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all the work done
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "all the work that people do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
was evil to me
"troubled me"
vapor ... an attempt to shepherd the wind
These two phrases are both metaphors that emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
vapor
"mist." The author speaks of useless and meaningless things as if they were "vapor." See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:14. Alternate translation: "as useless as vapor" or "meaningless" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
an attempt to shepherd the wind
The author says everything that people do is as useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:14. Alternate translation: "as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
under the sun
This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:3. Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)