קהלת פרק ח 10-17 – פרשנות לספר קהלת

קהלת פרק ח 10-17 – פרשנות לספר קהלת

¹⁰ וּבְכֵן רָאִיתִי רְשָׁעִים קְבֻרִים וָבָאוּ, וּמִמְּקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ יְהַלֵּכוּ, וְיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּ בָעִיר אֲשֶׁר כֵּן־עָשׂוּ; גַּם־זֶה הָבֶל׃ ¹¹ אֲשֶׁר אֵין־נַעֲשָׂה פִתְגָם, מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָעָה מְהֵרָה; עַל־כֵּן מָלֵא לֵב בְּנֵי־הָאָדָם בָּהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע׃ ¹² אֲשֶׁר חֹטֶא, עֹשֶׂה רָע מְאַת וּמַאֲרִיךְ לוֹ; כִּי גַּם־יוֹדֵעַ אָנִי, אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה־טּוֹב לְיִרְאֵי הָאֱלֹהִים, אֲשֶׁר יִירְאוּ מִלְּפָנָיו׃ ¹³ וְטוֹב לֹא־יִהְיֶה לָרָשָׁע, וְלֹא־יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים כַּצֵּל; אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ יָרֵא מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים׃ ¹⁴ יֶשׁ־הֶבֶל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה עַל־הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ צַדִּיקִים, אֲשֶׁר מַגִּיעַ אֲלֵהֶם כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הָרְשָׁעִים, וְיֵשׁ רְשָׁעִים, שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ אֲלֵהֶם כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הַצַּדִּיקִים; אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־זֶה הָבֶל׃ ¹⁵ וְשִׁבַּחְתִּי אֲנִי אֶת־הַשִּׂמְחָה, אֲשֶׁר אֵין־טוֹב לָאָדָם תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, כִּי אִם־לֶאֱכוֹל וְלִשְׁתּוֹת וְלִשְׂמוֹחַ; וְהוּא יִלְוֶנּוּ בַעֲמָלוֹ, יְמֵי חַיָּיו אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ ¹⁶ כַּאֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי אֶת־לִבִּי לָדַעַת חָכְמָה, וְלִרְאוֹת אֶת־הָעִנְיָן, אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה עַל־הָאָרֶץ; כִּי גַם בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה, שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶה׃ ¹⁷ וְרָאִיתִי אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים, כִּי לֹא יוּכַל הָאָדָם, לִמְצוֹא אֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַחַת־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, בְּשֶׁל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹל הָאָדָם לְבַקֵּשׁ וְלֹא יִמְצָא; וְגַם אִם־יֹאמַר הֶחָכָם לָדַעַת, לֹא יוּכַל לִמְצֹא׃

8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 8:13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 8:17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.