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Ecclesiastes 12

Greek original · 14 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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12:1

καὶ μνήσθητι τοῦ κτίσαντός σε ἐν ἡμέραις νεότητός σου ἕως ὅτου μὴ ἔλθωσιν ἡμέραι τῆς κακίας καὶ φθάσωσιν ἔτη ἐν οἷς ἐρεῖς οὐκ ἔστιν μοι ἐν αὐτοῖς θέλημα

And remember him who created you in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come and the years draw near in which you will say, 'I have no pleasure in them.'

你在年少的日子，當記念造你的主，就在那災難的日子尚未來到，那些年歲尚未臨近之先；到那時你必說：我在其中毫無喜悅。

12:2

ἕως οὗ μὴ σκοτισθῇ ὁ ἥλιος καὶ τὸ φῶς καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν τὰ νέφη ὀπίσω τοῦ ὑετοῦ

Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain.

就是在日頭、光明、月亮、星宿尚未變為黑暗，雨後的雲彩尚未返回之先。

12:3

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐὰν σαλευθῶσιν φύλακες τῆς οἰκίας καὶ διαστραφῶσιν ἄνδρες τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ ἤργησαν αἱ ἀλήθουσαι ὅτι ὠλιγώθησαν καὶ σκοτάσουσιν αἱ βλέπουσαι ἐν ταῖς ὀπαῖς

In the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the men of strength are bent, and the grinding women cease because they are few, and those who look through the openings grow dark.

在那日，看守房屋的必戰兢，有力的男人必彎曲，推磨的因為稀少就止息，從窗孔往外看的也都昏暗。

12:4

καὶ κλείσουσιν θύρας ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ φωνῆς τῆς ἀληθούσης καὶ ἀναστήσεται εἰς φωνὴν τοῦ στρουθίου καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ θυγατέρες τοῦ ᾄσματος

And they shut the doors in the marketplace, when the sound of the grinding is faint; and one rises at the sound of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song are brought low.

街市上的門必關閉，推磨的聲音微小；人一聽雀鳥的聲音就起來，歌唱的女子也都衰微。

12:5

καί γε ἀπὸ ὕψους ὄψονται καὶ θάμβοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ἀνθήσῃ τὸ ἀμύγδαλον καὶ παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς καὶ διασκεδασθῇ ἡ κάππαρις ὅτι ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς οἶκον αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν ἐν ἀγορᾷ οἱ κοπτόμενοι

And they will also look from a height, and terrors are in the way; and the almond tree blossoms, and the locust grows fat, and the caper berry is scattered; for man goes to his eternal house, and the mourners circle about in the marketplace.

人也從高處觀望，路上有驚駭；杏樹開花，蝗蟲長肥，續隨子也消散；因為人歸他永遠的家，哀哭的人在街市上圍繞。

12:6

ἕως ὅτου μὴ ἀνατραπῇ σχοινίον τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ συνθλιβῇ ἀνθέμιον τοῦ χρυσίου καὶ συντριβῇ ὑδρία ἐπὶ τὴν πηγήν καὶ συντροχάσῃ ὁ τροχὸς ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον

Before the silver cord is overturned, and the golden flower-work is crushed, and the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel runs down onto the cistern.

就是在銀鍊尚未折斷，金的花飾尚未壓碎，水瓶在泉旁尚未破裂，輪子在井口尚未損壞之先。

12:7

καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃ ὁ χοῦς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὡς ἦν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς τὸν θεόν ὃς ἔδωκεν αὐτό

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

塵土仍歸於地，像從前一樣；靈仍歸於賜靈的神。

12:8

ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής τὰ πάντα ματαιότης

Vanity of vanities, said the Ecclesiast, all is vanity.

傳道者說：虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。

12:9

καὶ περισσὸν ὅτι ἐγένετο Ἐκκλησιαστὴς σοφός ἔτι ἐδίδαξεν γνῶσιν σὺν τὸν λαόν καὶ οὖς ἐξιχνιάσεται κόσμιον παραβολῶν

And beyond this, because the Ecclesiast was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and an ear will trace out the ordering of proverbs.

再者，傳道者既有智慧，還將知識教訓眾民；耳朵要探究箴言的次序。