Qoelet 4

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Verti me ad alia et vidi calumnias, quae sub sole geruntur, et eccelacrimae oppressorum, et nemo consolator; et ex parte opprimentium violentia, etnemo consolator.	1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
2 Et laudavi magis mortuos, qui iam defuncti sunt, quamviventes, qui adhuc vitam agunt,	2 And I praised the dead rather than the living:
3 et feliciorem utroque iudicavi, qui necdumnatus est nec vidit opera mala, quae sub sole fiunt.	3 And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
4 Rursum contemplatus sum omnes labores et omnem successum operis, et hoc essezelum in proximum suum. Et in hoc ergo vanitas et afflictio spiritus.	4 Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
5 Stultus complicat manus suas et comedit carnes suas.	5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
6 Melior est pugillus cum requie quam plena utraque manus cum labore et afflictione spiritus.	6 Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
7 Iterum repperi et aliam vanitatem sub sole:	7 Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
8 unus est et secundum non habet,non filium, non fratrem, et tamen laborare non cessat, nec satiantur oculi eiusdivitiis, nec recogitat dicens: “ Cui laboro et fraudo animam meam bonis?”.In hoc quoque vanitas est et occupatio pessima.	8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
9 Melius est duos esse simulquam unum: habent enim emolumentum in labore suo,	9 It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
10 quia si unus ceciderit, abaltero fulcietur. Vae soli! Cum ceciderit, non habet sublevantem se.	10 If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.
11 Insuper,si dormierint duo, fovebuntur mutuo; unus quomodo calefiet?	11 And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
12 Et, si quispiampraevaluerit contra unum, duo resistent ei. Et fu niculus triplex non citorumpitur.	12 And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.
13 Melior est puer pauper et sapiens rege sene et stulto, qui iam nescit erudiri.	13 Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
14 Ille enim de domo carceris exivit, ut regnaret, etiamsi in regno istius natussit pauper.	14 Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.
15 Vidi cunctos viventes, qui ambulant sub sole, cum adulescenteillo secundo, qui consurgebat pro eo.	15 I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.
16 Infinitus numerus erat populi, omnium,quos ipse praecedebat; sed qui postea futuri sunt, non laetabuntur in eo. Et hocvanitas et afflictio spiritus.	16 The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
17 Custodi pedem tuum ingrediens domum Dei, nam accedere, ut audias, melius estquam cum stulti offerunt victimas: multo enim melior est oboedientia quamstultorum victimae, qui nesciunt se malum facere.	17 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.