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Ecclesiastes

Chapter 2

KJV · Textus Receptus

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Asante Twi

1Mekaa wɔ m'akoma mu sɛ, Bra afei, mede anigyeɛ bɛsɔ wo ahwɛ, enti gye w'ani: na hwɛ, yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ.Under pastoral review
2Mekaa ɛserew ho asɛm sɛ, Ɛyɛ abɔdamsɛm: na anigyeɛ nso, Ɛyɛ dɛn?Under pastoral review
3Mehwehwɛɛ wɔ m'akoma mu sɛ mede me ho bɛma nsã, nanso me ne m'akoma da so kura nyansa mu; na masɔ nkwaseasɛm mu, kɔsi sɛ mɛhunu deɛ ɛyɛ ma nnipa mma, deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ wɔ ɔsoro ase wɔn nkwa nna nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
4Meyɛɛ nnwuma akɛseɛ maa me ho; mesii afie maa me ho; meyɛɛ bobefuo maa me ho:Under pastoral review
5Meyɛɛ nturo ne nnuabafuo maa me ho, na meduaa nnua a ɛso aba ahodoɔ nyinaa wɔ mu:Under pastoral review
6Meyɛɛ nsuo atare maa me ho, sɛ mede bɛgugu kwaeɛ a ɛma nnua nyini so:Under pastoral review
7Menyaa nkoa ne mmaawa, na menyaa nkoa a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ me fie; afei nso na mewɔ anantwie ne nnwan bebree sene wɔn a wɔdii m'anim wɔ Yerusalem nyinaa:Under pastoral review
8Meboaboaa dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ nso ano maa me ho, ne ahene ne amantam mu ademudeɛ a ɛsom bo: menyaa mmarima nnwontofoɔ ne mmaa nnwontofoɔ, ne nnipa mma anigyedeɛ, sɛ nnwontodeɛ, ne ahodoɔ nyinaa.Under pastoral review
9Enti meyɛɛ kɛseɛ, na mekɔɔ so sene wɔn a wɔdii m'anim wɔ Yerusalem nyinaa: afei nso me nyansa kaa me ho.Under pastoral review
10Na biribiara a m'ani pɛeɛ no, mensii wɔn ho kwan, mensii m'akoma anigyeɛ biara ho kwan; ɛfiri sɛ m'akoma dii ahurusie wɔ m'adwuma nyinaa mu: na yei ne me kyɛfa a ɛfiri m'adwuma nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
11Afei mehwɛɛ nnwuma nyinaa a me nsa ayɛ, ne adwuma a mabrɛ sɛ mɛyɛ: na hwɛ, ne nyinaa yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw, na mfasoɔ biara nni owia ase.Under pastoral review
12Na medanee me ho sɛ mɛhwɛ nyansa, ne abɔdamsɛm, ne nkwaseasɛm: na ɛdeɛn na onipa a ɔdi ɔhene akyi bɛtumi ayɛ? deɛ wɔayɛ dada no ara.Under pastoral review
13Afei mehunuiɛ sɛ nyansa sene nkwaseasɛm, sɛdeɛ hann sene esum.Under pastoral review
14Onyansafoɔ ani wɔ ne tiri mu; nanso ɔkwasea nante esum mu: na me ankasa mehunuu nso sɛ asɛm baako ara na ɛto wɔn nyinaa.Under pastoral review
15Afei mekaa wɔ m'akoma mu sɛ, Sɛdeɛ ɛto ɔkwasea no, saa ara na ɛto me nso; na adɛn nti na na menim nyansa kyɛn no? Afei mekaa wɔ m'akoma mu sɛ yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ.Under pastoral review
16Ɛfiri sɛ onyansafoɔ nkaeɛ biara nni hɔ sene ɔkwasea deɛ daa; ɛfiri sɛ deɛ ɛwɔ hɔ seesei no, wɔn werɛ bɛfiri ne nyinaa nna a ɛreba no mu. Na ɛyɛ dɛn na onyansafoɔ wu? sɛ ɔkwasea ara.Under pastoral review
17Ɛno enti metan nkwa; ɛfiri sɛ adwuma a wɔyɛ wɔ owia ase no yɛ me yaw: ɛfiri sɛ ne nyinaa yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw.Under pastoral review
18Aane, metan m'adwuma nyinaa a mayɛ wɔ owia ase: ɛfiri sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ megya ma onipa a ɔbɛba m'akyi.Under pastoral review
19Na hwan na ɔnim sɛ ɔbɛyɛ onyansafoɔ anaa ɔkwasea? nanso ɔbɛdi m'adwuma nyinaa a mabrɛ wɔ mu, na mada me nyansa adi wɔ owia ase no so. Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ.Under pastoral review
20Ɛno enti medanee me ho sɛ mɛma m'akoma apa aba wɔ adwuma nyinaa a mayɛ wɔ owia ase ho.Under pastoral review
21Ɛfiri sɛ onipa bi wɔ hɔ a n'adwuma wɔ nyansa, ne nimdeɛ, ne pɛpɛyɛ mu; nanso onipa a ɔammrɛ wɔ mu no na ɔbɛgya ama no sɛ ne kyɛfa. Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne bɔne kɛseɛ.Under pastoral review
22Ɛfiri sɛ ɛdeɛn na onipa nya wɔ n'adwuma nyinaa, ne n'akoma mu ɔhaw a wabrɛ wɔ mu wɔ owia ase no mu?Under pastoral review
23Ɛfiri sɛ ne nna nyinaa yɛ awerɛhoɔ, na n'ɔbrɛ yɛ ɔyaw; aane, n'akoma nnya ahomegyeɛ anadwo. Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ.Under pastoral review
24Biribi nni hɔ a ɛyɛ ma onipa sene sɛ ɔbɛdidi na wanom, na wama ne kra anya anigyeɛ wɔ n'adwuma mu. Yei nso mehunuiɛ, sɛ ɛfiri Onyankopɔn nsam.Under pastoral review
25Ɛfiri sɛ hwan na ɔbɛtumi adidi, anaa hwan na ɔbɛtumi apere akyɛn me?Under pastoral review
26Ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn de nyansa, ne nimdeɛ, ne anigyeɛ ma onipa a ɔyɛ papa wɔ n'anim: nanso ɔbɔnefoɔ deɛ, ɔma no ɔbrɛ, sɛ ɔmmoaboa ano na ɔnhyɛ so, sɛdeɛ ɔde bɛma deɛ ɔyɛ papa wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw.Under pastoral review

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