Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.	1 Dixi ego in corde meo: “ Veni, tentabo te gaudio: fruere bo nis ”; etecce hoc quoque vanitas.
2 Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: “Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?”	2 De risu dixi: “ Insania ” et de gaudio: “ Quid prodest? ”.
3 I decided in my heart to withdraw my flesh from wine, so that I might bring my mind to wisdom, and turn away from foolishness, until I see what is useful for the sons of men, and what they ought to do under the sun, during the number of the days of their life.	3 Tractavi in corde meo detinere in vino carnem meam, cum cor meum duceretur insapientia, et amplecti stultitiam, donec viderem quid esset utile filiishominum, ut faciant sub sole paucis diebus vitae suae.
4 I magnified my works. I built houses for myself, and I planted vineyards.	4 Magnificavi opera mea:aedificavi mihi domos et plantavi vineas,
5 I made gardens and orchards. And I planted them with trees of every kind.	5 feci hortos et pomaria et consevi eaarboribus cuncti generis fructuum
6 And I dug out fishponds of water, so that I might irrigate the forest of growing trees.	6 et exstruxi mihi piscinas aquarum, utirrigarem silvam lignorum germinantium.
7 I obtained men and women servants, and I had a great family, as well as herds of cattle and great flocks of sheep, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.	7 Possedi servos et ancillas et habuimultam familiam, habui armenta quoque et magnos ovium greges ultra omnes, quifuerunt ante me in Ierusalem.
8 I amassed for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings and governors. I chose men and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, bowls and pitchers for the purpose of pouring wine.	8 Coacervavi mihi etiam argentum et aurum etsubstantias regum ac provinciarum, feci mihi cantores et cantatrices et deliciasfiliorum hominum, scyphos et urceos in ministerio ad vina fundenda
9 And I surpassed in opulence all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also persevered with me.	9 et crevi,supergressus sum omnes, qui ante me fuerunt in Ierusalem; sapientia quoque meaperseveravit mecum.
10 And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors.	10 Et omnia, quae desideraverunt oculi mei, non negavi eisnec prohibui cor meum ab omni voluptate, et oblectatum est ex omnibus laboribus,et hanc ratus sum partem meam ab omnibus aerumnis meis.
11 But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun.	11 Cumque meconvertissem ad universa opera, quae fecerant manus meae, et ad labores, inquibus sudaveram, et ecce in omnibus vanitas et afflictio spiritus, et nihillucri esse sub sole.
12 I continued on, so as to contemplate wisdom, as well as error and foolishness. “What is man,” I said, “that he would be able to follow his Maker, the King?”	12 Verti me ad contemplandam sapientiam et insipientiam et stultitiam: “ Quidfaciet, inquam, homo, qui veniet post regem? Id quod antea fecerunt ”.
13 And I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness, so much so that they differ as much as light from darkness.	13 Etvidi quod tantum praecederet sapientia stultitiam, quantum lux praecedittenebras.
14 The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.	14 “ Sapientis oculi in capite eius, stultus in tenebris ambulat ”; et didici quod unus utriusque esset interitus.
15 And I said in my heart: “If the death of both the foolish and myself will be one, how does it benefit me, if I have given myself more thoroughly to the work of wisdom?” And as I was speaking within my own mind, I perceived that this, too, is emptiness.	15 Et dixi in corde meo: “ Si unus et stulti et meus occasus erit, quid mihiprodest quod maiorem sapientiae dedi operam? ”. Locutusque cum mente mea,animadverti quod hoc quoque esset vanitas.
16 For there will not be a remembrance in perpetuity of the wise, nor of the foolish. And the future times will cover everything together, with oblivion. The learned die in a manner similar to the unlearned.	16 Non enim erit memoria sapientissimiliter ut stulti in perpetuum; siquidem futura tempora oblivione cunctapariter operient: moritur doctus similiter ut indoctus.
17 And, because of this, my life wearied me, since I saw that everything under the sun is evil, and everything is empty and an affliction of the spirit.	17 Et idcirco taeduit me vitae meae, quia malum mihi est, quod sub sole fit;cuncta enim vanitas et afflictio spiritus.
18 Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me,	18 Rursus detestatus sum omnemlaborem meum, quo sub sole laboravi, quem relicturus sum homini, qui erit postme;
19 though I know not whether he will be wise or foolish. And yet he will have power over my labors, in which I have toiled and been anxious. And is there anything else so empty?	19 et quis scit utrum sapiens an stultus futurus sit? Et dominabitur inlaboribus meis, quibus desudavi et sollicitus fui sub sole. Hoc quoque vanitas.
20 Therefore, I ceased, and my heart renounced further laboring under the sun.	20 Verti me exasperans cor meum de omni labore, quo laboravi sub sole.
21 For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.	21 Namest qui laborat in sapientia et doctrina et sollicitudine, et homini, qui nonlaboraverit, dabit portionem suam; et hoc ergo vanitas et magnum malum.
22 For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?	22 Quid enim proderit homini de universo labore suo et afflictione cordis, quasub sole laboravit?
23 All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?	23 Cuncti dies eius dolores sunt, et aerumnae occupatioeius, nec per noctem cor eius requiescit; et hoc quoque vanitas est.
24 Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.	24 Nihilmelius est homini quam comedere et bibere et ostendere animae suae bona delaboribus suis. Et hoc vidi de manu Dei esse.
25 So who will feast and overflow with delights as much as I have?	25 Quis enim comedet et deliciisaffluet sine eo?
26 God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.	26 Quia homini bono in conspectu suo dedit sapientiam et scientiam et laetitiam;peccatori autem dedit afflictionem colligendi et congregandi, ut tradat ei, quiplacuit Deo; sed et hoc vanitas est et afflictio spiritus.