Qoelet 4

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
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 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2 Et laudavi magis mortuos, qui iam defuncti sunt, quamviventes, qui adhuc vitam agunt,	2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3 et feliciorem utroque iudicavi, qui necdumnatus est nec vidit opera mala, quae sub sole fiunt.	3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is 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 travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
5 Stultus complicat manus suas et comedit carnes suas.	5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6 Melior est pugillus cum requie quam plena utraque manus cum labore et afflictione spiritus.	6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 Iterum repperi et aliam vanitatem sub sole:	7 Then I returned, and I saw 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 one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9 Melius est duos esse simulquam unum: habent enim emolumentum in labore suo,	9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 quia si unus ceciderit, abaltero fulcietur. Vae soli! Cum ceciderit, non habet sublevantem se.	10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11 Insuper,si dormierint duo, fovebuntur mutuo; unus quomodo calefiet?	11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 Et, si quispiampraevaluerit contra unum, duo resistent ei. Et fu niculus triplex non citorumpitur.	12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Melior est puer pauper et sapiens rege sene et stulto, qui iam nescit erudiri.	13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14 Ille enim de domo carceris exivit, ut regnaret, etiamsi in regno istius natussit pauper.	14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
15 Vidi cunctos viventes, qui ambulant sub sole, cum adulescenteillo secundo, qui consurgebat pro eo.	15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
16 Infinitus numerus erat populi, omnium,quos ipse praecedebat; sed qui postea futuri sunt, non laetabuntur in eo. Et hocvanitas et afflictio spiritus.	16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely 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.