Ecclesiastes 2:16-24

¹⁶Wise people and foolish people all die. And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten DOU.”

¹⁷So I hated being alive, because everything that we do here on the earth MTY distresses me. It all seems to be useless like chasing the wind.

¹⁸I also began to hate all the hard work that I had done, because when I die, everything that I have acquired will belong to the next king.

¹⁹And ◄who/no one► knows RHQ whether he will be wise or whether he will be foolish. But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get.

²⁰I thought about all the hard work that I had done. It seemed useless, and I became depressed/discouraged.

²¹Some people work wisely and skillfully, using the things that they have learned. But when they die, they leave everything, and someone who has not worked hard acquires those things. And that also seemed to be senseless and caused me to be discouraged.

²²So, it seems that people do not RHQ get much for all the hard work that they do and for worrying.

²³Every day the work that they do causes them to experience pain and to be worried. And during the night, their minds are not able to rest. That also is very frustrating.

²⁴So I decided that the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and also enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.