Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Eclesiastés 6
1Hay otro mal que vi debajo del sol, y que pesa gravemente sobre los hombres: There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and, indeed, it is frequent among men.2Hombres hay a quienes Dios dio riquezas, bienes y honores, y a los que nada falta en la vida de cuanto puedan desear, pero Dios no los deja gozar de ello; un extraño lo consumirá. Vanidad es esto y mal muy grande. It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.3Si uno engendra cien hijos, y vive muchos años, hasta la más avanzada edad, y su alma no se harta de sus bienes, y ni siguiera obtiene sepultura, este tal, digo yo, es mas infeliz que un abortivo. If a man were to produce one hundred children, and to live for many years, and to attain to an age of many days, and if his soul were to make no use of the goods of his resources, and if he were lacking even a burial: concerning such a man, I declare that a miscarried child is better than he.4Pues ha venido en vano, y en tinieblas se va; y la obscuridad cubre su nombre; For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion.5nunca vio el sol ni le conoció. Más reposo tiene este que aquel infeliz. He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil.6Y esto aunque haya vivido dos veces mil años; pues no ha podido gozar de los bienes. ¿Acaso no van todos a un mismo lugar? Even if he were to live for two thousand years, and yet not thoroughly enjoy what is good, does not each one hurry on to the same place?7Todo el afán del hombre es para su boca; pero nunca se sacian sus apetitos. Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.8¿Qué ventaja tiene el sabio sobre el necio? ¿Cuál el pobre que sabe conducirse delante de los hombres? What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?9Más vale lo que ven los ojos, que ir tras deseos. También esto es vanidad y correr tras el viento. It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.10A todo cuanto ha de venir le ha sido dado ya su nombre, y ya se sabe qué es un hombre, y que no puede contender con quien le supera en fuerza. Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.11Hay muchas palabras que solo sirven para aumentar la vanidad. ¿Qué provecho tiene de esto el hombre? There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.