전도서 4

1Once again I thought about all the oppression that is done under the sun. 2So I considered those who are already dead 3However, more fortunate than both of them is the one who has not yet lived, 4Then I saw that every act of labor and every skillful work became the envy of one's neighbor. This also is vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind. 5The fool folds his hands and does not work, 6But better is a handful of profit with quiet work 7Then I thought again about more futility, more vanishing vapor under the sun. 8There is the kind of man who is alone. 9Two people work better than one; 10For if one falls, the other can lift up his friend. 11If two lie down together, they can be warm, 12One man alone can be overpowered, 13It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to listen to warnings. 14This is true even if the young man becomes king from prison, or even if he was born poor in his kingdom. 15I saw everyone who was alive and was walking around under the sun, along with a youth who was to rise up to take his place.