Текст песни Глава 2 - Книга Екклесиаста

1. Сказал я в сердце моем: "дай, испытаю я тебя весельем, и насладись добром"; но и это - суета!
2. О смехе сказал я: "глупость!", а о веселье: "что оно делает?"
3. Вздумал я в сердце моем услаждать вином тело мое и, между тем, как сердце мое руководилось мудростью, придержаться и глупости, доколе не увижу, что хорошо для сынов человеческих, что должны были бы они делать под небом в немногие дни жизни своей.
4. Я предпринял большие дела: построил себе домы, посадил себе виноградники,
5. устроил себе сады и рощи и насадил в них всякие плодовитые дерева;
6. сделал себе водоемы для орошения из них рощей, произращающих деревья;
7. приобрел себе слуг и служанок, и домочадцы были у меня; также крупного и мелкого скота было у меня больше, нежели у всех, бывших прежде меня в Иерусалиме;
8. собрал себе серебра и золота и драгоценностей от царей и областей; завел у себя певцов и певиц и услаждения сынов человеческих - разные музыкальные орудия.
9. И сделался я великим и богатым больше всех, бывших прежде меня в Иерусалиме; и мудрость моя пребыла со мною.
10. Чего бы глаза мои ни пожелали, я не отказывал им, не возбранял сердцу моему никакого веселья, потому что сердце мое радовалось во всех трудах моих, и это было моею долею от всех трудов моих.
11. И оглянулся я на все дела мои, которые сделали руки мои, и на труд, которым трудился я, делая их: и вот, всё - суета и томление духа, и нет от них пользы под солнцем!
12. И обратился я, чтобы взглянуть на мудрость и безумие и глупость: ибо что может сделать человек после царя сверх того, что уже сделано?
13. И увидел я, что преимущество мудрости перед глупостью такое же, как преимущество света перед тьмою:
14. у мудрого глаза его - в голове его, а глупый ходит во тьме; но узнал я, что одна участь постигает их всех.
15. И сказал я в сердце моем: "и меня постигнет та же участь, как и глупого: к чему же я сделался очень мудрым?" И сказал я в сердце моем, что и это - суета;
16. потому что мудрого не будут помнить вечно, как и глупого; в грядущие дни все будет забыто, и увы! мудрый умирает наравне с глупым.
17. И возненавидел я жизнь, потому что противны стали мне дела, которые делаются под солнцем; ибо всё - суета и томление духа!
18. И возненавидел я весь труд мой, которым трудился под солнцем, потому что должен оставить его человеку, который будет после меня.
19. И кто знает: мудрый ли будет он, или глупый? А он будет распоряжаться всем трудом моим, которым я трудился и которым показал себя мудрым под солнцем. И это - суета!
20. И обратился я, чтобы внушить сердцу моему отречься от всего труда, которым я трудился под солнцем,
21. потому что иной человек трудится мудро, с знанием и успехом, и должен отдать всё человеку, не трудившемуся в том, как бы часть его. И это - суета и зло великое!
22. Ибо что будет иметь человек от всего труда своего и заботы сердца своего, что трудится он под солнцем?
23. Потому что все дни его - скорби, и его труды - беспокойство; даже и ночью сердце его не знает покоя. И это - суета!
24. Не во власти человека и то благо, чтобы есть и пить и услаждать душу свою от труда своего. Я увидел, что и это - от руки Божией;
25. потому что кто может есть и кто может наслаждаться без Него?
26. Ибо человеку, который добр пред лицем Его, Он дает мудрость и знание и радость; а грешнику дает заботу собирать и копить, чтобы после отдать доброму пред лицем Божиим. И это - суета и томление духа!

1. I said in my heart: "Give me, I will experience you fun and enjoy goodness"; But this is a vanity!
2. I said about laughter: "Stupidity!", And about fun: "What is it doing?"
3. I decided to delight my body in my heart and, meanwhile, as my heart was guided by wisdom, to stick and stupidity, I will not see that it is good for the sons of human, that they should have done under the sky in the few days of their life.
4. I did big things: I built myself houses, planted myself vineyards,
5. Arranged gardens and groves and planted all sorts of prolific wood in them;
6. Made water bodies for irrigation of groves from them, growing trees;
7. I acquired servants and maids, and my households were with me; I also had more large and small livestock than everyone who had previously previously in Jerusalem;
8. gathered himself silver and gold and jewelry from kings and regions; He started the singers and singers and the delights of the sons of human - different musical weapons.
9. And I became the great and rich most of all who were previously in Jerusalem; And my wisdom was with me.
10. Whatever my eyes wished, I did not refuse them, did not forbid any fun to my heart, because my heart rejoiced in all my works, and this was my reach from all my labors.
