传道书 3
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
神规划万事叫人敬畏他
3 万事都有定期，天下万务都有定时：
2 生有时，死有时；
栽种有时，拔出所种的也有时；
3 杀戮有时，医治有时；
拆毁有时，建造有时；
4 哭有时，笑有时；
哀恸有时，踊跃有时；
5 拋掷石头有时，堆聚石头有时；
拥抱有时，避免拥抱有时；
6 寻找有时，舍弃有时；
保存有时，拋弃有时；
7 撕裂有时，缝补有时；
静默有时，讲话有时；
8 爱有时，恨有时；
战争有时，和平有时。
9 作工的人在自己的劳碌上得到甚么益处呢？ 10 我看 神给予世人的担子，是要他们为此烦恼。 11 他使万事各按其时，成为美好；他又把永恒的意识放在人的心里；虽然这样，人还是不能察觉 神自始至终的作为。 12 我晓得人生最好是寻乐享福， 13 人人有吃有喝，在自己的一切劳碌中自得其乐；这就是 神的恩赐。 14 我知道 神所作的一切，都必永存，无可增添，无可减少； 神这样作，为要使人在他面前存敬畏的心。 15 现在有的，先前就有；将来有的，早已有了；因为 神使已过的事重新出现（“使已过的事重新出现”直译是“寻找被追赶的”）。
神的审判都有定时
16 我在日光之下又看见：审判的地方有奸恶，维护公义的地方也有奸恶。 17 我自己心里说：“ 神必审判义人和恶人，因为各样事务、各样工作都有定时。” 18 我自己心里说：“至于世人， 神要试验他们，使他们看见自己与牲畜无异。 19 因为世人所遭遇的与牲畜所遭遇的，都是一样：这个怎样死，那个也怎样死，两者的气息都是一样，所以人并不胜于牲畜。一切都是虚空。 20 大家都到一个地方去，都出于尘土，也都归回尘土。 21 有谁知道人的灵是往上升，牲畜的魂（“魂”的原文与“灵”〔3:21〕和“气息”〔3:19〕相同）是下降而入地呢？” 22 因此我看人最好是在自己所作的事上自得其乐，因为这也是他的分；谁能使他看见他自己死后的事呢？
Ecclesiastes 3
New American Standard Bible
A Time for Everything
3 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a (A)time for every matter under heaven—
2 A time to give birth and a (B)time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
3 A (C)time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to (D)weep and a time to (E)laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to (F)dance.
5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to (G)be silent and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to (H)hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.
9 (I)What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors? 10 I have seen the (J)task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to [a]occupy themselves.
God Set Eternity in the Heart of Mankind
11 He has (K)made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind (L)will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 I know that there is (M)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; 13 moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the (N)gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it. And God has so worked, that people will [b](O)fear Him. 15 (P)That which is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God [c]seeks what has passed by.
16 Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is (Q)wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. 17 I said [d]to myself, “(R)God will judge the righteous and the wicked,” for a (S)time for every matter and for every deed [e]is there. 18 I said [f]to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as (T)animals, they to themselves.” 19 (U)For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals [g]is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility. 20 All go to the same place. All came from the (V)dust and all return to the dust. 21 Who knows that the (W)spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth? 22 I have seen that (X)nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his [h]lot. For who will bring him to see (Y)what will occur after him?
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:10 Or trouble
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 Or be in awe before Him
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or finds
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 Lit in my heart
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 I.e., exists with God
- Ecclesiastes 3:18 Lit in my heart
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Lit and they have one fate
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 Or reward
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