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Ecclesiastes 7

Greek original · 29 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 6ch. 8 →
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7:1
ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἡμέρα τοῦ θανάτου ὑπὲρ ἡμέραν γενέσεως αὐτοῦ
A good name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
美名勝過美好的膏油，死亡的日子勝過出生的日子。
7:2
ἀγαθὸν πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πένθους ἢ ὅτι πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πότου καθότι τοῦτο τέλος παντὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ ὁ ζῶν δώσει εἰς καρδίαν αὐτοῦ
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of drinking, since this is the end of every man, and the living will lay it to his heart.
往遭喪的家去，勝過往宴飲的家去，因為這是眾人的結局；活著的人也必將這事放在心上。
7:3
ἀγαθὸν θυμὸς ὑπὲρ γέλωτα ὅτι ἐν κακίᾳ προσώπου ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία
Vexation is better than laughter, for by a sad face the heart is made better.
憂憤勝過嬉笑，因為面帶愁容，心就得著益處。
7:4
καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
智慧人的心在遭喪之家，愚昧人的心在歡樂之家。
7:5
ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιτίμησιν σοφοῦ ὑπὲρ ἄνδρα ἀκούοντα ᾆσμα ἀφρόνων
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
聽智慧人的責備，勝過人聽愚昧人的歌唱。
7:6
ὅτι ὡς φωνὴ τῶν ἀκανθῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λέβητα οὕτως γέλως τῶν ἀφρόνων καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is vanity.
因為愚昧人的笑聲，就像鍋下荊棘的爆響。這也是虛空。
7:7
ὅτι ἡ συκοφαντία περιφέρει σοφὸν καὶ ἀπόλλυσι τὴν καρδίαν εὐτονίας αὐτοῦ
For oppression drives the wise man mad, and destroys the heart of his vigor.
欺壓使智慧人昏亂，也敗壞他剛強的心。
7:8
ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι
The end of words is better than its beginning; the patient man is better than the one lofty in spirit.
言語的結局勝過起頭；恆忍的人勝過心高氣傲的人。
7:9
μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν πνεύματί σου τοῦ θυμοῦσθαι ὅτι θυμὸς ἐν κόλπῳ ἀφρόνων ἀναπαύσεται
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
你的靈裡不可急躁惱怒，因為惱怒存在愚昧人的懷中。
7:10
μὴ εἴπῃς τί ἐγένετο ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι αἱ πρότεραι ἦσαν ἀγαθαὶ ὑπὲρ ταύτας ὅτι οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐπηρώτησας περὶ τούτου
Do not say, “What has happened, that the former days were better than these?” For you have not inquired about this in wisdom.
不要說：為何先前的日子強過如今的日子呢？你問這話，並不是出於智慧。
7:11
ἀγαθὴ σοφία μετὰ κληροδοσίας καὶ περισσεία τοῖς θεωροῦσιν τὸν ἥλιον
Wisdom is good together with an inheritance, and an advantage to those who see the sun.
智慧和產業一同為美，對見日光的人更是有益。
7:12
ὅτι ἐν σκιᾷ αὐτῆς ἡ σοφία ὡς σκιὰ τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ περισσεία γνώσεως τῆς σοφίας ζωοποιήσει τὸν παρ’ αὐτῆς
For to be in the shadow of wisdom is like the shadow of silver; and the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is that it gives life to the one who has it.
因為在智慧的蔭庇下，如同在銀錢的蔭庇下；而智慧之知識的益處，乃是使得著智慧的人存活。
7:13
ἰδὲ τὰ ποιήματα τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι τίς δυνήσεται τοῦ κοσμῆσαι ὃν ἂν ὁ θεὸς διαστρέψῃ αὐτόν
Consider the works of God; for who will be able to set in order what God has made crooked?
你要察看神的作為；神所使之彎曲的，誰能修飾整齊呢？
7:14
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀγαθωσύνης ζῆθι ἐν ἀγαθῷ καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακίας ἰδέ καί γε σὺν τοῦτο σύμφωνον τούτῳ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς περὶ λαλιᾶς ἵνα μὴ εὕρῃ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ μηδέν
In the day of good, live in good; and in the day of evil, consider. God has made this one to correspond to that one, concerning speech, so that a man may find nothing at all after him.
遇福樂的日子，你當在福樂中度日；遭患難的日子，你當思想。神使這一樣與那一樣彼此相對，是為著人的言語，好叫人查不出他身後的絲毫事。
7:15
σὺν τὰ πάντα εἶδον ἐν ἡμέραις ματαιότητός μου ἔστιν δίκαιος ἀπολλύμενος ἐν δικαίῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔστιν ἀσεβὴς μένων ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ
All this I have seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and there is an ungodly man enduring in his evil.
在我虛空的年日中，我見過這一切事：有義人在他的義中滅亡，也有不敬虔的人在他的惡中長存。
7:16
μὴ γίνου δίκαιος πολὺ καὶ μὴ σοφίζου περισσά μήποτε ἐκπλαγῇς
Do not be excessively righteous, and do not make yourself overly wise, lest you be confounded.
