⁸In some places you will see poor people mistreated. Don’t be surprised when they are not treated fairly or given their rights. One officer is cheated by a higher officer who in turn is cheated by even higher officers. ⁹The wealth of the country is divided up among them all. Even the king makes sure he gets his share of the profits.

Wealth Cannot Buy Happiness

¹⁰Whoever loves money

will never have enough money;

Whoever loves wealth

will not be satisfied with it.

This is also useless.

¹¹The more wealth people have,

the more friends they have to help spend it.

So what do people really gain?

They gain nothing except to look at their riches.

¹²Those who work hard sleep in peace;

it is not important if they eat little or much.

But rich people worry about their wealth

and cannot sleep.

¹³I have seen real misery here on earth:

Money saved is a curse to its owners.

¹⁴They lose it all in a bad deal

and have nothing to give to their children.

¹⁵People come into this world with nothing,

and when they die they leave with nothing.

In spite of all their hard work,

they leave just as they came.

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