Ecclesiastes • 共 12 章
在耶路撒冷作王、大衛的兒子、傳道者的言語。
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
我心裏說：「來吧，我以喜樂試試你，你好享福！」誰知，這也是虛空。
I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” B...
凡事都有定期，天下萬務都有定時。
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
我又轉念，見日光之下所行的一切欺壓。看哪，受欺壓的流淚，且無人安慰；欺壓他們的有勢力，也無人安慰他們。
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tea...
你到神的殿要謹慎腳步；因為近前聽，勝過愚昧人獻祭〔或作「勝過獻愚昧人的祭」〕，他們本不知道所做的是惡。
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is bett...
我見日光之下有一宗禍患重壓在人身上，
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:
名譽強如美好的膏油；人死的日子勝過人生的日子。
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day ...
誰如智慧人呢？誰知道事情的解釋呢？人的智慧使他的臉發光，並使他臉上的暴氣改變。
Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdo...
我將這一切事放在心上，詳細考究，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在神手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們的前面，人不能知道。
But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise a...
死蒼蠅使做香的膏油發出臭氣；這樣，一點愚昧也能敗壞智慧和尊榮。
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly out...
當將你的糧食撒在水面，因為日久必能得著。
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
你趁著年幼、衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜樂的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come ...