ECCLESLASTES 6

[당찬 엄마]

   1 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it

weighs heavily on mankind: 2 God gives some people

wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack

nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant

them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy

them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

   3 A man may have a hundred children and live many

years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot

enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial,

I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. 4 It

comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in

darkness its name is shrouded. 5 Though it never saw

the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does

that man-- 6 even if he lives a thousand years twice

over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to

the same place?

7 Everyone's toil is for their mouth,

   yet their appetite is never satisfied.

8 What advantage have the wise over fools?

What do the poor gain

   by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

9 Better what the eye sees

   than the roving of the apperite.

This too is meaningless,

   a chasing after the wind.

10 Whatever exists has already been named,

   and what humanity is has been known;

no one can contend

   with someone who is stronger.

11 The more the words,

   the less the meaning,

   and how does that profit anyone?

12 For who knows what is good for a person in life,

during the few and meaningless days they pass

through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will

happen under the sun after they are gone?