不要過分公義，也不要過分逞弄智慧，免得你驚惶失措。
7:17
μὴ ἀσεβήσῃς πολὺ καὶ μὴ γίνου σκληρός ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνῃς ἐν οὐ καιρῷ σου
Do not be exceedingly ungodly, and do not be hard, lest you die before your time.
不要大行不敬虔的事，也不要剛硬，免得你不到時候就死。
7:18
ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀντέχεσθαί σε ἐν τούτῳ καί γε ἀπὸ τούτου μὴ ἀνῇς τὴν χεῖρά σου ὅτι φοβούμενος τὸν θεὸν ἐξελεύσεται τὰ πάντα
It is good that you hold fast to this, and also from that do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come through them all.
你持守這個為美，那個也不要鬆開你的手；因為敬畏神的人，必從這一切出來。
7:19
ἡ σοφία βοηθήσει τῷ σοφῷ ὑπὲρ δέκα ἐξουσιάζοντας τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τῇ πόλει
Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten rulers who are in the city.
智慧幫助智慧人，勝過城中十個掌權的。
7:20
ὅτι ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος ἐν τῇ γῇ ὃς ποιήσει ἀγαθὸν καὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεται
For there is no righteous man on the earth who does good and does not sin.
因為地上實在沒有義人，行善而不犯罪的。
7:21
καί γε εἰς πάντας τοὺς λόγους οὓς λαλήσουσιν μὴ θῇς καρδίαν σου ὅπως μὴ ἀκούσῃς τοῦ δούλου σου καταρωμένου σε
Also, do not lay your heart to all the words that people will speak, lest you hear your servant cursing you.
人所說的一切話，你都不要放在心上，免得你聽見你的僕人咒詛你。
7:22
ὅτι πλειστάκις πονηρεύσεταί σε καὶ καθόδους πολλὰς κακώσει καρδίαν σου ὅπως καί γε σὺ κατηράσω ἑτέρους
For many times he will do you wrong, and on many occasions he will afflict your heart, just as you yourself have cursed others.
因為他多次惡待你，屢次使你的心受傷，正如你也曾咒詛別人。
7:23
πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ εἶπα σοφισθήσομαι
All these things I tested by wisdom; I said, “I will become wise.”
這一切我都曾用智慧試驗過；我說，我要得著智慧。
7:24
καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ μακρὰν ὑπὲρ ὃ ἦν καὶ βαθὺ βάθος τίς εὑρήσει αὐτό
But it was far from me, farther than it was; and it is deep, a great depth—who will find it out?
智慧卻離我遠去，比先前更遠；那深不可測的，誰能尋得呢？
7:25
ἐκύκλωσα ἐγώ καὶ ἡ καρδία μου τοῦ γνῶναι καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι καὶ ζητῆσαι σοφίαν καὶ ψῆφον καὶ τοῦ γνῶναι ἀσεβοῦς ἀφροσύνην καὶ σκληρίαν καὶ περιφοράν
I went round about, I and my heart, to know and to examine and to seek wisdom and reckoning, and to know the folly of the ungodly, and hardness, and madness.
我和我的心周遍尋求，要知道、要察究、要尋得智慧和事理，又要認識不敬虔之人的愚昧、剛硬和狂妄。
7:26
καὶ εὑρίσκω ἐγὼ πικρότερον ὑπὲρ θάνατον σὺν τὴν γυναῖκα ἥτις ἐστὶν θηρεύματα καὶ σαγῆναι καρδία αὐτῆς δεσμοὶ χεῖρες αὐτῆς ἀγαθὸς πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξαιρεθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτῆς καὶ ἁμαρτάνων συλλημφθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and dragnets, whose hands are fetters. He who is good before the face of God shall be delivered from her, but the sinner shall be caught by her.
我發現有一樣比死更苦的，就是那婦人：她的心是獵網和拖網，她的手是鎖鍊。在神面前為善的必從她得脫，犯罪的卻要被她擒住。
7:27
ἰδὲ τοῦτο εὗρον εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής μία τῇ μιᾷ τοῦ εὑρεῖν λογισμόν
See, this I found, said the Ecclesiast, one thing after another, so as to find out the reckoning.
看哪，這是我所找到的，傳道者說：一件一件地查考，為要找出理數。
7:28
ὃν ἔτι ἐζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ οὐχ εὗρον ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον
This my soul still sought and I did not find: one man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I did not find.
這是我的心仍舊尋找、卻沒有找到的：一千人中我找到一個男人，但在這一切人中，女人我一個也沒有找到。
7:29
πλὴν ἰδὲ τοῦτο εὗρον ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς σὺν τὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐθῆ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐζήτησαν λογισμοὺς πολλούς
Only see, this I found: that God made man upright, but they themselves sought out many reckonings.
只是看哪，這是我所找到的：神造人原是正直的，他們自己卻尋出許多的思算。
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