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Ecclesiastes 9

Greek original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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9:1
ὅτι σὺν πᾶν τοῦτο ἔδωκα εἰς καρδίαν μου καὶ καρδία μου σὺν πᾶν εἶδεν τοῦτο ὡς οἱ δίκαιοι καὶ οἱ σοφοὶ καὶ ἐργασίαι αὐτῶν ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ θεοῦ καί γε ἀγάπην καί γε μῖσος οὐκ ἔστιν εἰδὼς ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὰ πάντα πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν
For all this I gave into my heart, and my heart saw all this: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and also love, and also hatred, man does not know; all things are before their face.
我將這一切都放在心上，我的心也看明了這一切：義人和智慧人，並他們的作為，都在神手中；或是愛，或是恨，人都不知道；一切都在他們面前。
9:2
ματαιότης ἐν τοῖς πᾶσιν συνάντημα ἓν τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ τῷ ἀσεβεῖ τῷ ἀγαθῷ καὶ τῷ κακῷ καὶ τῷ καθαρῷ καὶ τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ καὶ τῷ θυσιάζοντι καὶ τῷ μὴ θυσιάζοντι ὡς ὁ ἀγαθός ὧς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων ὧς ὁ ὀμνύων καθὼς ὁ τὸν ὅρκον φοβούμενος
Vanity is in all things: one event comes to the righteous and to the ungodly, to the good and to the evil, and to the clean and to the unclean, and to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; as is he who swears, so is he who fears an oath.
萬事都是虛空：義人和不虔的人，善人和惡人，潔淨的和不潔淨的，獻祭的和不獻祭的，所遭遇的都是一樣。善人怎樣，犯罪的也怎樣；起誓的怎樣，懼怕起誓的也怎樣。
9:3
τοῦτο πονηρὸν ἐν παντὶ πεποιημένῳ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ὅτι συνάντημα ἓν τοῖς πᾶσιν καί γε καρδία υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπληρώθη πονηροῦ καὶ περιφέρεια ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς νεκρούς
This is an evil in all that has been done under the sun: that one event comes to all; and also the heart of the sons of man is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that they go to the dead.
在日光之下所做的一切事中，有這一件禍患，就是眾人所遭遇的都是一樣；並且世人的心充滿了惡，他們一生心裡狂亂，此後就歸到死人那裡去。
9:4
ὅτι τίς ὃς κοινωνεῖ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ζῶντας ἔστιν ἐλπίς ὅτι ὁ κύων ὁ ζῶν αὐτὸς ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν λέοντα τὸν νεκρόν
For who is he that shares with all the living? There is hope, for a living dog is itself better than the dead lion.
與一切活人相連的，是誰呢？還有指望，因為活著的狗比死了的獅子更好。
9:5
ὅτι οἱ ζῶντες γνώσονται ὅτι ἀποθανοῦνται καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ οὔκ εἰσιν γινώσκοντες οὐδέν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἔτι μισθός ὅτι ἐπελήσθη ἡ μνήμη αὐτῶν
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward for them, for their memory is forgotten.
因為活著的人知道自己必死，死了的人卻毫無所知，也不再有賞賜，因為他們的記念已被忘記。
9:6
καί γε ἀγάπη αὐτῶν καί γε μῖσος αὐτῶν καί γε ζῆλος αὐτῶν ἤδη ἀπώλετο καὶ μερὶς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἔτι εἰς αἰῶνα ἐν παντὶ τῷ πεποιημένῳ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον
Their love also, and their hatred also, and their jealousy also, have already perished; and they no longer have any portion for ever in all that has been done under the sun.
他們的愛、他們的恨、他們的嫉妒，早已消滅了；在日光之下所做的一切事上，他們永遠不再有分。
9:7
δεῦρο φάγε ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ ἄρτον σου καὶ πίε ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀγαθῇ οἶνόν σου ὅτι ἤδη εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ ποιήματά σου
Come, eat your bread with gladness, and drink your wine with a good heart, for God has already approved your works.
你來，歡歡喜喜吃你的餅，心中快樂喝你的酒，因為神已經悅納你所做的。
9:8
ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἔστωσαν ἱμάτιά σου λευκά καὶ ἔλαιον ἐπὶ κεφαλήν σου μὴ ὑστερησάτω
At every season let your garments be white, and let oil not be lacking on your head.
你的衣服要時常潔白，你頭上也不可缺少膏油。
9:9
ἰδὲ ζωὴν μετὰ γυναικός ἧς ἠγάπησας πάσας ἡμέρας ζωῆς ματαιότητός σου τὰς δοθείσας σοι ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον πάσας ἡμέρας ματαιότητός σου ὅτι αὐτὸ μερίς σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου καὶ ἐν τῷ μόχθῳ σου ᾧ σὺ μοχθεῖς ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον
See life with the woman whom you loved, all the days of your life of vanity that were given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity; for that is your portion in your life and in your toil with which you toil under the sun.
