Ecclesiastes 2
1 Come, then, I said in my heart, I will have a taste of joy, and thou shalt see what is good; but, behold, this also was vanity.
我わが心に言けらく 來れ我試みに汝をよろこばせんとす 汝逸樂をきはめよと 嗚呼是もまた空なりき
2 Of laughter I said, It maketh one mad: and of joy, What doth this do?
我笑を論ふ是は狂なり 快樂を論ふ是何の爲ところあらんやと
3 I resolved in my heart to indulge my body with wine, while my heart guideth itself with wisdom; and to lay fast hold on folly, till I might see what it is that is good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life.
我心に智慧を懐きて居つつ酒をもて肉身を肥さんと試みたり 又世の人は天が下において生涯如何なる事をなさば善らんかを知んために我は愚なる事を行ふことをせり
4 I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;
我は大なる事業をなせり 我はわが爲に家を建て葡萄園を設け
5 I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit;
園をつくり囿をつくり 又菓のなる諸の樹を其處に植ゑ
6 I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees;
また水の塘池をつくりて樹木の生茂れる林に其より水を灌がしめたり
7 I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem.
我は僕婢を買得たり また家の子あり 我はまた凡て我より前にヱルサレムにをりし者よりも衆多の牛羊を有り
8 I gathered unto myself also silver and gold, and the choice treasures of kings and of the provinces: I procured myself male singers and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men, wagons and chariots.
我は金銀を積み 王等と國々の財寶を積あげたり また歌詠之男女を得 世の人の樂なる妻妾を多くえたり
9 So was I great, and obtained more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
斯我は大なる者となり 我より前にヱルサレムにをりし諸の人よりも大になりぬ 吾智慧もまたわが身を離れざりき
10 And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil.
凡そわが目の好む者は我これを禁ぜす 凡そわが心の悦ぶ者は我これを禁ぜざりき 即ち我はわが諸の勞苦によりて快樂を得たり 是は我が諸の勞苦によりて得たるところの分なり
11 But when I turned myself [to look] on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
我わが手にて爲たる諸の事業および我が勞して事を爲たる勞苦を顧みるに 皆空にして風を捕ふるが如くなりき 日の下には益となる者あらざるなり
12 And then I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [only] that which [others] have done already.
我また身を轉らして智慧と狂妄と愚癡とを觀たり 抑王に嗣ぐところの人は如何なる事を爲うるや その旣になせしところの事に過ざるべし
13 But I saw indeed that wisdom hath the advantage over folly, as great as the advantage of light over darkness.
光明の黑暗にまさるがごとく智慧は愚癡に勝るなり 我これを暁れり
14 The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them.
智者の目はその頭にあり愚者は黑暗に歩む 然ど我しる其みな遇ふところの事は同一なり
15 Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity.
我心に謂けらく 愚者の遇ふところの事に我もまた遇ふべければ 我なんぞ智慧のまさる所あらんや 我また心に謂り是も亦空なるのみと
16 For there is no recollection of the wise any more than of the fool for ever: seeing that which hath long ago been will, in the days that are coming, all be forgotten. And how doth the wise die equally with the fool!
夫智者も愚者と均しく永く世に記念らるることなし 來らん世にいたれば皆早く旣に忘らるるなり 嗚呼智者の愚者とおなじく死るは是如何なる事ぞや
17 Therefore I hated life; because I felt displeased with the work that is wrought under the sun; for all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
是に於て我世にながらふることを厭へり 凡そ日の下に爲ところの事は我に惡く見ればなり 即ち皆空にして風を捕ふるがごとし
18 Yea, I hated also all my toil with which I had toiled under the sun; because I should have to leave it unto the man that will be after me.
我は日の下にわが勞して諸の動作をなしたるを恨む其は我の後を嗣ぐ人にこれを遺さざるを得ざればなり
19 And who knoweth, whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have full sway over all my toil wherein I have toiled, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. Also this is vanity.
其人の智愚は誰かこれを知らん然るにその人は日の下に我が勞して爲し智慧をこめて爲たる諸の工作を管理るにいたらん是また空なり
20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to give up thinking of all the toil wherewith I had toiled under the sun.
我身をめぐらし日の下にわが勞して爲たる諸の動作のために望を失へり
21 For there is many a man whose toil is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with energy; yet to a man that hath not toiled therefore must he give it as his portion. Also this is vanity and a great evil.
今茲に人あり 智慧と知識と才能をもて勞して事をなさんに終には之がために勞せざる人に一切を遺してその所有となさしめざるを得ざるなり 是また空にして大に惡し
22 For what doth a man obtain of all his toil, and of the torture of his heart, wherewith he toileth under the sun?
夫人はその日の下に勞して爲ところの諸の動作とその心勞によりて何の得ところ有るや
23 For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is [mingled with] his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Also this is vanity.
その世にある日には常に憂患あり その勞苦は苦し その心は夜の間も安んずることあらず 是また空なり
24 It is not a good thing [inherent] in man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy happiness for his toil. Also this have I seen, that it cometh out of the hand of God.
人の食飮をなしその勞苦によりて心を樂しましむるは幸福なる事にあらず 是もまた神の手より出るなり 我これを見る
25 For who can well eat, or who can enjoy earthly things more than I?
誰かその食ふところその歓樂を極むるところに於て我にまさる者あらん
26 For to a man who is good in his presence [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth employment, to gather up and to bring together, that he may give it to him that is good before God. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
神はその心に適ふ人には智慧と知識と喜樂を賜ふ 然れども罪を犯す人には勞苦を賜ひて斂めかつ積ことを爲さしむ 是は其を神の心に適ふ人に與へたまはんためなり 是もまた空にして風を捕ふるがごとし
