ECCLES 6:1 [] Uparcei kakon, to opoion eidon upo ton hlion, kai touto sucnon metaxu twn anqrwpwn×
ECCLES 6:2 AnqrwpoV, eiV ton opoion o QeoV edwke plouton kai uparconta kai doxan, wste den stereitai h yuch autou apo pantwn osa hqelen epiqumhsei× plhn o QeoV den edwken eiV auton exousian na trwgh ex autwn, alla trwgei auta xenoV× kai touto mataiothV kai einai nosoV kakh.
ECCLES 6:3 Ean anqrwpoV gennhsh ekaton tekna kai zhsh polla eth, wste ai hmerai twn etwn autou na geinwsi pollai, kai h yuch autou den cortainh agaqou kai den labh kai tafhn, legw oti to examblwma einai kalhteron par' auton.
ECCLES 6:4 Dioti hlqen en mataiothti kai qelei upagei en skotei, kai to onoma autou qelei skepasqh upo skotouV×
ECCLES 6:5 den eiden, oude egnwrise ton hlion, ecei omwV perissoteran anapausin par' ekeinon,
ECCLES 6:6 kai discilia eth an zhsh kai kalon den idh× den upagousi panteV eiV ton auton topon;
ECCLES 6:7 [] PaV o mocqoV tou anqrwpou einai dia to stoma autou; kai omwV h yuch den cortainei.
ECCLES 6:8 Dioti kata ti uperbainei o sofoV ton afrona; kata ti o ptwcoV, an kai exeurh na peripath emprosqen twn zwntwn;
ECCLES 6:9 Kallion einai na bleph tiV dia twn ofqalmwn, para na periplanatai me thn yuchn× kai touto mataiothV kai qliyiV pneumatoV.
ECCLES 6:10 O, ti egeinen, elaben hdh to onoma autou, kai egnwrisqh oti outoV einai anqrwpoV× kai den dunatai na kriqh meta tou iscuroterou autou×
ECCLES 6:11 [] Epeidh einai polla pragmata plhqunonta thn mataiothta, tiV wfeleia eiV ton anqrwpon;
ECCLES 6:12 Dioti tiV gnwrizei ti einai kalon dia ton anqrwpon en th zwh, kata pasaV taV hmeraV thV zwhV thV mataiothtoV autou, taV opoiaV diercetai wV skian; dioti tiV qelei apaggeilei proV ton anqrwpon, ti qelei eisqai met' auton upo ton hlion;