If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

Εαν ανθρωπος γεννηση εκατον τεκνα και ζηση πολλα ετη, ωστε αι ημεραι των ετων αυτου να γεινωσι πολλαι, και η ψυχη αυτου δεν χορταινη αγαθου και δεν λαβη και ταφην, λεγω οτι το εξαμβλωμα ειναι καλητερον παρ' αυτον.

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.