傳道書

第9章

1 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。

2 凡臨到眾人的事都是一樣:義人和惡人都遭遇一樣的事;好人,潔淨人和不潔淨人,獻祭的與不獻祭的,也是一樣。好人如何,罪人也如何;起誓的如何,怕起誓的也如何。

3 在日光之下所行的一切事上有一件禍患,就是眾人所遭遇的都是一樣,並且世人的心充滿了惡;活著的時候心裏狂妄,後來就歸死人那裏去了。

4 與一切活人相連的,那人還有盼望[hope];因為活著的狗比死了的獅子更強。

5 活著的人知道必死;死了的人毫無所知,也不再得賞賜;他們的名無人記念。

6 他們的愛,他們的恨,他們的嫉妒,早都消滅了。在日光之下所行的一切事上,他們永不再有分了。

7 你只管去歡歡喜喜吃你的[bread],心中快樂喝你的酒,因為神如今[now]悅納你的作為。

8 你的衣服當時常潔白,你頭上也不要缺少膏油。

9 在你一生虛空的年日,就是神賜你在日光之下虛空的年日,當同你所愛的妻,快活度日,因為那是你今生[this life]在日光之下勞碌的事上所得的分。

10 凡你手所當作的事要盡力去作;因為在你所必去的墳墓[grave]沒有工作,沒有謀算,沒有知識,也沒有智慧。

11 我又轉念:見日光之下,快跑的未必能贏;力戰的未必得勝;智慧的未必得糧食;明哲的未必得資財;靈巧的未必得喜悅。所臨到眾人的是在乎時侯和機會[time and chance]

12 原來人也不知道自己的定期。魚被惡網圈住,鳥被網羅捉住,禍患忽然臨到的時候,世人陷在其中也是如此。

13 我見日光之下有一樣智慧,據我看乃是廣大,

14 就是有一小城,其中的人數稀少,有大君王來攻擊,高築[built great]營壘,將城圍困。

15 城中有一個貧窮的智慧人,他用智慧救了那城,卻沒有人記念那窮人。

16 我就說,智慧勝過勇力;然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視,他的話也無人聽從。

17 寧可在安靜之中聽智慧人的言語,不聽掌管愚昧人的喊聲。

18 智慧勝過打仗的兵器;但一個罪人能敗壞許多善事。

Ecclesiastes

Chapter 9

1 FOR all the essence of these things have I considered in my heart, and my heart perceived all of this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; no man knows either love or hatred; for everything which is before him is vanity.

2 All things happen alike to all; there is one chance for the righteous and for the wicked; to the good and to the bad, to the clean and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice; as is the good man, so is the sinner; and he who swears is as he who fears an oath.

3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, for there is one chance to all; yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and grievous error is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

4 For him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

7 Come now, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God is pleased with your works.

8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life, because she is your portion in life, and in your labor which you labor under the sun.

10 Whatsoever your hand is able to do, do it with your might; for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol whither you are going.

11 I turned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong nor bread to the wise nor riches to the men of understanding nor glory to the learned men; because time and chance happen to them all.

12 For man knows not his time; but as fish that are taken in a treacherous net and as birds that are caught in the snares, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.

13 This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

14 There was a little city and few men in it; and there came a great king against it and beseiged it and built bulwarks against it;

15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than might; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.

17 The words of the wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of a ruler who is a fool.

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sin destroys much good.

傳道書

第9章

Ecclesiastes

Chapter 9

1 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。

1 FOR all the essence of these things have I considered in my heart, and my heart perceived all of this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; no man knows either love or hatred; for everything which is before him is vanity.

2 凡臨到眾人的事都是一樣:義人和惡人都遭遇一樣的事;好人,潔淨人和不潔淨人,獻祭的與不獻祭的,也是一樣。好人如何,罪人也如何;起誓的如何,怕起誓的也如何。

2 All things happen alike to all; there is one chance for the righteous and for the wicked; to the good and to the bad, to the clean and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice; as is the good man, so is the sinner; and he who swears is as he who fears an oath.

3 在日光之下所行的一切事上有一件禍患,就是眾人所遭遇的都是一樣,並且世人的心充滿了惡;活著的時候心裏狂妄,後來就歸死人那裏去了。

3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, for there is one chance to all; yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and grievous error is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

4 與一切活人相連的,那人還有盼望[hope];因為活著的狗比死了的獅子更強。

4 For him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 活著的人知道必死;死了的人毫無所知,也不再得賞賜;他們的名無人記念。

5 For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 他們的愛,他們的恨,他們的嫉妒,早都消滅了。在日光之下所行的一切事上,他們永不再有分了。

6 Also their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

7 你只管去歡歡喜喜吃你的[bread],心中快樂喝你的酒,因為神如今[now]悅納你的作為。

7 Come now, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God is pleased with your works.

8 你的衣服當時常潔白,你頭上也不要缺少膏油。

8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

9 在你一生虛空的年日,就是神賜你在日光之下虛空的年日,當同你所愛的妻,快活度日,因為那是你今生[this life]在日光之下勞碌的事上所得的分。

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life, because she is your portion in life, and in your labor which you labor under the sun.

10 凡你手所當作的事要盡力去作;因為在你所必去的墳墓[grave]沒有工作,沒有謀算,沒有知識,也沒有智慧。

10 Whatsoever your hand is able to do, do it with your might; for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol whither you are going.

11 我又轉念:見日光之下,快跑的未必能贏;力戰的未必得勝;智慧的未必得糧食;明哲的未必得資財;靈巧的未必得喜悅。所臨到眾人的是在乎時侯和機會[time and chance]

11 I turned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong nor bread to the wise nor riches to the men of understanding nor glory to the learned men; because time and chance happen to them all.

12 原來人也不知道自己的定期。魚被惡網圈住,鳥被網羅捉住,禍患忽然臨到的時候,世人陷在其中也是如此。

12 For man knows not his time; but as fish that are taken in a treacherous net and as birds that are caught in the snares, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.

13 我見日光之下有一樣智慧,據我看乃是廣大,

13 This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

14 就是有一小城,其中的人數稀少,有大君王來攻擊,高築[built great]營壘,將城圍困。

14 There was a little city and few men in it; and there came a great king against it and beseiged it and built bulwarks against it;

15 城中有一個貧窮的智慧人,他用智慧救了那城,卻沒有人記念那窮人。

15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

16 我就說,智慧勝過勇力;然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視,他的話也無人聽從。

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than might; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.

17 寧可在安靜之中聽智慧人的言語,不聽掌管愚昧人的喊聲。

17 The words of the wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of a ruler who is a fool.

18 智慧勝過打仗的兵器;但一個罪人能敗壞許多善事。

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sin destroys much good.