Ecclesiastes 1:8-14

⁸Everything is boring, with the result that we do not even want to talk about it. We SYN see things, but we always want to see more. We SYN hear things, but we always want to hear more.

⁹Everything continues to be the same as it has always been; things that happen have happened previously, and they will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing really new in this world MTY.

¹⁰Sometimes people say, “Look at this! This is something new RHQ!” But it has existed previously; it existed before we were born.

¹¹People do not remember the things that happened long ago, and in the future, people will not remember what we are doing now.

¹²I, the Religious Teacher, have been the king of Israel for many years, ruling in Jerusalem.

¹³By being wise, I concentrated on understanding everything that was being done on the earth MTY. But I found out that God causes all of us to experience things that cause us to be unhappy/miserable.

¹⁴It seems that nothing that happens on the earth really enables us to do anything useful. It is like MET chasing the wind.