Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
我心里说：“来吧，我以喜乐试试你，你好享福！”谁知，这也是虚空。
2 I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
我指嬉笑说：“这是狂妄。”论喜乐说：“有何功效呢？”
3 I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
4 I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
我为自己动大工程，建造房屋，栽种葡萄园，
5 I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
修造园囿，在其中栽种各样果木树；
6 I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
挖造水池，用以浇灌嫩小的树木。
7 I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
我买了仆婢，也有生在家中的仆婢；又有许多牛群羊群，胜过以前在耶路撒冷众人所有的。
8 and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
我又为自己积蓄金银和君王的财宝，并各省的财宝；又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜爱的物，并许多的妃嫔。
9 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
这样，我就日见昌盛，胜过以前在耶路撒冷的众人。我的智慧仍然存留。
10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
凡我眼所求的，我没有留下不给它的；我心所乐的，我没有禁止不享受的；因我的心为我一切所劳碌的快乐，这就是我从劳碌中所得的分。
11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
后来，我察看我手所经营的一切事和我劳碌所成的功。谁知都是虚空，都是捕风；在日光之下毫无益处。
12 Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
我转念观看智慧、狂妄，和愚昧。在王以后而来的人还能做什么呢？也不过行早先所行的就是了。
13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
我便看出智慧胜过愚昧，如同光明胜过黑暗。
14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
智慧人的眼目光明，愚昧人在黑暗里行。我却看明有一件事，这两等人都必遇见。
15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
我就心里说：“愚昧人所遇见的，我也必遇见，我为何更有智慧呢？”我心里说，这也是虚空。
16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
智慧人和愚昧人一样，永远无人记念，因为日后都被忘记；可叹智慧人死亡，与愚昧人无异。
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
我所以恨恶生命；因为在日光之下所行的事我都以为烦恼，都是虚空，都是捕风。
18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
我恨恶一切的劳碌，就是我在日光之下的劳碌，因为我得来的必留给我以后的人。
19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
那人是智慧是愚昧，谁能知道？他竟要管理我劳碌所得的，就是我在日光之下用智慧所得的。这也是虚空。
20 So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
故此，我转想我在日光之下所劳碌的一切工作，心便绝望。
21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
因为有人用智慧、知识、灵巧所劳碌得来的，却要留给未曾劳碌的人为分。这也是虚空，也是大患。
22 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
人在日光之下劳碌累心，在他一切的劳碌上得着什么呢？
23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
因为他日日忧虑，他的劳苦成为愁烦，连夜间心也不安。这也是虚空。
24 Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
人莫强如吃喝，且在劳碌中享福，我看这也是出于 神的手。
25 For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
论到吃用、享福，谁能胜过我呢？
26 To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
神喜悦谁，就给谁智慧、知识，和喜乐；惟有罪人， 神使他劳苦，叫他将所收聚的、所堆积的归给 神所喜悦的人。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
