传道书 12
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
少壮时宜念造化之主
12 你趁着年幼,衰败的日子尚未来到,就是你所说“我毫无喜乐”的那些年日未曾临近之先,当记念造你的主。 2 不要等到日头、光明、月亮、星宿变为黑暗,雨后云彩返回。 3 看守房屋的发颤,有力的屈身,推磨的稀少就止息,从窗户往外看的都昏暗。 4 街门关闭,推磨的响声微小,雀鸟一叫人就起来,歌唱的女子也都衰微。 5 人怕高处,路上有惊慌,杏树开花,蚱蜢成为重担,人所愿的也都废掉。因为人归他永远的家,吊丧的在街上往来。 6 银链折断,金罐破裂,瓶子在泉旁损坏,水轮在井口破烂, 7 尘土仍归于地,灵仍归于赐灵的神。 8 传道者说:虚空的虚空,凡事都是虚空。
传道者多方训众
9 再者,传道者因有智慧,仍将知识教训众人,又默想,又考查,又陈说许多箴言。 10 传道者专心寻求可喜悦的言语,是凭正直写的诚实话。
11 智慧人的言语好像刺棍,会中之师的言语又像钉稳的钉子,都是一个牧者所赐的。 12 我儿,还有一层你当受劝诫:著书多,没有穷尽;读书多,身体疲倦。
敬畏神谨守诫命为人当尽之分
13 这些事都已听见了,总意就是敬畏神,谨守他的诫命,这是人所当尽的本分[a]。 14 因为人所做的事,连一切隐藏的事,无论是善是恶,神都必审问。
Footnotes
- 传道书 12:13 或作:这是众人的本分。
Ecclesiastes 12
Living Bible
12 Don’t let the excitement of being young cause you to forget about your Creator. Honor him in your youth before the evil years come—when you’ll no longer enjoy living. 2 It will be too late then to try to remember him when the sun and light and moon and stars are dim to your old eyes, and there is no silver lining left among your clouds. 3 For there will come a time when your limbs will tremble with age, your strong legs will become weak, and your teeth will be too few to do their work, and there will be blindness too. 4 Then let your lips be tightly closed while eating when your teeth are gone! And you will waken at dawn with the first note of the birds; but you yourself will be deaf and tuneless, with quavering voice. 5 You will be afraid of heights and of falling—a white-haired, withered old man, dragging himself along: without sexual desire, standing at death’s door, and nearing his everlasting home as the mourners go along the streets.
6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young—before the silver cord of life snaps and the gold bowl is broken; before the pitcher is broken at the fountain and the wheel is broken at the cistern; 7 then the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 All is futile, says the Preacher; utterly futile.
9 But then, because the Preacher was wise, he went on teaching the people all he knew; and he collected proverbs and classified them. 10 For the Preacher was not only a wise man but a good teacher; he not only taught what he knew to the people, but taught them in an interesting manner. 11 The wise man’s words are like goads that spur to action. They nail down important truths. Students are wise who master what their teachers tell them.
12 But, my son, be warned: there is no end of opinions ready to be expressed. Studying them can go on forever and become very exhausting!
13 Here is my final conclusion: fear God and obey his commandments, for this is the entire duty of man. 14 For God will judge us for everything we do, including every hidden thing, good or bad.
Ecclesiastes 12
New International Version
12 Remember(A) your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble(B) come
and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them”—
2 before the sun and the light
and the moon and the stars grow dark,
and the clouds return after the rain;
3 when the keepers of the house tremble,
and the strong men stoop,
when the grinders cease because they are few,
and those looking through the windows grow dim;
4 when the doors to the street are closed
and the sound of grinding fades;
when people rise up at the sound of birds,
but all their songs grow faint;(C)
5 when people are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
and the grasshopper drags itself along
and desire no longer is stirred.
Then people go to their eternal home(D)
and mourners(E) go about the streets.
6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,
and the golden bowl is broken;
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel broken at the well,
7 and the dust returns(F) to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God(G) who gave it.(H)
The Conclusion of the Matter
9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.(K) 10 The Teacher(L) searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.(M)
11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails(N)—given by one shepherd.[b] 12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.
Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.(O)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10
- Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or Shepherd
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