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Ecclesiastes 1

Ge'ez original · 19 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate)

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1:1

ቃለ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ መክብብ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሠ፡ እስራኤል፡ በኢየሩሳሌም።

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

在耶路撒冷作王、大衛的兒子、傳道者的言語。

1:2

ከንቱ፡ ከንቱ፡ ይቤ፡ መክብብ፡ ኵሉ፡ ከንቱ።

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

傳道者說：虛空的虛空，虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。

1:3

ምንት፡ ፍድፋዴሁ፡ ለሰብእ፡ በኵሉ፡ ፃማሁ፡ ዘይፃሙ፡ እምታሕተ፡ ፀሐይ።

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？

1:4

ትውልድ፡ የኃልፍ፡ ትውልድ፡ ይመጽእ፡ ወምድርሰ፡ ለዓለም፡ ትቀውም።

One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

一代過去，一代又來，地卻永遠長存。

1:5

ይሠርቅ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወየዐርብ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወውስተ፡ መካኑ፡ ይገብእ፡ እንዘ፡ ይሠርቅ፡ ውእቱ፡ ህየ፡ ይገብእ፡ በይምን፡ ወየዐውድ፡ መንገለ፡ ሰሜን።

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

日頭出來，日頭落下，急歸所出之地。

1:6

ዓውደ፡ የዓውድ፡ ወየሐውር፡ መንፈስ፡ ወበዑደቱ፡ ይገብእ፡ መንፈስ።

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

風往南颳，又向北轉，不住地旋轉，而且返回轉行原道。

1:7

ወኵሎሙ፡ ውሒዛት፡ የሐውሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር፡ ወባሕርኒ፡ ኢኮነት፡ እንተ፡ ትመልእ፡ ውስተ፡ መካና።

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

江河都往海裏流，海卻不滿；江河從何處流，仍歸還何處。

1:8

ወእደ፡ የሐውሩ፡ አፍላግ፡ ህየ፡ ካዕበ፡ ይትመየጡ፡ ለሐዊር።

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

萬事令人厭煩，人不能說盡。眼看，看不飽；耳聽，聽不足。

1:9

ኵሉ፡ ቃል፡ ዘበሕማም፡ ኢይክል፡ ብእሲ፡ ለተናግሮ፡ ወኢይጸግብ፡ ዓይን፡ በርእይ፡ ወኢይመልእ፡ ዕዝን፡ በአጽምኦ።

That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

已有的事後必再有；已行的事後必再行。日光之下並無新事。