Mistari Maarufu ya Biblia kutoka Ecclesiastes 1

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Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.

What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.

Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.

Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity! What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?

I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.

A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.

There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.

And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.