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Ecclesiastes 5

Greek original · 19 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 4ch. 6 →
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5:1
μὴ σπεῦδε ἐπὶ στόματί σου καὶ καρδία σου μὴ ταχυνάτω τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι λόγον πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ σὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔστωσαν οἱ λόγοι σου ὀλίγοι
Do not be hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart hurry to bring forth a word before God; for God is in heaven and you are on the earth. Therefore let your words be few.
你在口上不可急躁，你的心也不可急忙在神面前發言；因為神在天上，你在地上，所以你的言語要寡少。
5:2
ὅτι παραγίνεται ἐνύπνιον ἐν πλήθει περισπασμοῦ καὶ φωνὴ ἄφρονος ἐν πλήθει λόγων
For a dream comes with much distraction, and a fool’s voice with many words.
因為煩擾多，就生出夢來；言語多，就發出愚昧人的聲音。
5:3
καθὼς ἂν εὔξῃ εὐχὴν τῷ θεῷ μὴ χρονίσῃς τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτήν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν θέλημα ἐν ἄφροσιν σὺν ὅσα ἐὰν εὔξῃ ἀπόδος
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, for there is no pleasure in fools; pay whatever you vow.
你向神許了願，就不可遲延償還，因為他不喜悅愚昧人；你所許的願都要償還。
5:4
ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ εὔξασθαί σε ἢ τὸ εὔξασθαί σε καὶ μὴ ἀποδοῦναι
It is better that you not vow than that you vow and not pay.
你不許願，比許了願不償還更好。
5:5
μὴ δῷς τὸ στόμα σου τοῦ ἐξαμαρτῆσαι τὴν σάρκα σου καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι ἄγνοιά ἐστιν ἵνα μὴ ὀργισθῇ ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ φωνῇ σου καὶ διαφθείρῃ τὰ ποιήματα χειρῶν σου
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not say before God, “It was done in ignorance,” lest God be angry at your voice and destroy the works of your hands.
不可任你的口使你的肉體犯罪，也不可在神面前說這是出於無知，免得神因你的聲音發怒，敗壞你手所作的工。
5:6
ὅτι ἐν πλήθει ἐνυπνίων καὶ ματαιότητες καὶ λόγοι πολλοί ὅτι σὺν τὸν θεὸν φοβοῦ
For in a multitude of dreams there are also vanities, and many words; but fear God.
因為多夢之中也有虛空，話語也多；你只要敬畏神。
5:7
ἐὰν συκοφαντίαν πένητος καὶ ἁρπαγὴν κρίματος καὶ δικαιοσύνης ἴδῃς ἐν χώρᾳ μὴ θαυμάσῃς ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι ὅτι ὑψηλὸς ἐπάνω ὑψηλοῦ φυλάξαι καὶ ὑψηλοὶ ἐπ’ αὐτούς
If you see the oppression of the poor and the seizing of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for one high official watches over another high one, and there are higher ones over them.
你若在一省之中見窮人受欺壓，公理和公義被奪去，不要因這事詫異；因為有位高的在位高的之上鑒察，在他們之上還有更高的。
5:8
καὶ περισσεία γῆς ἐν παντί ἐστι βασιλεὺς τοῦ ἀγροῦ εἰργασμένου
And the profit of the land is for all; a king is served by the cultivated field.
地的益處歸於眾人；君王也得耕種之田地的效力。
5:9
ἀγαπῶν ἀργύριον οὐ πλησθήσεται ἀργυρίου καὶ τίς ἠγάπησεν ἐν πλήθει αὐτῶν γένημα καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; and who has loved produce in their abundance? This too is vanity.
貪愛銀子的，不因得銀子知足；誰愛豐盛的出產呢？這也是虛空。
5:10
ἐν πλήθει τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης ἐπληθύνθησαν ἔσθοντες αὐτήν καὶ τί ἀνδρεία τῷ παρ’ αὐτῆς ὅτι ἀλλ’ ἢ τοῦ ὁρᾶν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ
When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what advantage has the owner of them, except to look with his eyes?
