വ്യാഖ്യാനം നിലവിൽ ഇംഗ്ലീഷിൽ മാത്രമേ ലഭ്യമാകൂ. മലയാള പരിഭാഷ പുരോഗമിക്കുകയാണ്.
Ecclesiastes 1 — Vanity of Vanities, Saith the Preacher
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh. The sun also ariseth. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be. There is no new thing under the sun. I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things; this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man. In much wisdom is much grief.
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
— Ecclesiastes 1:2
- v.1-3 The theme: vanity
- v.4-11 Cycles without progress
- v.12-18 Wisdom's grief
No new thing under the sun. The familiar cycles of history. What you think is novel was probably done before, perhaps better.
A check on chronological pride. Every generation thinks itself the first to face its issues. The Preacher disagrees.
Verse 2 frames every grasping for permanence. What you are chasing is vapor in your hand by morning. Lift the eyes above the sun; lasting joy is not under it.
The Preacher's diagnosis points toward Christ. All is vanity under the sun — but the Son above the sun gives a life that does not return to vapor.
Vanity — Hebrew hebel, breath, vapor. Not worthlessness, but transience. Life under the sun without God is like trying to grab smoke.
The book is honest about life's frustrations. It is not pessimism; it is realism that drives the reader to look above the sun.