传道书 1
1 在耶路撒冷作王、大卫的儿子、传道者的言语。
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 传道者说：虚空的虚空， 虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
3 人一切的劳碌， 就是他在日光之下的劳碌，有什么益处呢？
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 一代过去，一代又来， 地却永远长存。
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 日头出来，日头落下， 急归所出之地。
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 风往南刮，又向北转， 不住地旋转，而且返回转行原道。
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7 江河都往海里流，海却不满； 江河从何处流，仍归还何处。
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8 万事令人厌烦， 人不能说尽。 眼看，看不饱； 耳听，听不足。
All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it: ] the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 已有的事后必再有； 已行的事后必再行。 日光之下并无新事。
The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
10 岂有一件事人能指着说这是新的？ 哪知，在我们以前的世代早已有了。
Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 已过的世代，无人记念； 将来的世代，后来的人也不记念。
[There is] no remembrance of former [things; ] neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
12 我传道者在耶路撒冷作过以色列的王。
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 我专心用智慧寻求、查究天下所做的一切事，乃知 神叫世人所经练的是极重的劳苦。
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14 我见日光之下所做的一切事，都是虚空，都是捕风。
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
15 弯曲的，不能变直； 缺少的，不能足数。
[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 我心里议论说：我得了大智慧，胜过我以前在耶路撒冷的众人，而且我心中多经历智慧和知识的事。
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 我又专心察明智慧、狂妄，和愚昧，乃知这也是捕风。
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 因为多有智慧，就多有愁烦； 加增知识的，就加增忧伤。
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
