Vidi calumnias quae sub sole geruntur	א וְשַׁבְתִּי אֲנִי וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת-כָּל-הָעֲשֻׁקִים, אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשִׂים תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ;		I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun,
et lacrimas innocentium et consolatorem neminem	וְהִנֵּה דִּמְעַת הָעֲשֻׁקִים וְאֵין לָהֶם מְנַחֵם,		and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter;
nec posse resistere eorum violentiae cunctorum auxilio destitutos.	וּמִיַּד עֹשְׁקֵיהֶם כֹּחַ וְאֵין לָהֶם מְנַחֵם.		and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
Et laudavi magis mortuos quam viventes,	ב וְשַׁבֵּחַ אֲנִי אֶת-הַמֵּתִים שֶׁכְּבָר מֵתוּ מִן-הַחַיִּים אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה חַיִּים עֲדֶנָה.		And I praised the dead rather than the living:
et feliciorem utroque judicavi qui necdum natus est,	ג  וְטוֹב מִשְּׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר-עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה:		and I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born,
nec vidit mala quae sub sole fiunt.	אֲשֶׁר לֹא-רָאָה אֶת-הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע, אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ.		nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
Rursum contemplatus sum omnes labores hominum,	ד וְרָאִיתִי אֲנִי אֶת-כָּל-עָמָל,		Again I considered all the labours of men,
et industrias animadverti patere invidiae proximi,	וְאֵת כָּל-כִּשְׁרוֹן הַמַּעֲשֶׂה כִּי הִיא קִנְאַת-אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ;		and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour:
et in hoc ergo vanitas et cura superflua est.	גַּם-זֶה הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ.		so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
(Ecclesiastes 4;1-4)	קהלת ד' 1-4		Ecclesiastes 4, 1-4