Ecclesiastes 4 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Ecclesiastes

Chapter 4

KJV · Textus Receptus

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

1Enti mesanee, na mesusuu nhyɛsoɔ nyinaa a wɔyɛ wɔ owia ase ho: na hwɛ, wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no nisuo, na wɔnni ɔwerɛkyekyefoɔ; na tumi wɔ wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no nsam; nanso wɔnni ɔwerɛkyekyefoɔ.Under pastoral review

2Ɛno enti mekamfoo awufoɔ a wɔawuwu dada no sene ateasefoɔ a wɔda so te ase.Under pastoral review

3Aane, deɛ ɔnnya mmaeɛ, deɛ ɔnhunuu adwuma bɔne a wɔyɛ wɔ owia ase no, ɔyɛ sene wɔn baanu.Under pastoral review

4Bio, mesusuu ɔbrɛ nyinaa, ne adwuma a ɛtene biara ho, sɛ yei enti na onipa yɔnko ani bere no. Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw.Under pastoral review

5Ɔkwasea bobɔ ne nsa mu, na ɔwe n'ankasa ne honam.Under pastoral review

6Nsa ma baako a asomdwoeɛ ka ho yɛ sene nsa mmienu ma a ɔbrɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw ka ho.Under pastoral review

7Afei mesanee, na mehunuu ahuhudeɛ wɔ owia ase.Under pastoral review

8Obi baako wɔ hɔ a ɔnni obiara, na ɔnni deɛ ɔtɔ so mmienu; aane, ɔnni ɔba anaa onua: nanso n'adwuma nyinaa nni awieeɛ; na n'ani mmee ahonyadeɛ; na ɔmmisa sɛ, Hwan na mebrɛ ma no, na mede papa bɔ me kra? Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ, aane, ɛyɛ ɔbrɛ a ano yɛ den.Under pastoral review

9Baanu yɛ sene baako; ɛfiri sɛ wɔnya akatua pa wɔ wɔn adwuma mu.Under pastoral review

10Ɛfiri sɛ sɛ wɔhwe ase a, baako bɛpagya ne yɔnko: nanso deɛ ɔyɛ ne nko a ɔhwe ase no nnue; ɛfiri sɛ ɔnni ɔfoforɔ a ɔbɛpagya no.Under pastoral review

11Bio, sɛ baanu da faako a, wɔnya ɔhyew: na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na baako bɛnya ɔhyew?Under pastoral review

12Na sɛ baako di ne so nkonim a, baanu bɛgyina n'anim; na ahoma a wɔabɔ no mmiɛnsa no, ɛntetew ntɛm.Under pastoral review

13Abɔfra a ɔyɛ ohiani na ɔyɛ nyansafoɔ yɛ sene ɔhene akwakoraa a ɔyɛ kwasea, a ɔrentie afotuo bio.Under pastoral review

14Ɛfiri sɛ ɔfiri afiase ba sɛ ɔrebɛdi ahene; ɛberɛ a deɛ wɔwoo no wɔ n'ahennie mu no bɛyɛ ohiani.Under pastoral review

15Mesusuu ateasefoɔ nyinaa a wɔnante wɔ owia ase ho, ne abɔfra a ɔtɔ so mmienu a ɔbɛsɔre agyina n'ananmu.Under pastoral review

16Nnipa no nyinaa nni awieeɛ, wɔn a wɔdii wɔn anim nyinaa nso: na wɔn a wɔba akyire yi nso rennya anigyeɛ wɔ ne ho. Nokorɛ, yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ ne honhom mu ɔhaw.Under pastoral review

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