Ecclesiastes 9

我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在 神手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。

wǒ jiāng zhè yí qiè shì fàng zài xīn shàng ， xiáng xì kǎo jiū ， jiù zhī dào yì rén hé zhì huì rén ， bìng tā men de zuò wéi dōu zài shén shǒu zhōng ； huò shì ài ， huò shì hèn ， dōu zài tā men de qián miàn ， rén bù néng zhī dào 。

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

凡临到众人的事都是一样：义人和恶人都遭遇一样的事；好人，洁净人和不洁净人，献祭的与不献祭的，也是一样。好人如何，罪人也如何；起誓的如何，怕起誓的也如何。

fán lín dào zhòng rén de shì dōu shì yí yàng ： yì rén hé è rén dōu zāo yù yí yàng de shì ； hǎo rén ， jié jìng rén hé bù jié jìng rén ， xiàn jì de yǔ bú xiàn jì de ， yě shì yí yàng 。 hǎo rén rú hé ， zuì rén yě rú hé ； qǐ shì de rú hé ， pà qǐ shì de yě rú hé 。

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

在日光之下所行的一切事上有一件祸患，就是众人所遭遇的都是一样，并且世人的心充满了恶；活着的时候心里狂妄，后来就归死人那里去了。

zài rì guāng zhī xià suǒ xíng de yí qiè shì shàng yǒu yí jiàn huò huàn ， jiù shì zhòng rén suǒ zāo yù de dōu shì yí yàng ， bìng qiě shì rén de xīn chōng mǎn le è ； huó zhe de shí hòu xīn lǐ kuáng wàng ， hòu lái jiù guī sǐ rén nà lǐ qù le 。

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

与一切活人相连的，那人还有指望，因为活着的狗比死了的狮子更强。

yǔ yí qiè huó rén xiāng lián de ， nà rén hái yǒu zhǐ wàng ， yīn wèi huó zhe de gǒu bǐ sǐ le de shī zi gèng qiáng 。

For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

活着的人知道必死；死了的人毫无所知，也不再得赏赐；他们的名无人记念。

huó zhe de rén zhī dào bì sǐ ； sǐ le de rén háo wú suǒ zhī ， yě bú zài dé shǎng cì ； tā men de míng wú rén jì niàn 。

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

他们的爱，他们的恨，他们的嫉妒，早都消灭了。在日光之下所行的一切事上，他们永不再有分了。

tā men de ài ， tā men de hèn ， tā men de jí dù ， zǎo dōu xiāo miè le 。 zài rì guāng zhī xià suǒ xíng de yí qiè shì shàng ， tā men yǒng bú zài yǒu fēn le 。

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

你只管去欢欢喜喜吃你的饭，心中快乐喝你的酒，因为 神已经悦纳你的作为。

nǐ zhǐ guǎn qù huān huān xǐ xǐ chī nǐ de fàn ， xīn zhōng kuài lè hē nǐ de jiǔ ， yīn wèi shén yǐ jīng yuè nà nǐ de zuò wéi 。

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

你的衣服当时常洁白，你头上也不要缺少膏油。

nǐ de yī fu dāng shí cháng jié bái ， nǐ tóu shàng yě bú yào quē shǎo gāo yóu 。

Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

在你一生虚空的年日，就是 神赐你在日光之下虚空的年日，当同你所爱的妻，快活度日，因为那是你生前在日光之下劳碌的事上所得的分。

zài nǐ yì shēng xū kōng de nián rì ， jiù shì shén cì nǐ zài rì guāng zhī xià xū kōng de nián rì ， dāng tóng nǐ suǒ ài de qī ， kuài huó dù rì ， yīn wèi nà shì nǐ shēng qián zài rì guāng zhī xià láo lù de shì shàng suǒ dé de fēn 。

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

凡你手所当做的事要尽力去做；因为在你所必去的阴间没有工作，没有谋算，没有知识，也没有智慧。

fán nǐ shǒu suǒ dàng zuò de shì yào jìn lì qù zuò ； yīn wèi zài nǐ suǒ bì qù de yīn jiān méi yǒu gōng zuò ， méi yǒu móu suàn ， méi yǒu zhī shi ， yě méi yǒu zhì huì 。

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

我又转念：见日光之下，快跑的未必能赢；力战的未必得胜；智慧的未必得粮食；明哲的未必得资财；灵巧的未必得喜悦。所临到众人的是在乎当时的机会。

wǒ yòu zhuǎn niàn ： jiàn rì guāng zhī xià ， kuài pǎo de wèi bì néng yíng ； lì zhàn de wèi bì dé shèng ； zhì huì de wèi bì dé liáng shí ； míng zhé de wèi bì dé zī cái ； líng qiǎo de wèi bì dé xǐ yuè 。 suǒ lín dào zhòng rén de shì zài hū dāng shí de jī huì 。

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

原来人也不知道自己的定期。鱼被恶网圈住，鸟被网罗捉住，祸患忽然临到的时候，世人陷在其中也是如此。

yuán lái rén yě bù zhī dào zì jǐ de dìng qī 。 yú bèi è wǎng quān zhù ， niǎo bèi wǎng luó zhuō zhù ， huò huàn hū rán lín dào de shí hòu ， shì rén xiàn zài qí zhōng yě shì rú cǐ 。

For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

我见日光之下有一样智慧，据我看乃是广大，

wǒ jiàn rì guāng zhī xià yǒu yí yàng zhì huì ， jù wǒ kàn nǎi shì guǎng dà ，

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

就是有一小城，其中的人数稀少，有大君王来攻击，修筑营垒，将城围困。

jiù shì yǒu yì xiǎo chéng ， qí zhōng de rén shù xī shǎo ， yǒu dà jūn wáng lái gōng jī ， xiū zhù yíng lěi ， jiāng chéng wéi kùn 。

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

城中有一个贫穷的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，却没有人记念那穷人。

chéng zhōng yǒu yí gè pín qióng de zhì huì rén ， tā yòng zhì huì jiù le nà chéng ， què méi yǒu rén jì niàn nà qióng rén 。

Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

我就说，智慧胜过勇力；然而那贫穷人的智慧被人藐视，他的话也无人听从。

wǒ jiù shuō ， zhì huì shèng guò yǒng lì ； rán ér nà pín qióng rén de zhì huì bèi rén miǎo shì ， tā de huà yě wú rén tīng cóng 。

Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

宁可在安静之中听智慧人的言语，不听掌管愚昧人的喊声。

níng kě zài ān jìng zhī zhōng tīng zhì huì rén de yán yǔ ， bù tīng zhǎng guǎn yú mèi rén de hǎn shēng 。

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

智慧胜过打仗的兵器；但一个罪人能败坏许多善事。

zhì huì shèng guò dǎ zhàng de bīng qì ； dàn yí gè zuì rén néng bài huài xǔ duō shàn shì 。

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.