11 当慷慨施舍[a]
因为日后必有收获。
当把你的资财分给多人,
因为你不知道日后会有什么灾难临到世上。
云中满了水,就会下雨。
树不论倒向南或倒向北,
倒在哪里就躺在哪里。
你若等待完美的天气,
必无法撒种,无法收割。

正如你不知道风的路线,不知道骨骼在母胎中如何形成,你也无法了解创造万物之上帝的作为。 你要早晚不停地撒种,因为你不知道什么时候撒的种子会发芽生长,或许所撒的都会带来收获。 光真美好,能够看见阳光真好! 人一生不论活多久,都要活得快乐,但不要忘记死后有许多黑暗的日子。将来的一切都是虚空。 年轻人啊,在年轻时要快乐,要在青春岁月里使自己的心欢畅。心里想做什么就去做,眼睛想看什么就去看。然而,要切记:上帝必照你所行的一切审判你。 10 所以,你要抛开心中的烦恼和肉体的痛苦,因为青春年华转瞬即逝。

Footnotes

  1. 11:1 当慷慨施舍”或译“当把你的资财投入海外贸易”。

Invest in Many Ventures

11 Ship(A) your grain across the sea;
    after many days you may receive a return.(B)
Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
    you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

If clouds are full of water,
    they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
    whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

As you do not know the path of the wind,(C)
    or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,(D)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
    the Maker of all things.

Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,(E)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

Remember Your Creator While Young

Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(F)
However many years anyone may live,
    let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(G) the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless.

You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(H)
10 So then, banish anxiety(I) from your heart
    and cast off the troubles of your body,
    for youth and vigor are meaningless.(J)

Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed

11 当慷慨施舍[a]
因为日后必有收获。
当把你的资财分给多人,
因为你不知道日后会有什么灾难临到世上。
云中满了水,就会下雨。
树不论倒向南或倒向北,
倒在哪里就躺在哪里。
你若等待完美的天气,
必无法撒种,无法收割。

正如你不知道风的路线,不知道骨骼在母胎中如何形成,你也无法了解创造万物之上帝的作为。 你要早晚不停地撒种,因为你不知道什么时候撒的种子会发芽生长,或许所撒的都会带来收获。 光真美好,能够看见阳光真好! 人一生不论活多久,都要活得快乐,但不要忘记死后有许多黑暗的日子。将来的一切都是虚空。 年轻人啊,在年轻时要快乐,要在青春岁月里使自己的心欢畅。心里想做什么就去做,眼睛想看什么就去看。然而,要切记:上帝必照你所行的一切审判你。 10 所以,你要抛开心中的烦恼和肉体的痛苦,因为青春年华转瞬即逝。

Footnotes

  1. 11:1 当慷慨施舍”或译“当把你的资财投入海外贸易”。

Invest in Many Ventures

11 Ship(A) your grain across the sea;
    after many days you may receive a return.(B)
Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
    you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

If clouds are full of water,
    they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
    whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

As you do not know the path of the wind,(C)
    or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,(D)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
    the Maker of all things.

Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,(E)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

Remember Your Creator While Young

Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(F)
However many years anyone may live,
    let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(G) the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless.

You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(H)
10 So then, banish anxiety(I) from your heart
    and cast off the troubles of your body,
    for youth and vigor are meaningless.(J)

Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed

11 当慷慨施舍[a]
因为日后必有收获。
当把你的资财分给多人,
因为你不知道日后会有什么灾难临到世上。
云中满了水,就会下雨。
树不论倒向南或倒向北,
倒在哪里就躺在哪里。
你若等待完美的天气,
必无法撒种,无法收割。

正如你不知道风的路线,不知道骨骼在母胎中如何形成,你也无法了解创造万物之上帝的作为。 你要早晚不停地撒种,因为你不知道什么时候撒的种子会发芽生长,或许所撒的都会带来收获。 光真美好,能够看见阳光真好! 人一生不论活多久,都要活得快乐,但不要忘记死后有许多黑暗的日子。将来的一切都是虚空。 年轻人啊,在年轻时要快乐,要在青春岁月里使自己的心欢畅。心里想做什么就去做,眼睛想看什么就去看。然而,要切记:上帝必照你所行的一切审判你。 10 所以,你要抛开心中的烦恼和肉体的痛苦,因为青春年华转瞬即逝。

Footnotes

  1. 11:1 当慷慨施舍”或译“当把你的资财投入海外贸易”。

Invest in Many Ventures

11 Ship(A) your grain across the sea;
    after many days you may receive a return.(B)
Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
    you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

If clouds are full of water,
    they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
    whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

As you do not know the path of the wind,(C)
    or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,(D)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
    the Maker of all things.

Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,(E)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

Remember Your Creator While Young

Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(F)
However many years anyone may live,
    let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(G) the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless.

You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(H)
10 So then, banish anxiety(I) from your heart
    and cast off the troubles of your body,
    for youth and vigor are meaningless.(J)

Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed