16 (D)Защото, както за глупеца, така и за мъдреца споменът не трае вечно, и двамата ще ги забравят напълно бъдещите дни. Уви, мъдрецът не умира ли тъй, както и глупецът? 17 Затуй намразих аз живота, опротивя ми всяко дело, извършено под слънцето. Защото всичко е суета и гонене на вятър.
18 Възненавидях и целия си труд, с който съм се трудил под слънцето, защото го оставям на човека, идващ след мене. 19 Кой знае: дали ще бъде мъдър той, или пък глупав? Той ще владее всичко мое, което с труд и мъдрост аз придобих под слънцето. И това е суета. 20 Дойдох дотам да се отчаям в сърцето си за целия си труд, с който се трудих под слънцето: 21 един се труди с мъдрост, знание, сполука, но го оставя в дял на друг, който не се е трудил за него. Това също е суета и голямо зло. 22 А и какво остава за човека от целия му труд и стремежи на сърцето, с които се изнурява под слънцето? 23 Наистина – всичките му дни са страдания, целият му труд – тревога; дори и през нощта сърцето му е без покой. Това е също суета.
24 (E)Няма по-добро за човека освен това да яде и да пие, да позволи на душата си наслада от мъчителния труд. Но и това е, както аз видях, пак от Божията ръка. 25 Та „Кой може да яде и се наслаждава, ако не аз?“ 26 (F)Бог дарява с мъдрост, знание и радост благоугодния пред Него, а на грешния отрежда грижи: да притуря и да трупа, за да го отреди на този, който е благоугоден пред Бога. Това е също суета и гонене на вятър.
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