傳道書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
萬事虛空
1 以下是在耶路撒冷做王的大衛之子——傳道者的話。
2 傳道者說：虛空的虛空，
虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。
3 人在日光之下的一切勞碌有什麼益處呢？
4 一代過去，一代又來，
大地卻永遠長存。
5 太陽升起，太陽落下，
匆忙回到升起之地。
6 風吹向南，又轉向北，
循環不息，周而復始。
7 江河湧流入海，海卻不會滿溢；
江河從何處流出，又返回何處。
8 萬事令人厭煩，人述說不盡。
眼看，看不飽；
耳聽，聽不夠。
9 以往發生的事，將來還會發生；
先前做過的事，將來也必再做。
日光之下，根本沒有新事。
10 人可以指著哪件事說：
「看啊，這是新事」？
所謂的新事在我們以前早就有了。
11 過去的事無人記得，
將來的事後人也不記得。
智慧之虛空
12 我傳道者曾在耶路撒冷做以色列的王。 13 我專心用智慧去研究、探索天下各樣的事，發現上帝給世人的是極重的苦工。 14 我觀察一切日光之下所做的事，看啊，都是虛空，好像捕風。 15 彎曲的不能變直，缺少的無法補足[a]。 16 我心裡想：「我獲得極大的智慧，遠超過以前統治耶路撒冷的人。我擁有豐富的智慧和知識。」 17 我又專心察明智慧和知識、狂妄和愚昧，卻發現這也是捕風。 18 因為智慧越高，愁煩越多；知識越多，痛苦越深。
Footnotes
- 1·15 「補足」希伯來文是「數算」。
Ecclesiastes 1
Darby Translation
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
8 All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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