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전도서 12
Korean Living Bible
전도서 12
Korean Living Bible
12 너는 아직 젊을 때, 곧 고난의 날이 오기 전에, 아무 낙이 없다고 말할 때가 되기 전에 너의 창조자를 기억하라.
2 네가 너무 늙어 해와 달과 별이 보이지 않고 슬픔이 떠날 날이 없을 때 그를 기억하려고 하면 늦을 것이다.
3 [a]그 때에는 너를 보호하던 팔도 떨 것이며 지금 강한 너의 다리도 약해질 것이다. 그리고 이빨이 거의 다 빠져 음식을 잘 씹지 못할 것이며 눈은 어두워서 보지 못할 것이다.
4 귀는 어두워서 거리에서 들려오는 소리를 듣지 못할 것이며 음식을 씹는 소리가 적을 것이다. 그리고 깊은 잠을 자지 못할 것이며 음성도 떨릴 것이다.
5 그때 너는 높은 곳을 두려워할 것이며 걷는 것도 위험할 것이다. 머리는 온통 희어지고 거동하기가 불편해서 몸을 제대로 끌고 다닐 수 없을 것이며 모든 의욕과 정욕은 사라질 것이다. 그렇게 되면 결국 조객들이 네 집을 찾아들 날도 멀지 않을 것이다.
6 [b]은줄이 끊어지고 몸의 모든 기능이 정지되며
7 육은 본래의 흙으로 돌아가고 영은 그것을 주신 하나님께로 돌아가기 전에 너의 창조자를 기억하라.
8 전도자가 말한다. “헛되고 헛되며 모든 것이 헛될 뿐이다!”
인간의 본분
9 전도자는 지혜로운 사람이었기 때문에 자기가 아는 것을 사람들에게 계속 가르쳤으며 그는 또 깊이 생각하고 연구하는 중에 많은 금언을 모아 정리하였다.
10 이 전도자는 바르고 고운 말을 찾으려고 애썼으므로 그가 기록한 것은 거짓이 없고 진실하다.
11 지혜로운 자들의 말은 양떼를 모는 채찍 같고 그들이 수집한 명언은 잘 박힌 못과 같은 것이니 그것은 다 우리의 목자 되시는 하나님이 주신 것이다.
12 내 아들아, 이 밖에 조심할 일이 있다: 아무리 책을 많이 써도 끝이 없으니 지나치게 공부하는 것은 몸을 피곤하게 할 뿐이다.
13 이제 모든 것을 다 들었으니 결론은 이것이다: 하나님을 두려운 마음으로 섬기고 그의 명령에 순종하라. 이것이 사람의 본분이다.
14 선하건 악하건 하나님은 우리가 하는 모든 일을 은밀한 것까지 다 심판하실 것이다.
Ecclesiastes 12
New International Version
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
Ecclesiastes 12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Ecclesiastes 12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 Remember [earnestly] also your Creator [that you are not your own, but His property now] in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], I have no enjoyment in them—(A)
2 Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened [sight is impaired], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears];
3 In the day when the keepers of the house [the hands and the arms] tremble, and the strong men [the feet and the knees] bow themselves, and the grinders [the molar teeth] cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows [the eyes] are darkened;
4 When the doors [the lips] are shut in the streets and the sound of the grinding [of the teeth] is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird and the crowing of a cock, and all the daughters of music [the voice and the ear] are brought low;
5 Also when [the old] are afraid of danger from that which is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree [their white hair] blooms, and the grasshopper [a little thing] is a burden, and desire and appetite fail, because man goes to his everlasting home and the mourners go about the streets or marketplaces.(B)
6 [Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function];
7 Then shall the dust [out of which God made man’s body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.
8 Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)!
9 And furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he [Solomon] still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.
10 The Preacher sought acceptable words, even to write down rightly words of truth or correct sentiment.
11 The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd.(C)
12 But about going further [than the words given by one Shepherd], my son, be warned. Of making many books there is no end [so do not believe everything you read], and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 All has been heard; the end of the matter is: Fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is] and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man [the full, original purpose of his creation, the object of God’s providence, the root of character, the foundation of all happiness, the adjustment to all inharmonious circumstances and conditions under the sun] and the whole [duty] for every man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good or evil.(D)
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