Ecclesiastes 1
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
1在 耶路撒冷 作王、 大衛 的兒子、傳道者的言語。
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
2傳道者說：虛空的虛空， 虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
3人一切的勞碌， 就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？
4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
4一代過去，一代又來， 地卻永遠長存。
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
5日頭出來，日頭落下， 急歸所出之地。
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
6風往南颳，又向北轉， 不住地旋轉，而且返回轉行原道。
7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
7江河都往海裏流，海卻不滿； 江河從何處流，仍歸還何處。
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
8萬事令人厭煩， 人不能說盡。 眼看，看不飽； 耳聽，聽不足。
9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
9已有的事後必再有； 已行的事後必再行。 日光之下並無新事。
10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
10豈有一件事人能指着說這是新的？ 哪知 ，在我們以前的世代早已有了。
11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
11已過的 世代 ，無人記念； 將來的 世代 ，後來的人也不記念。
12¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
12我傳道者在 耶路撒冷 作過 以色列 的王。
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
13我專心用智慧尋求、查究天下所做的一切事， 乃知 上帝叫世人所經練的是極重的勞苦。
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
14我見日光之下所做的一切事，都是虛空，都是捕風。
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
15彎曲的，不能變直； 缺少的，不能足數。
16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
16我心裏議論說：我得了大智慧，勝過我以前在 耶路撒冷 的眾人，而且我心中多經歷智慧和知識的事。
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
17我又專心察明智慧、狂妄，和愚昧，乃知這也是捕風。
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
18因為多有智慧，就多有愁煩； 加增知識的，就加增憂傷。
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