11. And I looked at all my affairs that made my hands, and at the work that I worked, making them: and now, everything is vanity and languor of the spirit, and there is no benefit from them in the sun!
12. And I turned to look at wisdom and madness and stupidity: for what can a person do after the king, in excess of what has already been done?
13. And I saw that the advantage of wisdom over stupidity is the same as the advantage of the world over the darkness:
14. His wise eye is in his head, and the stupid walks in the darkness; But I found out that one fate comprehends them all.
15. And I said in my heart: "And the same fate will be comprehended as the stupid: why did I become very wise?" And I said in my heart that this is a vanity;
16. Because the wise will not be remembered forever, as well as stupid; In the coming days, everything will be forgotten, and alas! The wise dies along with stupid.
17. And I hated life because I became disgusting to me the deeds that are being done under the sun; For everything is vanity and languor of the spirit!
18. And I hated all my work, which I worked in the sun, because I must leave it to the person who will be after me.
19. And who knows: will he be wise, or stupid? And he will dispose of all my labor, which I worked and with whom he showed himself wise in the sun. And this is vanity!
20. And I turned to inspire my heart to renounce all the work that I worked under the sun,
21. Because another person works wisely, with knowledge and success, and must give everything to a person who did not work as if part of him. And this is a vanity and the evil is great!
22. For what will a person have from all his work and the care of his heart, that he works in the sun?
23. Because all his days are sorrow, and his labors are anxiety; Even at night, his heart does not know peace. And this is vanity!
24. Not in the power of man and that good, to eat and drink and delight his soul from his work. I saw that this is by the hands of God;
25. Because who can eat and who can enjoy without him?
26. For a person who is kind before his face, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; And the sinner gives care to collect and save, in order to give it to the good before the face of God. And this is vanity and languor of the spirit!
1. I said in my heart: "Give me, I will experience you fun and enjoy goodness"; But this is a vanity!
2. I said about laughter: "Stupidity!", And about fun: "What is it doing?"
3. I decided to delight my body in my heart and, meanwhile, as my heart was guided by wisdom, to stick and stupidity, I will not see that it is good for the sons of human, that they should have done under the sky in the few days of their life.
4. I did big things: I built myself houses, planted myself vineyards,
5. Arranged gardens and groves and planted all sorts of prolific wood in them;
6. Made water bodies for irrigation of groves from them, growing trees;
7. I acquired servants and maids, and my households were with me; I also had more large and small livestock than everyone who had previously previously in Jerusalem;
8. gathered himself silver and gold and jewelry from kings and regions; He started the singers and singers and the delights of the sons of human - different musical weapons.
9. And I became the great and rich most of all who were previously in Jerusalem; And my wisdom was with me.
10. Whatever my eyes wished, I did not refuse them, did not forbid any fun to my heart, because my heart rejoiced in all my works, and this was my reach from all my labors.
11. And I looked at all my affairs that made my hands, and at the work that I worked, making them: and now, everything is vanity and languor of the spirit, and there is no benefit from them in the sun!
12. And I turned to look at wisdom and madness and stupidity: for what can a person do after the king, in excess of what has already been done?
13. And I saw that the advantage of wisdom over stupidity is the same as the advantage of the world over the darkness:
14. His wise eye is in his head, and the stupid walks in the darkness; But I found out that one fate comprehends them all.
15. And I said in my heart: "And the same fate will be comprehended as the stupid: why did I become very wise?" And I said in my heart that this is a vanity;
16. Because the wise will not be remembered forever, as well as stupid; In the coming days, everything will be forgotten, and alas! The wise dies along with stupid.
17. And I hated life because I became disgusting to me the deeds that are being done under the sun; For everything is vanity and languor of the spirit!
18. And I hated all my work, which I worked in the sun, because I must leave it to the person who will be after me.
19. And who knows: will he be wise, or stupid? And he will dispose of all my labor, which I worked and with whom he showed himself wise in the sun. And this is vanity!
20. And I turned to inspire my heart to renounce all the work that I worked under the sun,
21. Because another person works wisely, with knowledge and success, and must give everything to a person who did not work as if part of him. And this is a vanity and the evil is great!
22. For what will a person have from all his work and the care of his heart, that he works in the sun?
23. Because all his days are sorrow, and his labors are anxiety; Even at night, his heart does not know peace. And this is vanity!
24. Not in the power of man and that good, to eat and drink and delight his soul from his work. I saw that this is by the hands of God;
25. Because who can eat and who can enjoy without him?
26. For a person who is kind before his face, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; And the sinner gives care to collect and save, in order to give it to the good before the face of God. And this is vanity and languor of the spirit!