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4 ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣECCLESIASTES - Brenton|RSVReference
1Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ καὶ εἶδον σὺν πάσας τὰς συκοφαντίας τὰς γινομένας ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον·
καὶ ἰδοὺ δάκρυον τῶν συκοφαντουμένων, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς παρακαλῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ χειρὸς συκοφαντούντων αὐτοὺς ἰσχύς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς παρακαλῶν.
 So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun:
and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter:		 
2καὶ ἐπῄνεσα ἐγὼ σὺν τοὺς τεθνηκότας τοὺς ἤδη ἀποθανόντας ὑπὲρ τοὺς ζῶντας, ὅσοι αὐτοὶ ζῶσιν ἕως τοῦ νῦν·
 and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now. 
3καὶ ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τοὺς δύο τούτους ὅστις οὔπω ἐγένετο, ὃς οὐκ εἶδεν σὺν τὸ ποίημα τὸ πονηρὸν τὸ πεποιημένον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.
 Better also than both these is he who has not yet been, who has not seen all the evil work that is done under the sun. 
4Καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ σὺν πάντα τὸν μόχθον καὶ σὺν πᾶσαν ἀνδρείαν τοῦ ποιήματος, ὅτι αὐτὸ ζῆλος ἀνδρὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑταίρου αὐτοῦ·
καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος.
 And I saw all labour, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbour.
This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.		 
5ὁ ἄφρων περιέλαβεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγεν τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ.
 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 
6ἀγαθὸν πλήρωμα δρακὸς ἀναπαύσεως ὑπὲρ πλήρωμα δύο δρακῶν μόχθου καὶ προαιρέσεως πνεύματος.
 Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit. 
7Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ καὶ εἶδον ματαιότητα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.
 So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun. 
8ἔστιν εἷς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν δεύτερος,
καί γε υἱὸς καὶ ἀδελφὸς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ·
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν περασμὸς τῷ παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ,
καί γε ὀφθαλμὸς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται πλούτου.
καὶ τίνι ἐγὼ μοχθῶ καὶ στερίσκω τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ ἀγαθωσύνης;
καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ περισπασμὸς πονηρός ἐστιν.
 There is one [alone], and there is not a second;
yea, he has neither son nor brother:
yet there is no end to all his labour;
neither is his eye satisfied with wealth;
and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good?
this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.		 
9ἀγαθοὶ οἱ δύο ὑπὲρ τὸν ἕνα, οἷς ἔστιν αὐτοῖς μισθὸς ἀγαθὸς ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτῶν·
 Two [are] better than one, [seeing] they have a good reward for their labour. 
10ὅτι ἐὰν πέσωσιν, ὁ εἷς ἐγερεῖ τὸν μέτοχον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐαὶ αὐτῷ τῷ ἑνί, ὅταν πέσῃ καὶ μὴ ᾖ δεύτερος τοῦ ἐγεῖραι αὐτόν.
 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:
but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.		 
11καί γε ἐὰν κοιμηθῶσιν δύο, καὶ θέρμη αὐτοῖς·
καὶ ὁ εἷς πῶς θερμανθῇ;
 Also if two should lie together, they also get heat:
but how shall one be warmed [alone?]		 
12καὶ ἐὰν ἐπικραταιωθῇ ὁ εἷς, οἱ δύο στήσονται κατέναντι αὐτοῦ,
καὶ τὸ σπαρτίον τὸ ἔντριτον οὐ ταχέως ἀπορραγήσεται.
 And if one should prevail against [him], the two shall withstand him;
and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.		 
13Ἀγαθὸς παῖς πένης καὶ σοφὸς ὑπὲρ βασιλέα πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἄφρονα, ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ προσέχειν ἔτι·
 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer. 
14ὅτι ἐξ οἴκου τῶν δεσμίων ἐξελεύσεται τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι, ὅτι καί γε ἐν βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐγεννήθη πένης.
 For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, because [he] also that was in his kingdom has become poor. 
15εἶδον σὺν πάντας τοὺς ζῶντας τοὺς περιπατοῦντας ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον μετὰ τοῦ νεανίσκου τοῦ δευτέρου, ὃς στήσεται ἀντ αὐτοῦ,
 I beheld all the living who were walking under the sun, with the second youth who shall stand up in each one's place. 
16οὐκ ἔστιν περασμὸς τῷ παντὶ λαῷ, τοῖς πᾶσιν, ὅσοι ἐγένοντο ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν·
καί γε οἱ ἔσχατοι οὐκ εὐφρανθήσονται ἐν αὐτῷ·
ὅτι καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος.
 There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them:
and the last shall not rejoice in him:
for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.		 
17Φύλαξον πόδα σου, ἐν ᾧ ἐὰν πορεύῃ εἰς οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἐγγὺς τοῦ ἀκούειν·
ὑπὲρ δόμα τῶν ἀφρόνων θυσία σου, ὅτι οὔκ εἰσιν εἰδότες τοῦ ποιῆσαι κακόν.
 Keep thy foot, whensoever thou goest to the house of God;
and [when thou art] near to hear, let thy sacrifice [be] better than the gift of fools:
for they know not that they are doing evil.		 
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Notes:

The Old Testament in Greek is Rahlf's LXX available in Word format at the Tyndale website, adapted to database format.
The alternative readings of the LXX - Judges (Alexandrinus), Daniel, Susanna & Bel (LXX received text), and Tobit (Sinaiticus [not printed in Swete]) as separate book references so that they can be viewed as an alternative text in parallel with the primary text.
(I have reversed the Swete presentation for Daniel, Susanna, Bel by listing in the later Theodotion LXX text as the main text. )
The LXX cross references to the Hebrew Bible have been extensively revised using those set out in Swete's 'Old Testament in Greek' publications between 1894 and 1909, amended in part to agree with verses as printed in the Biblia Hebraica (1937 publication).
Some verse cross references in Swete's had to be amended to agree with the BHS verse numbering, and there may well be some mismatches that I haven't yet picked up on. (If you find any errors please e-mail me.)
Hebrew Bible has been adapted from the BHS in Word format at Tyndale.
The Septuagint in English ( translated by Sir Lancelot CL Brenton) - is used here only for the books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Revised Standard Version: This generally follows the Hebrew Bible for the canonical OT so I have included the RSV Aprocrypha for the Greek books not covered by Brenton.
Ecclesiasticus - Sirach Chs.30-36: The text of these chapters from 30.24 to 36.16, is disordered.
I have followed Swete's verse numbering for the greek text.
Also, the RSV verse numbering differs from the NRSV.
The NRSV appears to have followed Swete's numbering here, so I have re-ordered the RSV to agree with both the NRSV & Swete for these chapters.
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