1 I wen tink lidis: “Now, I goin try tes dis! I goin see wat make me feel good inside. I goin ony try fo feel good inside.” But I ony find out, dat no make sense too. 2 I tell, “Wen I laugh, az stupid! An wen I feel good inside, wat fo?” 3 I wen try fo feel good from suck um up da wine. I try find out wass goin happen if I do stupid kine stuff. (But same time, I make shua my head show me erytime wass da bestes ting fo do.) I like fo find out wass good fo da peopo do, cuz ony short time dey live hea unda da sky.

4  ✡ 2:4: 1Kings 10:23-27; 2Rec 9:22-27Den I wen do big projecks fo see wat happen. I build big houses fo me. I plant grape farms fo me. 5 I make gardens an parks fo me, an plant all kine fruit trees inside um. 6 I make big ponds fo me fo give watta fo da trees an make um grow. 7  ✡ 2:7: 1Kings 4:23I wen buy boy an girl slaves, an get odda slaves dat born fo me inside my house. An I own mo cows, sheeps, an goats den anybody befo me inside Jerusalem. 8  ✡ 2:8: 1Kings 10:10, 14-22I pile up plenny silva an gold stuffs fo me, an I get da rich kine stuffs from odda kings an odda districks. I get guys an wahines fo sing, an plenny wahines fo come my odda wifes—enuff fo make one guy feel real good inside. 9  ✡ 2:9: 1Rec 29:25Fo shua I come mo importan den anybody befo me inside Jerusalem. All dat time I wen know wat fo do erytime.

15 Den I tink lidis:

Den I tell,

17 Az why I tink, “Poho, dis life!” Cuz da stuff peopo do unda da sun, bodda me plenny! No mo notting make sense. Jalike us chase da wind! 18 I tink, “Poho, eryting I wen work fo unda da sun. Cuz I gotta leave um fo da guy dat goin come afta me. 19 An who goin know if dat guy know wat fo do erytime, o if he one stupid kine guy? All dis no matta fo shua cuz da guy goin stay in charge a all da tings dat I work real hard fo, an all da tings I learn how fo do unda da sun.” Dis no make sense too. 20 So I come all bum out cuz I tink bout da hard work I wen do unda da sun. 21 Cuz if somebody do dea work an know wat fo do erytime, an know plenny, an know how fo do stuff real good, den dey gotta leave all da stuff dey own fo somebody dat neva work fo get um. Dis no make sense too. An come out bad too. 22 Wat get fo all da work an worry dat somebody do unda da sun? 23  ✡ 2:23: Job 5:7; 14:1Ery day gotta work an suffa an stay sad inside, an even nite time my head get plenny stuff fo tink bout an no can res. Dis no make sense too.

24  ✡ 2:24: Teacha 3:13; 5:18; 9:7; Isa 56:12; Luke 12:19; 1Cor 15:32So den, da bestes ting fo do, go eat, go drink, an stay good inside bout hard work! No mo notting mo betta. I see dass jalike one present from God too. 25 Cuz no mo nobody eat o stay good inside if God no help um. 26  ✡ 2:26: Job 32:8; Smart 2:6If somebody do stuff dat make God stay good inside, God goin make dem know wat fo do erytime, know plenny, an stay good inside. But fo da guy dat do bad kine stuff, God give um da job fo ony stack up plenny stuffs, fo dem give um to some odda guy dat make God stay good inside. Dis no make sense too. Dey ony stay chase da wind.