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Ecclesiastes

Chapter 1

KJV · Textus Receptus

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Asante Twi

1Ɔkyeame no nsɛm, Dawid ba, ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem.Under pastoral review
2Ahuhudeɛ mu ahuhudeɛ, Ɔkyeame no na ɔseɛ, ahuhudeɛ mu ahuhudeɛ; ne nyinaa yɛ ahuhudeɛ.Under pastoral review
3Mfasoɔ bɛn na onipa nya wɔ n'adwuma nyinaa a ɔyɛ wɔ owia ase no mu?Under pastoral review
4Awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ baako twam, na awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ foforɔ ba: nanso asase tena hɔ daa.Under pastoral review
5Owia pue, na owia tɔ, na ɔpere kɔ ne siberɛ a ɔpuiɛ hɔ.Under pastoral review
6Mframa kɔ anafoɔ fam, na ɛdane kɔ atifi fam; ɛkyinkyin daa, na mframa sane ba bio sɛdeɛ ne nkyinkyimiiɛ teɛ.Under pastoral review
7Nsubɔntene nyinaa sene kɔ ɛpo mu; nanso ɛpo nyɛ ma; baabi a nsubɔntene firi ba no, ɛhɔ na wɔsane kɔ bio.Under pastoral review
8Nneɛma nyinaa yɛ ɔbrɛ; onipa ntumi nka: ani mmee nhwɛ, na aso nyɛ ma ntie.Under pastoral review
9Deɛ aba no, ɛno ara na ɛbɛba; na deɛ wɔayɛ no, ɛno ara na wɔbɛyɛ: na biribi foforɔ biara nni owia ase.Under pastoral review
10Biribi wɔ hɔ a wɔbɛtumi aka ho sɛ, Hwɛ, yei yɛ foforɔ anaa? Ɛwɔ hɔ dada firi tete berɛ mu, deɛ ɛdii yɛn anim.Under pastoral review
11Nkaeɛ biara nni tete nneɛma ho; na nkaeɛ biara remma nneɛma a ɛreba ho wɔ wɔn a wɔbɛba akyire yi nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
12Me, Ɔkyeame no, na meyɛ ɔhene wɔ Israel so wɔ Yerusalem.Under pastoral review
13Na mede m'akoma maa sɛ mede nyansa bɛhwehwɛ na mapɛpɛ nneɛma nyinaa a wɔyɛ wɔ ɔsoro ase ho mu: saa ɔbrɛ a ano yɛ den yi na Onyankopɔn de ama nnipa mma sɛ wɔmfa nyɛ adwuma.Under pastoral review
14Mahunu nnwuma nyinaa a wɔyɛ wɔ owia ase; na hwɛ, ne nyinaa yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw.Under pastoral review
15Deɛ akyea no, wɔntumi nteɛ no: na deɛ ɛnni hɔ no, wɔntumi nkan no.Under pastoral review
16Me ne m'ankasa m'akoma kasaeɛ sɛ, Hwɛ, manya kɛseyɛ, na manya nyansa asene wɔn a wɔdii m'anim wɔ Yerusalem nyinaa: aane, m'akoma ahunu nyansa ne nimdeɛ pii.Under pastoral review
17Na mede m'akoma maa sɛ mɛhunu nyansa, na mahunu abɔdamsɛm ne nkwaseasɛm: mehunuu sɛ yei nso yɛ honhom mu ɔhaw.Under pastoral review
18Ɛfiri sɛ nyansa bebree mu na awerɛhoɔ bebree wɔ: na deɛ ɔma nimdeɛ dɔɔso no ma ɔyaw dɔɔso.Under pastoral review

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