Mistari Maarufu ya Biblia kutoka Ecclesiastes 9

Shirikisha

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but fame and chance happeneth to them all.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

The words of the wise spoken in quiet are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.