传道书 3
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1凡事都有定期， 天下万务都有定时。
1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2生有时，死有时； 栽种有时，拔出所栽种的也有时；
2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3杀戮有时，医治有时； 拆毁有时，建造有时；
3a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4哭有时，笑有时； 哀恸有时，跳舞有时；
4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5抛掷石头有时，堆聚石头有时； 怀抱有时，不怀抱有时；
5a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6寻找有时，失落有时； 保守有时，舍弃有时；
6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7撕裂有时，缝补有时； 静默有时，言语有时；
7a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8喜爱有时，恨恶有时； 争战有时，和好有时。
8a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
9这样看来 ，做事的人在他的劳碌上有什么益处呢？
9What does the worker gain from his toil?
10我见 神叫世人劳苦，使他们在其中受经练。
10I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
11神造万物，各按其时成为美好，又将永生安置在世人心里。然而 神从始至终的作为，人不能参透。
11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
12我知道世人，莫强如终身喜乐行善；
12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
13并且人人吃喝，在他一切劳碌中享福，这也是 神的恩赐。
13and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
14我知道 神一切所做的都必永存；无所增添，无所减少。 神这样行，是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。
14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
15现今的事早先就有了，将来的事早已也有了，并且 神使已过的事重新再来。
15What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
16我又见日光之下，在审判之处有奸恶，在公义之处也有奸恶。
16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
17我心里说， 神必审判义人和恶人；因为在那里，各样事务，一切工作，都有定时。
17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
18我心里说， 这乃 为世人的缘故，是 神要试验他们，使他们觉得自己 不过像 兽一样。
18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19因为世人遭遇的，兽也遭遇，所遭遇的都是一样：这个怎样死，那个也怎样死，气息都是一样。人不能强于兽，都是虚空。
19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20都归一处，都是出于尘土，也都归于尘土。
20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21谁知道人的灵是往上升，兽的魂是下入地呢？
21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
22故此，我见人莫强如在他经营的事上喜乐，因为这是他的分。他身后的事谁能使他回来得见呢？
22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
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