Qoelet 8

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Quis talis, ut sapiens est? Et quis cognovit solutionem re rum? Sapientia hominis illuminat vultum eius, et durities faciei illius commutatur.	1 The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.
2 Os regis observa et propter iuramenta Dei	2 I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.
3 ne festines recedere a facie eiusneque permaneas in re mala, quia omne, quod voluerit, faciet.	3 Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
4 Quia sermoillius potestate plenus est, nec dicere ei quisquam potest: “ Quare ita facis?”.	4 And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?
5 Qui custodit praeceptum, non experietur quidquam mali; tempus et iudiciumcor sapientis intellegit.	5 He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.
6 Omni enim negotio tempus est et iudicium, et multahominis afflictio;	6 There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
7 ignorat enim quid futurum sit, nam quomodo sit futurum,quis nuntiabit ei?	7 Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
8 Non est in hominis potestate dominari super spiritum neccohibere spiritum, nec habet potestatem supra diem mortis, nec ulla remissio estingruente bello, neque salvabit impietas impium.	8 It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
9 Omnia haec consideravi et dedi cor meum cunctis operibus, quae fiunt sub sole,quo tempore dominatur homo homini in malum suum.	9 All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 Et ita vidi impios sepultos,discedentes de loco sancto; in oblivionem cadere in civitate, quod ita egerunt:sed et hoc vanitas est.	10 I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
11 Etenim, quia non profertur cito sententia contraopera mala, ideo cor filiorum hominum repletur, ut perpetrent mala.	11 For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.
12 Nampeccator centies facit malum et prolongat sibi dies; verumtamen novi quod eritbonum timentibus Deum, qui verentur faciem eius.	12 But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.
13 Non sit bonum impio, necprolongabit dies suos quasi umbram, qui non timet faciem Domini.	13 But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
14 Est vanitas,quae fit super terram: sunt iusti, quibus mala proveniunt, quasi opera egerintimpiorum, et sunt impii, quibus bona proveniunt, quasi iustorum facta habeant;sed et hoc vanissimum iudico.	14 There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.
15 Laudavi igitur laetitiam quod non esset hominibonum sub sole, nisi quod comederet et biberet atque gauderet et hoc solum secumauferret de labore suo in diebus vitae suae, quos dedit ei Deus sub sole.	15 Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
16 Cumapposui cor meum, ut scirem sapientiam et intellegerem occupationem, quaeversatur in terra, quod diebus et noctibus somnum non capit oculis,	16 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.
17 ecceintellexi quod omnium operum Dei nullam possit homo invenire rationem eorum,quae fiunt sub sole; et quanto plus laboraverit homo ad quaerendum, tanto minusinveniet; etiamsi dixerit sapiens se nosse, non poterit reperire.	17 And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.