[1] There is something else terribly unfair, and it troubles everyone on earth. [2] God may give you everything you want-money, property, and wealth. Then God doesn't let you enjoy it, and someone you don't even know gets it all. That's senseless and terribly unfair! [3] You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial. [4] That child will never live to see the sun or to have a name, and it will go straight to the world of darkness. But it will still find more rest than you, [6] even if you live two thousand years and don't enjoy life. As you know, we all end up in the same place. [7] We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied. [8] We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right. [9] It's better to enjoy what we have than to always want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind. [10] Everything that happens was decided long ago. We humans know what we are like, and we can't argue with God, because he is too strong for us. [11] The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk? [12] Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?
