傳道書 9

我將這一切事放在心上，詳細考究，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在上帝手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們的前面，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.

凡臨到眾人的事都是一樣：義人和惡人都遭遇一樣的事；好人，潔淨人和不潔淨人，獻祭的與不獻祭的，也是一樣。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禍患，就是眾人所遭遇的都是一樣，並且世人的心充滿了惡；活着的時候心裏狂妄，後來就歸死人那裏去了。

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.

與一切活人相連的，那人還有指望，因為活着的狗比死了的獅子更強。

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；死了的人毫無所知，也不再得賞賜；他們的名無人記念。

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.

他們的愛，他們的恨，他們的嫉妒，早都消滅了。在日光之下所行的一切事上，他們永不再有分了。

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.

你只管去歡歡喜喜吃你的飯，心中快樂喝你的酒，因為上帝已經悅納你的作為。

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.

你的衣服當時常潔白，你頭上也不要缺少膏油。

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.

在你一生虛空的年日，就是上帝賜你在日光之下虛空的年日，當同你所愛的妻，快活度日，因為那是你生前在日光之下勞碌的事上所得的分。

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.

凡你手所當做的事要盡力去做；因為在你所必去的陰間沒有工作，沒有謀算，沒有知識，也沒有智慧。

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.

我又轉念：見日光之下，快跑的未必能贏；力戰的未必得勝；智慧的未必得糧食；明哲的未必得資財；靈巧的未必得喜悅。所臨到眾人的是在乎當時的機會。

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.

原來人也不知道自己的定期。魚被惡網圈住，鳥被網羅捉住，禍患忽然臨到的時候，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.

我見日光之下有一樣智慧，據我看乃是廣大，

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，其中的人數稀少，有大君王來攻擊，修築營壘，將城圍困。

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.

城中有一個貧窮的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，卻沒有人記念那窮人。

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.

我就說，智慧勝過勇力；然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視，他的話也無人聽從。

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.

寧可在安靜之中聽智慧人的言語，不聽掌管愚昧人的喊聲。

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.

智慧勝過打仗的兵器；但一個罪人能敗壞許多善事。

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.