你要與你所愛的妻子一同享受生命，就是在日光之下所賜給你、你虛空一生的一切日子，你一切虛空的日子；因為這是你在生命中，並你在日光之下勞碌所得的分。
9:10
πάντα ὅσα ἂν εὕρῃ ἡ χείρ σου τοῦ ποιῆσαι ὡς ἡ δύναμίς σου ποίησον ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ποίημα καὶ λογισμὸς καὶ γνῶσις καὶ σοφία ἐν ᾅδῃ ὅπου σὺ πορεύῃ ἐκεῖ
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your strength; for there is no work nor reckoning nor knowledge nor wisdom in Hades, where you are going.
凡你手所能做的，都要照你的力量去做；因為在你所要去的陰間，沒有工作，沒有謀算，沒有知識，也沒有智慧。
9:11
ἐπέστρεψα καὶ εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ὅτι οὐ τοῖς κούφοις ὁ δρόμος καὶ οὐ τοῖς δυνατοῖς ὁ πόλεμος καί γε οὐ τοῖς σοφοῖς ἄρτος καί γε οὐ τοῖς συνετοῖς πλοῦτος καί γε οὐ τοῖς γινώσκουσιν χάρις ὅτι καιρὸς καὶ ἀπάντημα συναντήσεται τοῖς πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς
I turned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to those who have knowledge; for time and chance will meet them all.
我轉念在日光之下觀看，見快跑的未必能賽贏，勇士未必能戰勝，智慧人未必得糧食，聰明人未必得資財，有知識的未必蒙恩寵；因為時機與際遇要臨到他們眾人。
9:12
ὅτι καί γε οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὸν καιρὸν αὐτοῦ ὡς οἱ ἰχθύες οἱ θηρευόμενοι ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ κακῷ καὶ ὡς ὄρνεα τὰ θηρευόμενα ἐν παγίδι ὡς αὐτὰ παγιδεύονται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰς καιρὸν πονηρόν ὅταν ἐπιπέσῃ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἄφνω
For man also does not know his time. As fish that are caught in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so the sons of man are snared at an evil time, when it falls upon them suddenly.
因為人也不知道自己的時候。魚怎樣被惡網圈住，雀鳥怎樣被網羅捉住，世人也照樣在禍患的時候陷在網羅裡，就是禍患忽然臨到他們的時候。
9:13
καί γε τοῦτο εἶδον σοφίαν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον καὶ μεγάλη ἐστὶν πρός με
This also I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
我又見日光之下有這樣的智慧，在我看來是極大的。
9:14
πόλις μικρὰ καὶ ἄνδρες ἐν αὐτῇ ὀλίγοι καὶ ἔλθῃ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν βασιλεὺς μέγας καὶ κυκλώσῃ αὐτὴν καὶ οἰκοδομήσῃ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν χάρακας μεγάλους
A little city, and few men in it; and a great king came against it and surrounded it and built great siegeworks against it.
有一座小城，其中的人稀少；有一位大君王來攻擊它，把它圍住，又築起高大的營壘攻打它。
9:15
καὶ εὕρῃ ἐν αὐτῇ ἄνδρα πένητα σοφόν καὶ διασώσει αὐτὸς τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἐμνήσθη σὺν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τοῦ πένητος ἐκείνου
And he found in it a poor wise man, and that man himself delivered the city by his wisdom; yet no one remembered that poor man.
他在城中遇見一個貧窮的智慧人，那人用自己的智慧救了那城；卻沒有人記念那貧窮人。
9:16
καὶ εἶπα ἐγώ ἀγαθὴ σοφία ὑπὲρ δύναμιν καὶ σοφία τοῦ πένητος ἐξουδενωμένη καὶ λόγοι αὐτοῦ οὔκ εἰσιν ἀκουόμενοι
And I said: Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not listened to.
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。
9:17
λόγοι σοφῶν ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἀκούονται ὑπὲρ κραυγὴν ἐξουσιαζόντων ἐν ἀφροσύναις
The words of the wise are heard in quietness more than the shouting of those who hold power among follies.
智慧人安靜的言語，比那在愚妄中掌權者的喊叫更有人聽從。
9:18
ἀγαθὴ σοφία ὑπὲρ σκεύη πολέμου καὶ ἁμαρτάνων εἷς ἀπολέσει ἀγαθωσύνην πολλήν
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one who sins will destroy much good.
智慧勝過打仗的兵器；但一個犯罪的人能敗壞許多善事。
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