传道书 9
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
把握 神所赐的时机
9 我留心这一切事,并加以阐明:就是义人、智慧人和他们所作的,都在 神手里。临到他们的一切,无论是爱是恨,人都不领悟。 2 众人的命运都是一样的:义人与恶人、好人与坏人、洁净的与不洁净的、献祭的与不献祭的,所遭遇的都是一样的;好人怎样,罪人也怎样;起誓的怎样,怕起誓的也怎样。
3 在日光之下所发生的一切事,有一件令人遗憾的,就是众人的命运都是一样的,并且世人的心充满邪恶,一生心怀狂妄,后来都归到死人那里去。 4 凡有生命的(“凡有生命的”原文作“凡与所有活人有关联的”),就有盼望,因为活狗比死狮更好。 5 活人还知道自己必死,死人却一无所知,而且再得不到酬劳,他们也被遗忘。 6 他们的爱,他们的恨,他们的嫉妒,都早已消失了,在日光之下所发生的一切事,永远也没有他们的分了。
7 你只管快快乐乐地去吃你的饭,怀着高兴的心去喝你的酒,因为 神已经悦纳了你所作的。 8 你当经常穿著白色的衣袍,头上也不要缺少膏油。
9 在你一生虚空的年日中,就是 神在日光之下赐你虚空的年日中,你要和你所爱的妻子享受人生,因为那是你一生在日光之下从劳碌中所得的分。 10 凡是你手可作的,都当尽力去作;因为在你所要去的阴间里,既没有工作,又没有筹谋;没有知识,也没有智慧。
11 我又看见在日光之下,跑得快的未必得奖,勇士未必战胜,智慧的未必得粮食,精明的未必致富,博学的未必得人赏识,因为时机和际遇左右众人。 12 原来人并不知道自己的时机,正像鱼被恶网圈住,鸟被网罗捉住,险恶的时机忽然临到世人身上的时候,世人也照样陷在其中。
智慧胜过武力
13 在日光之下,我又看见一样智慧,觉得很有意义: 14 有一座小城,人数不多;有一个大君王来进攻,把它包围,建造巨大的高垒攻城。 15 城里有一个贫穷但有智慧的人,用他的智慧救了那城。然而,却没有人记念那穷人。 16 于是我说:“智慧胜过武力”,但是那个穷人的智慧被藐视,他的话也没有人听从。 17 听智慧人安安静静说出来的话,胜过听管理愚昧者的人的喊叫。 18 智慧胜于战斗的武器,但一个罪人能破坏许多好事。
Ecclesiastes 9
New International Version
A Common Destiny for All
9 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.(A) 2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.(B)
3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(C) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(D) and afterward they join the dead.(E) 4 Anyone who is among the living has hope[b]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
5 For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;(F)
they have no further reward,
and even their name(G) is forgotten.(H)
6 Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.(I)
7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(J) with a joyful heart,(K) for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white,(L) and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife,(M) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(N) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever(O) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(P) for in the realm of the dead,(Q) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(R)
11 I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,(S)
nor does food come to the wise(T)
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance(U) happen to them all.(V)
12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(W)
that fall unexpectedly upon them.(X)
Wisdom Better Than Folly
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom(Y) that greatly impressed me: 14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.(Z) 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.(AA)
17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom(AB) is better than weapons of war,
but one sinner destroys much good.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope
Ecclesiastes 9
New King James Version
Death Comes to All
9 For I [a]considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: (A)that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them. 2 (B)All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [b]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they will die;
But (C)the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For (D)the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
7 Go, (E)eat your bread with joy,
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.
8 Let your garments always be white,
And let your head lack no oil.
9 [c]Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; (F)for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
10 (G)Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your (H)might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
11 I returned (I)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 men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (J)chance happen to them all.
12 For (K)man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are (L)snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.
Wisdom Superior to Folly
13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me: 14 (M)There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great [d]snares around it. 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than (N)strength.
Nevertheless (O)the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
17 Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war;
But (P)one sinner destroys much good.”
