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I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.
Купил себе рабов и рабынь, и были у меня и другие рабы, рожденные в доме моем. Также крупного и мелкого скота было у меня больше, чем у кого-либо, кто жил до меня в Иерусалиме.
Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men — many concubines.
All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.
Чего бы ни пожелали глаза мои, я ни в чем им не отказывал; сердцу своему я не отказывал в удовольствии. Мое сердце радовалось от всего, что я делал — это и было наградой за весь мой труд.
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
Но когда я посмотрел на все, что сделали мои руки, и на тот труд, что я совершил, я увидел, что все суета, все — погоня за ветром, и ни в чем нет пользы под солнцем.
Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.
потому что человек может трудиться с мудростью, знанием и умением, а затем должен оставить все тому, кто палец о палец не ударил. И это — суета, это — большая несправедливость.
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
Человеку, который угоден Ему, Он дает мудрость, знание и счастье, а грешнику — бремя: собирать и копить богатство, чтобы передать его тому, кто угоден Богу. И это — суета, это — погоня за ветром.