財物增多，吃用的人也增多；物主得著甚麼能耐呢？不過是眼看而已。
5:11
γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου εἰ ὀλίγον καὶ εἰ πολὺ φάγεται καὶ τῷ ἐμπλησθέντι τοῦ πλουτῆσαι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφίων αὐτὸν τοῦ ὑπνῶσαι
Sweet is the sleep of a servant, whether he eats little or much; but for the one filled with riches, there is nothing that lets him sleep.
僕人的睡眠甘甜，無論吃多吃少；富足而飽足的人，卻無人容他安睡。
5:12
ἔστιν ἀρρωστία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον πλοῦτον φυλασσόμενον τῷ παρ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς κακίαν αὐτοῦ
There is a sickness that I saw under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his own hurt.
我見日光之下有一宗病患，就是人積存資財，反害自己。
5:13
καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ πλοῦτος ἐκεῖνος ἐν περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱόν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν
And those riches perish through an evil distraction; and he begets a son, yet there is nothing in his hand.
那財富因遭遇惡苦的煩擾而消滅；他生了兒子，手裡卻一無所有。
5:14
καθὼς ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ γυμνός ἐπιστρέψει τοῦ πορευθῆναι ὡς ἥκει καὶ οὐδὲν οὐ λήμψεται ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ἵνα πορευθῇ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ
As he came forth from his mother’s womb naked, he shall return to go as he came; and he shall take nothing from his toil to carry away in his hand.
他怎樣從母胎赤身而出，也必怎樣歸回而去；他勞碌所得的，一無所取，不能拿在手中帶走。
5:15
καί γε τοῦτο πονηρὰ ἀρρωστία ὥσπερ γὰρ παρεγένετο οὕτως καὶ ἀπελεύσεται καὶ τίς περισσεία αὐτῷ ᾗ μοχθεῖ εἰς ἄνεμον
This too is an evil sickness: just as he came, so also he shall go; and what profit has he who toils for the wind?
這也是一宗惡苦的病患：他來的情形怎樣，去的情形也怎樣；他為風勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？
5:16
καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει καὶ πένθει καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ καὶ ἀρρωστίᾳ καὶ χόλῳ
Moreover, all his days are in darkness and grief and much vexation and sickness and anger.
並且他一生的日子都在黑暗、悲哀、多怒、病患和惱恨之中。
5:17
ἰδοὺ ὃ εἶδον ἐγὼ ἀγαθόν ὅ ἐστιν καλόν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τοῦ πιεῖν καὶ τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἀγαθωσύνην ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ᾧ ἐὰν μοχθῇ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ἀριθμὸν ἡμερῶν ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ὧν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ
Behold, what I have seen to be good, which is fitting: to eat and to drink and to see good in all one’s toil at which he toils under the sun for the number of the days of his life that God has given him; for that is his portion.
看哪，我所見為美為善的，就是人在神賜他一生的年日中，在日光之下勞碌，享受吃喝，並在一切勞碌中得見福樂；這是他的分。
5:18
καί γε πᾶς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ᾧ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς πλοῦτον καὶ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ ἐξουσίασεν αὐτὸν τοῦ φαγεῖν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ λαβεῖν τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ τοῦτο δόμα θεοῦ ἐστιν
Moreover, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, and has empowered him to eat of it and to take his portion and to rejoice in his toil—this is a gift of God.
並且凡蒙神賜下資財豐富的人，神又使他有權柄從中吃用，取自己的分，在勞碌中喜樂；這乃是神的恩賜。
5:19
ὅτι οὐ πολλὰ μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς περισπᾷ αὐτὸν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καρδίας αὐτοῦ
For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.
他必不多思念自己一生的年日，因為神使他的心存著喜樂而忙碌。
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