傳道書 1
1 達味之子耶路撒冷的君王「訓道者」的語錄：
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 虛而又虛，訓道者說：虛而又虛，萬事皆虛。
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
3 人在太陽下辛勤勞作，為人究有何益﹖
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
4 一代過去，一代又來，大地仍然常在。
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
5 太陽升起，太陽落下，匆匆趕回原處，從新再升。
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
6 風吹向南，又轉向北，旋轉不息，循環周行。
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
7 江河流入大海，大海總不滿溢；江河仍向所往之處，川流不息。
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
8 萬事皆辛勞，無人能盡言：眼看，看不夠；耳聽，聽不飽。
All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 往昔所有的，將來會再有；昔日所行的，將來會再行；太陽之下決無新事。
That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 若有人指著某事說：「看，這是新事。」豈不知在我們以前早就有過。
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
11 只是對往者，沒有人去追憶；同樣，對來者，也不會為後輩所記念。
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
12 我訓道者，曾在耶路撒冷作過以色列的君王。
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 我曾專心用智慧考查研究過天下所發生的一切；－－這實在是天主賜與人類的一項艱辛的工作。
And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
14 我觀察了在太陽下所發生的一切：看，都是空虛，都是追風。
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
15 彎曲的，不能使之正直，虧缺的，實在不可勝數。
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 我心裏自語說：「看，我獲得了又大又多的智慧，勝過了所有在我以前住在耶路撒冷的人，我的心獲得了許多智慧和學問。」
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
17 我再專心研究智慧和學問，愚昧和狂妄，我纔發覺：連這項工作也是追風。
And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
18 因為，智慧愈多，煩惱愈多；學問越廣，憂慮越深。
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
