傳道書 7
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1名譽強如美好的膏油；人死的日子勝過人生的日子。
1What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
2往遭喪的家去， 強如往宴樂的家去； 因為 死 是眾人的結局， 活人也必將這事放在心上。
2A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
3憂愁強如喜笑； 因為面帶愁容，終必使心喜樂。
3It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
4智慧人的心在遭喪之家； 愚昧人的心在快樂之家。
4Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
5聽智慧人的責備， 強如聽愚昧人的歌唱。
5The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
6愚昧人的笑聲， 好像鍋下燒荊棘的爆聲； 這也是虛空。
6It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
7勒索使智慧人變為愚妄； 賄賂能敗壞人的慧心。
7For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
8事情的終局強如事情的起頭； 存心忍耐的，勝過居心驕傲的。
8Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
9你不要心裏急躁惱怒， 因為惱怒存在愚昧人的懷中。
9Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
10不要說： 先前的日子強過如今的日子， 是甚麼緣故呢？ 你這樣問，不是出於智慧。
10Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
11智慧和產業並好， 而且見天日的人得智慧更為有益。
11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
12因為智慧護庇人， 好像銀錢護庇人一樣。 惟獨智慧能保全智慧人的生命。 這就是知識的益處。
12Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
13你要察看上帝的作為； 因上帝使為曲的，誰能變為直呢？
13For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
14遇亨通的日子你當喜樂；遭患難的日子你當思想；因為上帝使這兩樣並列，為的是叫人查不出身後有甚麼事。
14Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
15有義人行義，反致滅亡；有惡人行惡，倒享長壽。這都是我在虛度之日中所見過的。
15In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
16不要行義過分，也不要過於自逞智慧，何必自取敗亡呢？
16These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
17不要行惡過分，也不要為人愚昧，何必不到期而死呢？
17Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
18你持守這個為美，那個也不要鬆手；因為敬畏上帝的人，必從這兩樣出來。
18Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
19智慧使有智慧的人比城中十個官長更有能力。
19It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
20時常行善而不犯罪的義人，世上實在沒有。
20Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
21人所說的一切話，你不要放在心上，恐怕聽見你的僕人咒詛你。
21For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
22因為你心裏知道，自己也曾屢次咒詛別人。
22But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
23我曾用智慧試驗這一切事；我說，要得智慧，智慧卻離我遠。
23For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
24萬事 之理 ，離 我 甚遠，而且最深，誰能測透呢？
24I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
25我轉念，一心要知道，要考察，要尋求智慧和 萬事的 理由；又要知道邪惡為愚昧，愚昧為狂妄。
25Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
26我得知有等婦人比死還苦：她的心是網羅，手是鎖鍊。凡蒙上帝喜悅的人必能躲避她；有罪的人卻被她纏住了。
26I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
27傳道者說：「看哪，一千男子中，我找到一個 正直人 ，但眾女子中，沒有找到一個。」我 將這事 一一比較，要尋求其理，我心仍要尋找，卻未曾找到。
27And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter’s snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.
no verse 28 in this text
28Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
29我所找到的只有一件，就是上帝造人原是正直，但他們尋出許多巧計。
29Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
no verse 30 in this text
30Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
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