Quhalath (Ecclesiastes) — 6

1 There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind. 

2 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then He does not give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless, a sickening tragedy.

3 A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and does not even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead. 

4 His birth would have been meaningless, and he would have ended in darkness, he would not even have had a name, 

5 and he would never have seen the sun or known of its existence. Yet he would have had more Shalum than in growing up to be an unhappy man. 

6 He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else, what’s the use?

7 All men spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough. 

8 So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?

9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you do not have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

10 Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there is no use arguing with your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH about your destiny.

11 The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they?

12 In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this Arath after we are gone?