12. They should be happy and do good while they live. I know there's nothing better for them to do than that.
13. Everyone should eat and drink. People should be satisfied with all of their hard work. That is God's gift to them.
14. I know that everything God does will last forever. Nothing can be added to it. And nothing can be taken from it. God does that so men will have respect for him.
15. Everything that now exists has already been. And what is coming has existed before. God will judge those who treat others badly.
16. Here's something else I saw on earth. Where people should be treated right, they are treated wrong. Where people should be treated fairly, they are treated unfairly.
17. I said to myself, "God will judge godly and sinful people alike. He has a time for every act. He has a time for everything that is done."
18. I also thought, "God puts human beings to the test. Then they can see they are just like animals.