Ecclesiastes (the Convener/lecturer)
Eccl 1
The Converner portrayed that continuous changes in technology will be evident over the earth
1 The spoken-words of the Preacher, a Son of David and a king in Jerusalem.
2 vanity upon vanity, says the Preacher - vanity upon vanity - everything will be transitory.
3 what advantage/profit is the toiling of Adam when he laboured under the sun?
4 because he came to the earth, walk around on it and he could have stand firm from generation to generation to eternity.
5 but he came and aspire/strive to shine/radiate in places, as sun shines/radiates -
6 - he could have walked all around from north to south by the SPIRIT, and turned back walking round about (to the starting point) by the SPIRIT.
7 but he walked around places of his farmstead/estates by the sea, and he turned back walking through those land-property/estates and even walked along them fully by the sea.
8 things has replenished (in such away that) man can be tired of rehearsing the matter, which in seeing and in hearing, his eyes and ears have been fully satiated respectively.
9 new things have been done under the sun from those things that were created.
10 should I say on this matter, that new things will still be seen? Because some are existing already before our face and even unto eternity.
11 at last, there will be rememberance of the former things and rememberance of latter things.
The converner portrayed himself as a man that seek after wisdom
12 I, the Convener/preacher is a king over Isreal in Jerusalem.
13 I give my heart to seek after wisdom, and the sequence of the issue/affairs of the sons of Adam and the negative-response of the leaders of men (elohim) who rather give themselves to doing evil under the sky;
14 I have also seen those in companionship/bond with the SPIRIT, who still do their activities/works under the sun unto vanity;
15 If someone who is able to correct/set the record straight is lacking, there will be someone who is able to falsify/pervert a standard-measure.
16 it is said in Jerusalem, that your heart could amplify what you see by face. Therefore, add wisdom to knowledge, and when you are rehearsing what is in your heart, wisdom will be multiplied unto you.
17 if you give your heart to know about an idea/concept, it is unto wisdom. But if it is to know excessive indulgence/wild-partying, it is out of stupid-intelligence. I know this ALSO, by the SPIRIT.
18 if you add knowledge to yourself in abundance, it is unto wisdom, but if you add rage/anger in abundance, it is unto pain/suffering.