傳道書 1
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
傳道者言萬事盡屬虛空
1 在耶路撒冷做王,大衛的兒子傳道者的言語。
2 傳道者說:虛空的虛空,虛空的虛空,凡事都是虛空。 3 人一切的勞碌,就是他在日光之下的勞碌,有什麼益處呢? 4 一代過去,一代又來,地卻永遠長存。 5 日頭出來,日頭落下,急歸所出之地。 6 風往南颳,又向北轉,不住地旋轉,而且返回轉行原道。 7 江河都往海裡流,海卻不滿;江河從何處流,仍歸還何處。 8 萬事令人厭煩[a],人不能說盡。眼看,看不飽;耳聽,聽不足。 9 已有的事後必再有,已行的事後必再行,日光之下並無新事。 10 豈有一件事人能指著說「這是新的」?哪知,在我們以前的世代早已有了。 11 已過的世代無人記念,將來的世代後來的人也不記念。
12 我傳道者,在耶路撒冷做過以色列的王。 13 我專心用智慧尋求查究天下所做的一切事,乃知神叫世人所經練的,是極重的勞苦。 14 我見日光之下所做的一切事都是虛空,都是捕風。 15 彎曲的不能變直,缺少的不能足數。 16 我心裡議論說:「我得了大智慧,勝過我以前在耶路撒冷的眾人,而且我心中多經歷智慧和知識的事。」 17 我又專心察明智慧、狂妄和愚昧,乃知這也是捕風。 18 因為多有智慧就多有愁煩,加增知識的就加增憂傷。
Footnotes
- 傳道書 1:8 或作:萬物滿有困乏。
传道书 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
万事虚空
1 以下是在耶路撒冷做王的大卫之子——传道者的话。
2 传道者说:虚空的虚空,
虚空的虚空,一切都是虚空。
3 人在日光之下的一切劳碌有什么益处呢?
4 一代过去,一代又来,
大地却永远长存。
5 太阳升起,太阳落下,
匆忙回到升起之地。
6 风吹向南,又转向北,
循环不息,周而复始。
7 江河涌流入海,海却不会满溢;
江河从何处流出,又返回何处。
8 万事令人厌烦,人述说不尽。
眼看,看不饱;
耳听,听不够。
9 以往发生的事,将来还会发生;
先前做过的事,将来也必再做。
日光之下,根本没有新事。
10 人可以指着哪件事说:
“看啊,这是新事”?
所谓的新事在我们以前早就有了。
11 过去的事无人记得,
将来的事后人也不记得。
智慧之虚空
12 我传道者曾在耶路撒冷做以色列的王。 13 我专心用智慧去研究、探索天下各样的事,发现上帝给世人的是极重的苦工。 14 我观察一切日光之下所做的事,看啊,都是虚空,好像捕风。 15 弯曲的不能变直,缺少的无法补足[a]。 16 我心里想:“我获得极大的智慧,远超过以前统治耶路撒冷的人。我拥有丰富的智慧和知识。” 17 我又专心察明智慧和知识、狂妄和愚昧,却发现这也是捕风。 18 因为智慧越高,愁烦越多;知识越多,痛苦越深。
Footnotes
- 1:15 “补足”希伯来文是“数算”。
Ecclesiastes 1
New International Version
Everything Is Meaningless
1 The words of the Teacher,[a](A) son of David, king in Jerusalem:(B)
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(C)
3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?(D)
4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.(E)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.(F)
6 The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.
7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.(G)
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(H)
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(I)
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one can say,
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
11 No one remembers the former generations,(J)
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.(K)
Wisdom Is Meaningless
12 I, the Teacher,(L) was king over Israel in Jerusalem.(M) 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(N) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(O) 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(P)
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;(Q)
what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;(R) I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(S) and also of madness and folly,(T) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12
Ecclesiastes 1
King James Version
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 a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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 am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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