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 Lit. put
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit. See life
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 LXX, Syr., Vg. bulwarks
传道书 9
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
把握 神所赐的时机
9 我留心这一切事,并加以阐明:就是义人、智慧人和他们所作的,都在 神手里。临到他们的一切,无论是爱是恨,人都不领悟。 2 众人的命运都是一样的:义人与恶人、好人与坏人、洁净的与不洁净的、献祭的与不献祭的,所遭遇的都是一样的;好人怎样,罪人也怎样;起誓的怎样,怕起誓的也怎样。
3 在日光之下所发生的一切事,有一件令人遗憾的,就是众人的命运都是一样的,并且世人的心充满邪恶,一生心怀狂妄,后来都归到死人那里去。 4 凡有生命的(“凡有生命的”原文作“凡与所有活人有关联的”),就有盼望,因为活狗比死狮更好。 5 活人还知道自己必死,死人却一无所知,而且再得不到酬劳,他们也被遗忘。 6 他们的爱,他们的恨,他们的嫉妒,都早已消失了,在日光之下所发生的一切事,永远也没有他们的分了。
7 你只管快快乐乐地去吃你的饭,怀着高兴的心去喝你的酒,因为 神已经悦纳了你所作的。 8 你当经常穿著白色的衣袍,头上也不要缺少膏油。
9 在你一生虚空的年日中,就是 神在日光之下赐你虚空的年日中,你要和你所爱的妻子享受人生,因为那是你一生在日光之下从劳碌中所得的分。 10 凡是你手可作的,都当尽力去作;因为在你所要去的阴间里,既没有工作,又没有筹谋;没有知识,也没有智慧。
11 我又看见在日光之下,跑得快的未必得奖,勇士未必战胜,智慧的未必得粮食,精明的未必致富,博学的未必得人赏识,因为时机和际遇左右众人。 12 原来人并不知道自己的时机,正像鱼被恶网圈住,鸟被网罗捉住,险恶的时机忽然临到世人身上的时候,世人也照样陷在其中。
智慧胜过武力
13 在日光之下,我又看见一样智慧,觉得很有意义: 14 有一座小城,人数不多;有一个大君王来进攻,把它包围,建造巨大的高垒攻城。 15 城里有一个贫穷但有智慧的人,用他的智慧救了那城。然而,却没有人记念那穷人。 16 于是我说:“智慧胜过武力”,但是那个穷人的智慧被藐视,他的话也没有人听从。 17 听智慧人安安静静说出来的话,胜过听管理愚昧者的人的喊叫。 18 智慧胜于战斗的武器,但一个罪人能破坏许多好事。
Ecclesiastes 9
New International Version
A Common Destiny for All
9 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.(A) 2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.(B)
3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(C) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(D) and afterward they join the dead.(E) 4 Anyone who is among the living has hope[b]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
5 For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;(F)
they have no further reward,
and even their name(G) is forgotten.(H)
6 Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.(I)
7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(J) with a joyful heart,(K) for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white,(L) and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife,(M) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(N) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever(O) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(P) for in the realm of the dead,(Q) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(R)
11 I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,(S)
nor does food come to the wise(T)
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance(U) happen to them all.(V)
12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(W)
that fall unexpectedly upon them.(X)
Wisdom Better Than Folly
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom(Y) that greatly impressed me: 14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.(Z) 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.(AA)
17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom(AB) is better than weapons of war,
but one sinner destroys much good.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope
Ecclesiastes 9
New King James Version
Death Comes to All
9 For I [a]considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: (A)that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them. 2 (B)All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [b]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they will die;
But (C)the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For (D)the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
7 Go, (E)eat your bread with joy,
And drink your wine with a merry heart;
For God has already accepted your works.
8 Let your garments always be white,
And let your head lack no oil.
9 [c]Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; (F)for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
10 (G)Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your (H)might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
11 I returned (I)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 men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (J)chance happen to them all.
12 For (K)man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are (L)snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.
Wisdom Superior to Folly
13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me: 14 (M)There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great [d]snares around it. 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than (N)strength.
Nevertheless (O)the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
17 Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war;
But (P)one sinner destroys much good.”
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 Lit. put
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit. See life
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 LXX, Syr., Vg. bulwarks
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