9 While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this:Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.
10 Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple,and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so.This also is an enigma.
11 When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime,the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
12 Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time,yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people – for they stand in fear before him.
13 But it will not go well with the wicked,nor will they prolong their days like a shadow,because they do not stand in fear before God.
14 Here is another enigma that occurs on earth:Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve,and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve.I said, “This also is an enigma.”
15 So I recommend the enjoyment of life,for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life.So joy will accompany him in his toilduring the days of his life which God gives him on earth.