Ecclesiastes 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
1我心裏說：「來吧，我以喜樂試試你，你好享福！」誰知，這也是虛空。
2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
2我指嬉笑說：「這是狂妄。」論喜樂說：「有何功效呢？」
3I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
3我心裏察究，如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導 我 ；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
4我為自己動大工程，建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，
5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
5修造園囿，在其中栽種各樣果木樹；
6I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
6挖造水池，用以澆灌嫩小的樹木。
7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
7我買了僕婢，也有生在家中的僕婢；又有許多牛群羊群，勝過以前在 耶路撒冷 眾人所有的。
8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
8我又為自己積蓄金銀和君王的財寶，並各省的財寶；又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜愛的物，並許多的妃嬪。
9So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
9這樣，我就日見昌盛，勝過以前在 耶路撒冷 的眾人。我的智慧仍然存留。
10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
10凡我眼所求的，我沒有留下不給它的；我心所樂的，我沒有禁止不享受的；因我的心為我一切所勞碌的快樂，這就是我從勞碌中所得的分。
11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
11後來，我察看我手所經營的一切事和我勞碌所成的功。誰知都是虛空，都是捕風；在日光之下毫無益處。
12Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
12我轉念觀看智慧、狂妄，和愚昧。在王以後而來的人還能做甚麼呢？也不過行早先所行的就是了。
13And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
13我便看出智慧勝過愚昧，如同光明勝過黑暗。
14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
14智慧人的眼目光明，愚昧人在黑暗裏行。我卻看明有一件事，這兩等人都必遇見。
15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
15我就心裏說：「愚昧人所遇見的，我也必遇見，我為何更有智慧呢？」我心裏說，這也是虛空。
16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
16智慧人和愚昧人一樣，永遠無人記念，因為日後都被忘記；可歎智慧人死亡，與愚昧人無異。
17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
17我所以恨惡生命；因為在日光之下所行的事我都以為煩惱，都是虛空，都是捕風。
18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
18我恨惡一切的勞碌，就是我在日光之下的勞碌，因為我得來的必留給我以後的人。
19And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
19那人是智慧是愚昧，誰能知道？他竟要管理我勞碌所得的，就是我在日光之下用智慧所得的。這也是虛空。
20So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
20故此，我轉想我在日光之下所勞碌的一切工作，心便絕望。
21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
21因為有人用智慧、知識、靈巧所勞碌得來的，卻要留給未曾勞碌的人為分。這也是虛空，也是大患。
22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
22人在日光之下勞碌累心，在他一切的勞碌上得着甚麼呢？
23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
23因為他日日憂慮，他的勞苦成為愁煩，連夜間心也不安。這也是虛空。
24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
24人莫強如吃喝，且在勞碌中享福，我看這也是出於上帝的手。
25For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
25論到吃用、享福，誰能勝過我呢？
26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
26上帝喜悅誰，就給誰智慧、知識，和喜樂；惟有罪人，上帝使他勞苦，叫他將所收聚的、所堆積的歸給上帝所喜悅的人。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
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