1 For all this I took to heart, even to search out all this: that the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of Elohim. No man knows whether love or hatred awaits him.
2 It is the same for all: One event to the righteous and to the wrong; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; and to the one slaughtering and to the one not slaughtering. As is the good one, so is the sinner; the one swearing as the one fearing an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!
4 But for him who is joined to all the living there is trust, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know naught, nor do they have any more reward, for their remembrance is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy have now perished; and they no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart; for Elohim has already approved your works.