I have seenthe taskwhichGodhas giventhe sonsof menwith which to occupythemselves.
By the sweatof your faceYou will eatbread,Tillyou returnto the ground,Becausefrom it you were taken;For you are dust,And to dustyou shall return."
Justas you do not knowthe pathof the windand how bones[are formed] in the wombof the pregnantwoman,soyou do not knowthe activityof Godwhomakesallthings.
For to a personwhois goodin His sightHe has givenwisdomand knowledgeand joy,while to the sinnerHe has giventhe taskof gatheringand collectingso that he may giveto onewhois goodin God'ssight.Thistoois vanityand strivingafter wind.
For you recall,brethren,our laborand hardship,[how] workingnightand daysoas not to be a burdento anyof you, we proclaimedto you the gospelof God.
nordid we eatanyone'sbreadwithout payingfor it, but with laborand hardshipwe [kept] workingnightand daysothat we would not be a burdento anyof you;