Ecclesiastes 2 – Studienbibel

1 I said559 in mine heart3820, Go to now3212, I will prove5254 thee with mirth8057, therefore enjoy7200 pleasure2896: and, behold, this also is vanity1892. 2 I said559 of laughter7814, It is mad1984: and of mirth8057, What2090 doeth6213 it? 3 I sought8446 in mine heart3820 to give4900 myself1320 unto wine3196, yet acquainting5090 mine heart3820 with wisdom2451; and to lay hold270 on folly5531, till I might see7200 what was that good2896 for the sons1121 of men120, which they should do6213 under the heaven8064 all4557 the days3117 of their life2416.¹² 4 I made me great1431 works4639; I builded1129 me houses1004; I planted5193 me vineyards3754: 5 I made6213 me gardens1593 and orchards6508, and I planted5193 trees6086 in them of all kind of fruits6529: 6 I made6213 me pools1295 of water4325, to water8248 therewith the wood3293 that bringeth forth6779 trees6086: 7 I got7069 me servants5650 and maidens8198, and had servants born1121 in my house1004; also I had great7235 possessions4735 of great1241 and small cattle6629 above all that were in Jerusalem3389 before6440 me:³ 8 I gathered3664 me also silver3701 and gold2091, and the peculiar treasure5459 of kings4428 and of the provinces4082: I gat6213 me men singers7891 and women singers7891, and the delights8588 of the sons1121 of men120, as musical instruments7705 7705, and that of all sorts.⁴ 9 So I was great1431, and increased3254 more than all that were before6440 me in Jerusalem3389: also my wisdom2451 remained5975 with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes5869 desired7592 I kept680 not from them, I withheld4513 not my heart3820 from any joy8057; for my heart3820 rejoiced8056 in all my labour5999: and this was my portion2506 of all my labour5999. 11 Then I looked6437 on all the works4639 that my hands3027 had wrought6213, and on the labour5999 that I had laboured5998 to do6213: and, behold, all was vanity1892 and vexation7469 of spirit7307, and there was no profit3504 under the sun8121.

12 And I turned6437 myself to behold7200 wisdom2451, and madness1947, and folly5531: for what can the man120 do that cometh935 after310 the king4428? even that which hath been already3528 done6213.⁵ 13 Then I saw7200 that3426 wisdom2451 excelleth3504 folly5531, as far as light216 excelleth3504 darkness2822.⁶ 14 The wise man's2450 eyes5869 are in his head7218; but the fool3684 walketh1980 in darkness2822: and I myself perceived3045 also that one259 event4745 happeneth7136 to them all. 15 Then227 said559 I in my heart3820, As it happeneth4745 to the fool3684, so it happeneth7136 even to me1571; and why was I then more3148 wise2449? Then I said1696 in my heart3820, that this also is vanity1892.⁷ 16 For there is no remembrance2146 of the wise2450 more than5973 of the fool3684 for ever5769; seeing that which now3528 is in the days3117 to come935 shall all be forgotten7911. And how dieth4191 the wise2450 man? as the fool3684.

17 Therefore I hated8130 life2416; because the work4639 that is wrought6213 under the sun8121 is grievous7451 unto me: for all is vanity1892 and vexation7469 of spirit7307. 18 Yea, I hated8130 all my labour5999 which I had taken6001 under the sun8121: because I should leave3240 it unto the man120 that shall be after310 me.⁸ 19 And who knoweth3045 whether he shall be a wise2450 man or a fool5530? yet shall he have rule7980 over all my labour5999 wherein I have laboured5998, and wherein I have shewed myself wise2449 under the sun8121. This is also vanity1892. 20 Therefore I went about5437 to cause2976 my heart3820 to despair2976 of all the labour5999 which I took5998 under the sun8121. 21 For there is3426 a man120 whose labour5999 is in wisdom2451, and in knowledge1847, and in equity3788; yet to a man120 that hath not laboured5998 therein shall he leave5414 it for his portion2506. This also is vanity1892 and a great7227 evil7451.⁹ 22 For what hath1933 man120 of all his labour5999, and of the vexation7475 of his heart3820, wherein1931 he hath laboured6001 under the sun8121? 23 For all his days3117 are sorrows4341, and his travail6045 grief3708; yea, his heart3820 taketh not rest7901 in the night3915. This is also vanity1892. 24 There is nothing better2896 for a man120, than that he should eat398 and drink8354, and that he should make his soul5315 enjoy7200 good2896 in his labour5999. This2090 also I saw7200, that it was from the hand3027 of God430.¹⁰ 25 For who can eat398, or who else can hasten2363 hereunto, more2351 than I? 26 For God giveth5414 to a man120 that is good2896 in his sight6440 wisdom2451, and knowledge1847, and joy8057: but to the sinner2398 he giveth5414 travail6045, to gather622 and to heap up3664, that he may give5414 to him that is good2896 before6440 God430. This also is vanity1892 and vexation7469 of spirit7307.¹¹