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Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 The Book of Ecclesiastes [in Smaller Chunks] |
[Right now,] I said [within] my heart, I will [test] you with [happiness.] Therefore, enjoy pleasure & [see that] this is also vanity. I said [about] laughter, It is [madness] & of [happiness,] What [good] does it [do?] |
I [searched within my] heart, to [treat] myself to wine, yet [enlightening my] heart with wisdom, [while seizing foolishness, until] I might see what was good [that] the sons of men should do, all the days of their life, under heaven. |
I made [myself] great works: I [built myself] houses & I planted [for myself:] vineyards, gardens, orchards & all [kinds] of [fruit] trees. I made [myself] pools of water, to [irrigate] the [woods] that [produce] trees. |
I got [male & female servants for myself] & [even] had servants born in my house. I also had [many] possessions of: [large] & small [livestock,] above all that [have been] in Jerusalem, before me. I also gathered [for myself:] silver & gold & [special treasures from the] kings & [from] the provinces. |
I [got myself: male & female] singers & musical instruments of all sorts, [that delight] the sons of men. So, I was [famous] & increased more than all [who] were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained [within] me. |
I [didn't keep anything from what my] eyes desired. I [didn't withhold] my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced in all my labor & this was my portion [rewarded for] all my labor. |
Then, I looked on all the works that my hands had [engaged in] & on the [work] that I had labored to do & [saw] all was vanity & [like trying to grab the wind] & there was no [benefit] under the sun. And I turned myself to [see:] wisdom, madness & [foolishness.] |
For what can the man do, [who] comes after the king? [Only] that, which has already been done. Then, I saw wisdom [surpasses foolishness, like] light far [surpasses] darkness. The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And I, myself, also [realized,] that one event happens to them all. |
[Ecclesiastes 9:2-3 All things [happen] alike to all. There is one event to the: righteous, wicked, good, the clean, the unclean, to him, [who] sacrifices & to him, [who doesn't] sacrifice. |
As is [to] the good, [also] is [to] the sinner & he, [who] swears [an oath,] [is like] he, [who is afraid of taking] an oath. This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. [Yes,] the heart of the sons of men is full of evil & madness is in their [hearts,] while they live & after that, they go to the dead.] |
Then, I said [within] my heart, [Like] it happens to the fool, [also] it happens even to me. Then, why was I more wise? Then, I said [within] my heart, that this also is vanity. |
For there is no more [memory] forever of the wise than of the fool. [Since what] is now, shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how [does] the wise man [die?] [Just like] the fool. |
Therefore, I hated life; because the work that is [done] under the sun is grievous to me. For all is vanity & [like trying to grab the wind.] [Yes,] I hated all my [work] that I had [engaged in] under the sun, because I should leave it to the man, [who] shall be after me. |
And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? [Still,] he shall rule over all my [work, in which] I have labored & [in which,] I have [shown] myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. |
Therefore, I went [around & caused] my heart to despair [about] all the labor, [with] which I have [engaged in] under the sun. For there is a man, whose labor is [done] in wisdom, knowledge & [fairness;] [but] he shall yet leave his portion to a man, [who] hasn't [worked.] This is also vanity & a great evil. |
For what [does] a man [have from] all his labor & his [troubled] heart [with which,] he has labored, under the sun? For all his days are sorrows & his [tribulation,] grief. [Yes,] his heart [doesn't] rest in the night. This is also vanity. |
There is nothing better that a man should do, than eat, drink & make his soul enjoy the [benefits of] his labor. I also saw this, and that, it was from the hand of God. [Luke 12:19-21 And I will say to my Soul, you have [a large quantity of] goods [stored] up for many years: take [it easy] & eat, drink & be merry. |
But God said to him, You fool. This night your [life] shall be [demanded from] you. Then, whose shall those things be, [that] you have provided? So, is he, [who stores] up treasure for himself & isn't rich toward God.] |
For who can eat, or [up until now,] who else can [hurry to do so,] more than I? For God gives to a man, [what] is good in His sight: wisdom, knowledge & joy. But He gives to the sinner, [troubles] to gather & heap up, [so] that He may give to him, [what] us good before God. This, also is vanity & [like trying to grab the wind.] |
[Revelation 3:19-22 As many as I love, I [reprimand & chastise.] Therefore, be zealous & repent. [Watch,] I stand at the door & knock & if any man [hears] My voice & [opens] the door, I will come in to him & will [dine] with him & he with Me. |
To him [who] overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me [on] My throne, even [like] I also overcame & Am set down with My Father [on] His throne. He, [who] has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.] |