8. So that if a man lives many years, all these things will rejoice, (although) he will also remember the days of darkness, that there will be many of them: all that is to come is vanity[365].

9. Rejoice, young man, in thy youth, and rejoice in thy heart in the days of thy youth, and walk blameless according to the inclination of thy heart, and not[366] according to the sight of thine eyes,[367] but know that for all these things God will bring thee to judgment[368],

10. And remove restlessness[369] from your heart, and cast away evil from your flesh, for youth (united) with folly[370] is vanity! [371].

Chapter XII.

1. And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, until thy days of distress come, and the years come, of which thou shalt say, "I have no delight in them"[372].

2. Until the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened (to you), and new clouds[373] are found after the rain.

3. (Until) that day[374] comes, when those who guard the house[375] tremble, and the men of power bend,[376] and cease to grind the grinders,[377] for there are few of them left, and those who look through the orifice will be darkened[378],

4. And the doors of the market place[379] will be shut, when the sound of the mill is weak,[380] and it will rise at the song of the bird,[381] and all the organs of singing will be weakened[382].

5. And on the way to the heights[383] they will look on with terror,[384] and the almonds will blossom,[385] and the locusts will grow thick, and the caper will be dissolved,[386] for a man goes to his eternal house, and the mourners surround him in the square.

6. Until the silver splinter[387] was torn and the golden bandage was torn[388], and the waterpot at the spring was broken, and the wheel over the well was broken[389].

7. And the dust will return to the earth, as it was, and the spirit will return to God, who gave it[390].

8. Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, all is vanity[391].

9. Besides being wise, Ecclesiastes taught men[392] by knowledge, and with his ear he traced[393] the beauty[394] of parables[395].

10. Ecclesiastes took great care to find elegant sayings,[396] and an accurate record (of them),[397] and true words[398].