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眾人的命運都是一樣的:義人與惡人、好人與壞人、潔淨的與不潔淨的、獻祭的與不獻祭的,所遭遇的都是一樣的;好人怎樣,罪人也怎樣;起誓的怎樣,怕起誓的也怎樣。

在日光之下所發生的一切事,有一件令人遺憾的,就是眾人的命運都是一樣的,並且世人的心充滿邪惡,一生心懷狂妄,後來都歸到死人那裡去。 凡有生命的(“凡有生命的”原文作“凡與所有活人有關聯的”),就有盼望,因為活狗比死獅更好。

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义人和恶人、好人和坏人、洁净的和污秽的、献祭的和不献祭的、行善的和犯罪的、敢于起誓的和不敢起誓的人,最终的命运都一样。 在日光之下有一件可悲的事,就是人最终的命运都一样。再者,人内心都充满邪恶,活着的时候行事狂妄,最后都步入死亡。 有生命就有希望,一条活狗总比一头死狮子强。

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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.(A)

This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(B) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(C) and afterward they join the dead.(D) Anyone who is among the living has hope[b]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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