| 1:2 |
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity! |
| 1:3 |
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun? |
| 1:4 |
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever. |
| 1:5 |
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again, |
| 1:6 |
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle. |
| 1:7 |
All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again. |
| 1:8 |
Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing. |
| 1:9 |
What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done. |
| 1:10 |
There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us. |
| 1:11 |
There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end. |
