קהלת פרק ב 1-11 – פרשנות לספר קהלת

קהלת פרק ב 1-11 – פרשנות לספר קהלת

ב אָמַרְתִּי אֲנִי בְּלִבִּי, לְכָה־נָּא אֲנַסְּכָה בְשִׂמְחָה וּרְאֵה בְטוֹב; וְהִנֵּה גַם־הוּא הָבֶל׃ ² לִשְׂחוֹק אָמַרְתִּי מְהוֹלָל; וּלְשִׂמְחָה מַה־זֹּה עֹשָׂה׃ ³ תַּרְתִּי בְלִבִּי, לִמְשׁוֹךְ בַּיַּיִן אֶת־בְּשָׂרִי; וְלִבִּי נֹהֵג בַּחָכְמָה וְלֶאֱחֹז בְּסִכְלוּת, עַד אֲשֶׁר־אֶרְאֶה, אֵי־זֶה טוֹב לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשׂוּ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם, מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם׃ ⁴ הִגְדַּלְתִּי מַעֲשָׂי; בָּנִיתִי לִי בָּתִּים, נָטַעְתִּי לִי כְּרָמִים׃ ⁵ עָשִׂיתִי לִי, גַּנּוֹת וּפַרְדֵּסִים; וְנָטַעְתִּי בָהֶם עֵץ כָּל־פֶּרִי׃ ⁶ עָשִׂיתִי לִי בְּרֵכוֹת מָיִם; לְהַשְׁקוֹת מֵהֶם, יַעַר צוֹמֵחַ עֵצִים׃ ⁷ קָנִיתִי עֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחוֹת, וּבְנֵי־בַיִת הָיָה לִי; גַּם מִקְנֶה בָקָר וָצֹאן הַרְבֵּה הָיָה לִי, מִכֹּל שֶׁהָיוּ לְפָנַי בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃ ⁸ כָּנַסְתִּי לִי גַּם־כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב, וּסְגֻלַּת מְלָכִים וְהַמְּדִינוֹת; עָשִׂיתִי לִי שָׁרִים וְשָׁרוֹת, וְתַעֲנוּגֹת בְּנֵי הָאָדָם שִׁדָּה וְשִׁדּוֹת׃ ⁹ וְגָדַלְתִּי וְהוֹסַפְתִּי, מִכֹּל שֶׁהָיָה לְפָנַי בִּירוּשָׁלִָם; אַף חָכְמָתִי עָמְדָה לִּי׃ ¹⁰ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאֲלוּ עֵינַי, לֹא אָצַלְתִּי מֵהֶם; לֹא־מָנַעְתִּי אֶת־לִבִּי מִכָּל־שִׂמְחָה, כִּי־לִבִּי שָׂמֵחַ מִכָּל־עֲמָלִי, וְזֶה־הָיָה חֶלְקִי מִכָּל־עֲמָלִי׃ ¹¹ וּפָנִיתִי אֲנִי, בְּכָל־מַעֲשַׂי שֶׁעָשׂוּ יָדַי, וּבֶעָמָל שֶׁעָמַלְתִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת; וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ, וְאֵין יִתְרוֹן תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃

2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 2:7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.