13. There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
14. Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15. As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16. This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?
17. All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
18. Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, in which he labours under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
19. Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour—this is the gift of God.
20. For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.