3. This evil is in all that is done under the sun: one fate comes to all. Also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4. [There is no exemption] but he who is joined to all the living has hope–for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; and they have no more reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.
6. Their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished; neither have they any more a share in anything that is done under the sun.
7. Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God], for God has already accepted your works.
8. Let your garments be always white [with purity], and let your head not lack [the] oil [of gladness].
9. Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun–all the days of futility. For that is your portion in this life and in your work at which you toil under the sun.