Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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The IIII. Chapter.
A noteSo I turned me, and considered all
the violent wronge that is done vnder
the Sonne: and beholde, the teares
of soch as were oppressed, and there was
no man to comforte them, or that wolde delyuer
and defende them from the violence of
their oppressours. Wherfore I iudged those
that are deed, to be more happie then soch
as be alyue: yee him that is yet vnborne to be
better at ease th&ebar; they both, because he seith
not the miserable workes that are done vnder
the Sonne. Agayne, I sawe that all
trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated
of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge,
and a vexacion of mynde. The foole foldeth
his handes together, ∧ eateth vp his owne
flesh. One handfull (saieth he) is better
&wt; rest, th&ebar; both þe; handes full with labo&highr;
and trauayle.
D Morouer, I turned me, and
beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne.
There is one man, no mo but himself
alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother:
yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle,
his eyes can not be satisfied with riches,
(yet doth he not remembre himself, ∧ saye:)
For whom do I take soch trauayle? For
whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye
my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable
thinge. Therfore two are better then one,
for they maye well enioye the profit of their
laboure. Yf one of them fall, his companyon
helpeth him vp againe: But wo is him
that is alone, for yf he fall, he hath not another
to helpe him vp.
C Agayne, when two
slepe together, they are warme: but how can
a body be warme alone? One maye be ouercome,
but two maye make resista&ubar;ce: A thre
folde cable is not lightly broken. A poore
childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge,
that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme
to come. noteSome one commeth out of
preson, ∧ is made a kynge: ∧ another which
is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto pouerte.
And I perceaued, þt; all men lyuynge
vnder the Sonne, go &wt; the seconde childe,
that commeth vp in the steade of the other.
As for the people that haue bene before
him, and that come after him, they are
innumerable: yet is not their ioye the greater
thorow him. This is also a vayne thinge
and a vexacion of mynde. Whan thou
commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote,
and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare:
that is better then the offeringes of fooles,
for they knowe not what euell they do. note
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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