傳道書 5

你到上帝的殿要謹慎腳步；因為近前聽，勝過愚昧人獻祭 ，他們本不知道所做的是惡。

nǐ dào shén de diàn yào jǐn shèn jiǎo bù ； yīn wèi jìn qián tīng ， shèng guò yú mèi rén xiàn jì ， tā men běn bù zhī dào suǒ zuò de shì è 。

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

你在上帝面前不可冒失開口，也不可心急發言；因為上帝在天上，你在地下，所以你的言語要寡少。

nǐ zài shén miàn qián bù kě mào shi kāi kǒu ， yě bù kě xīn jí fā yán ； yīn wèi shén zài tiān shàng ， nǐ zài dì xià ， suǒ yǐ nǐ de yán yǔ yào guǎ shǎo 。

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

事務多，就令人做夢；言語多，就顯出愚昧。

shì wù duō ， jiù lìng rén zuò mèng ； yán yǔ duō ， jiù xiǎn chū yú mèi 。

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

你向上帝許願，償還不可遲延，因他不喜悅愚昧人，所以你許的願應當償還。

nǐ xiàng shén xǔ yuàn ， cháng hái bù kě chí yán ， yīn tā bù xǐ yuè yú mèi rén ， suǒ yǐ nǐ xǔ de yuàn yīng dāng cháng huán 。

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

你許願不還，不如不許。

nǐ xǔ yuàn bù hái ， bù rú bù xǔ 。

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

不可任你的口使肉體犯罪，也不可在祭司 面前說是錯許了。為何使上帝因你的聲音發怒，敗壞你手所做的呢？

bù kě rèn nǐ de kǒu shǐ ròu tǐ fàn zuì ， yě bù kě zài jì sī miàn qián shuō shì cuò xǔ le 。 wèi hé shǐ shén yīn nǐ de shēng yīn fā nù ， bài huài nǐ shǒu suǒ zuò de ne ？

Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

多夢和多言，其中多有虛幻，你只要敬畏上帝。

duō mèng hé duō yán ， qí zhōng duō yǒu xū huàn ， nǐ zhǐ yào jìng wèi shén 。

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

你若在一省之中見窮人受欺壓，並奪去公義公平的事，不要因此詫異；因有一位高過居高位的鑒察，在他們以上還有更高的。

nǐ ruò zài yì shěng zhī zhōng jiàn qióng rén shòu qī yā ， bìng duó qù gōng yì gōng píng de shì ， bú yào yīn cǐ chà yì ； yīn yǒu yí wèi gāo guò jū gāo wèi de jiàn chá ， zài tā men yǐ shàng hái yǒu gèng gāo de 。

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

kuàng qiě dì de yì chù guī zhòng rén ， jiù shì jūn wáng yě shòu tián dì de gōng yìng 。

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

貪愛銀子的，不因得銀子知足；貪愛豐富的，也不因得利益知足。這也是虛空。

tān ài yín zi de ， bù yīn dé yín zǐ zhī zú ； tān ài fēng fù de ， yě bù yīn dé lì yì zhī zú 。 zhè yě shì xū kōng 。

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

貨物增添，吃的人也增添，物主得甚麼益處呢？不過眼看而已！

huò wù zēng tiān ， chī de rén yě zēng tiān ， wù zhǔ dé shén me yì chù ne ？ bú guò yǎn kàn ér yǐ ！

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

勞碌的人不拘吃多吃少，睡得香甜；富足人的豐滿卻不容他睡覺。

láo lù de rén bù jū chī duō chī shǎo ， shuì dé xiāng tián ； fù zú rén de fēng mǎn què bù róng tā shuì jiào 。

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

我見日光之下有一宗大禍患，就是財主積存資財，反害自己。

wǒ jiàn rì guāng zhī xià yǒu yì zōng dà huò huàn ， jiù shì cái zhǔ jī cún zī cái ， fǎn hài zì jǐ 。

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

因遭遇禍患，這些資財就消滅；那人若生了兒子，手裏也一無所有。

yīn zāo yù huò huàn ， zhè xiē zī cái jiù xiāo miè ； nà rén ruò shēng le ér zi ， shǒu lǐ yě yì wú suǒ yǒu 。

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

他怎樣從母胎赤身而來，也必照樣赤身而去；他所勞碌得來的，手中分毫不能帶去。

tā zěn yàng cóng mǔ tāi chì shēn ér lái ， yě bì zhào yàng chì shēn ér qù ； tā suǒ láo lù dé lái de ， shǒu zhōng fēn háo bù néng dài qù 。

As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

他來的情形怎樣，他去的情形也怎樣。這也是一宗大禍患。他為風勞碌有甚麼益處呢？

tā lái de qíng xíng zěn yàng ， tā qù de qíng xíng yě zěn yàng 。 zhè yě shì yì zōng dà huò huàn 。 tā wèi fēng láo lù yǒu shén me yì chù ne ？

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

並且他終身在黑暗中吃喝，多有煩惱，又有病患嘔氣。

bìng qiě tā zhōng shēn zài hēi àn zhōng chī hē ， duō yǒu fán nǎo ， yòu yǒu bìng huàn ǒu qì 。

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

我所見為善為美的，就是人在上帝賜他一生的日子吃喝，享受日光之下勞碌得來的好處，因為這是他的分。

wǒ suǒ jiàn wèi shàn wèi měi de ， jiù shì rén zài shén cì tā yì shēng de rì zi chī hē ， xiǎng shòu rì guāng zhī xià láo lù dé lái de hǎo chù ， yīn wèi zhè shì tā de fēn 。

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

上帝賜人資財豐富，使他能以吃用，能取自己的分，在他勞碌中喜樂，這乃是上帝的恩賜。

shén cì rén zī cái fēng fù ， shǐ tā néng yǐ chī yòng ， néng qǔ zì jǐ de fēn ， zài tā láo lù zhōng xǐ lè ， zhè nǎi shì shén de ēn cì 。

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

他不多思念自己一生的年日，因為上帝應他的心使他喜樂。

tā bù duō sī niàn zì jǐ yì shēng de nián rì ， yīn wèi shén yìng tā de xīn shǐ tā xǐ lè 。

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.