12 — Ecclesiastes

1Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:Ricordati del tuo Creatore ne' giorni di tua giovinezza, prima che arrivi il tempo di afflizione, e si appressino gli anni, de' quali dirai: Anni noiosi!REMEMBER thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, & the yeares approch, of which thou maist say: They please me not,Memento Creatoris tui in diebus juventutis tuæ, / antequam veniat tempus afflictionis, / et appropinquent anni de quibus dicas: / Non mihi placent; 2Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:Prima che oscuro divenga il sole, e la luce, e la luna, e le stelle, e dietro alla pioggia tornino le nuvole:before the sunne, and light, and moone, and starres be darke, and the cloudes returne after the raine:antequam tenebrescat sol, et lumen, et luna, et stellæ, / et revertantur nubes post pluviam; 3When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:Allorché tremeranno della casa i custodi, e gli uomini fortissimi vacilleranno, e quelli, che macinavano ridotti a pochi non lavoreranno, e verranno a ottenebrarsi quelli, che veggono pei loro fessi:when the kepers of the house shal be moued, and the strongest men shal stagger, and the grinders shal be idle in a smal number: and they shal waxe darke that looke through the holes:quando commovebuntur custodes domus, / et nutabunt viri fortissimi, / et otiosæ erunt molentes in minuto numero, / et tenebrescent videntes per foramina; 4And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder’s voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf.E le porte della piazza si chiudono, e la voce di quello, che macina s'impicciolisce, e al cantar d'un uccello l'uomo si leva; e diventan sorde le figlie dei cantici.and they shal shut the doores in the streate, at the basenes of the grinders voice, and they shal rise vp at the voice of the birde, and al the daughters of song shal be deafe.et claudent ostia in platea, / in humilitate vocis molentis, / et consurgent ad vocem volucris, / et obsurdescent omnes filiæ carminis: 5And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.Egli hanno anche timore de' luoghi elevati, e per le vie sono paurosi; fiorisce il mandorlo, la cavalletta si ingrossa, e il cappero si sperde; perché l'uomo se ne va verso la casa di sua eternità; e lo attornieranno per istrada, que' che lo piangono.The high thinges also shal feare, and they shal be afrayd in the way, the almondtree shal florish, the locust shal be fatted, and the capertree shal be destroyed: because man shal goe into the house of his eternitie, and the mourners shal goe round about in the streate.excelsa quoque timebunt, et formidabunt in via. / Florebit amygdalus, impinguabitur locusta, / et dissipabitur capparis, / quoniam ibit homo in domum æternitatis suæ, / et circuibunt in platea plangentes.

6Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,Prima che la funicella d'argento si rompa, e la benda d'oro si corrughi, e si spezzi sulla fonte la brocca, e la ruota sulla cisterna si stritoli;Before the siluer coard be broken, and the golden headband recurre, and the water pot be broken vpon the fountaine, and the wheele be broken vpon the cesterne,Antequam rumpatur funiculus argenteus, / et recurrat vitta aurea, / et conteratur hydria super fontem, / et confringatur rota super cisternam, 7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.E torni la polvere nella sua terra, donde ebbe origine, e lo spirito ritorni a Dio, di cui fu dono.and the dust returne into his earth, from whence it was, and the spirite returne to God, who gaue it.et revertatur pulvis in terram suam unde erat, / et spiritus redeat ad Deum, qui dedit illum. 8Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.Vanità delle vanità, disse l'Ecclesiaste, e tutto è vanità.Vanitie of vanities, sayd Ecclesiastes, and al thinges vanitie.Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, / et omnia vanitas. 9And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.L'Ecclesiaste essendo sapientissimo istruì il popolo, e divulgò quello, che aveva fatto, e con molto studio compose molte parabole.And wheras Ecclesiastes was most wise, he taught the people, and declared the thinges that he had done: and searching forth made manie parables.Cumque esset sapientissimus Ecclesiastes, / docuit populum, et enarravit quæ fecerat; / et investigans composuit parabolas multas. 10He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.Cercò le utili dottrine, e scrisse documenti rettissimi, e pieni di verità.He sought profitable wordes, and wrote wordes most right, and ful of truth.Quæsivit verba utilia, / et conscripsit sermones rectissimos ac veritate plenos. 11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.Le parole de' saggi son come pungoli, e come chiovi, che penetrano profondamente, e ci sono state date mediante la schiera de' maestri dall'unico pastore.The wordes of wisemen are as prickes, and as nailes deepely stricken in, which by the counself of maisters are geuen of one pastour.Verba sapientium sicut stimuli, / et quasi clavi in altum defixi, / quæ per magistrorum consilium data sunt a pastore uno.

12More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.Figliuol mio non cercar nulla di più; imperocché i libri si moltiplicano senza fine, e la meditazione continua è travaglio del corpo.More then these my sonne require not. Of making manie bookes there is no end: and often meditation is affliction of the flesh.His amplius, fili mi, ne requiras. / Faciendi plures libros nullus est finis; / frequensque meditatio, carnis afflictio est. 13Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:Ascoltiamo tutti egualmente la fine d'ogni discorso: Temi Dio, e osserva i suoi comandamenti; perocché' questo è tutto l'uomo:Let vs al heare together the end of speaking. Feare God, and obserue his commandments: for this is euerie man:Finem loquendi pariter omnes audiamus. / Deum time, et mandata ejus observa: / hoc est enim omnis homo, 14And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.E ogni cosa, che si faccia, la chiamerà Dio in giudizio per qualunque errore commesso, o sia ella buona, ovver sia ella cattiva.and al thinges that are done, God wil bring into iudgement for euerie errour, whether it be good, or euil.et cuncta quæ fiunt adducet Deus in judicium / pro omni errato, sive bonum, sive malum illud sit.