Ecclesiastes:Chapter 5
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| 1你不要在天主前冒然開口，你的心也不要急於發言應許，因為天主在天上，你在地下，為此你說話應當簡單。 | 1Don't be impulsive and hasty with words in the presence of God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. For that reason let your words be few. |
| 2因為夜夢由於事務繁雜，亂語出於多言。 | 2For dreams come from over-anxiety and foolish talk from too many words. |
| 3你一向天主許願，就不可拖延償還，因為他不喜歡人怠慢；你許了願，就應速還； | 3When you make a vow to God, waste no time in fulfilling it, for he takes no pleasure in fools. Do what you vowed. |
| 4不許願好過許而不還。 | 4Better not to make a vow than to fail to fulfill it. |
| 5不要放任你的口，使你陷於罪過，免得你在使者前說是「錯許了。」為何要天主因你這句話而發怒，破壞你手中的工作？ | 5Don't let your speech cause you to sin, and then tell God's minister it was a mistake. Why anger God by what you say and destroy the work of your hands? From much dreaming and many words comes emptiness. |
| 6多夢多虛幻，多言多糊塗；你要敬畏天主。 | 6So fear God. |
| 7你若在某省看見欺壓窮人，違犯公道和正義的事，不必對此驚奇，因為高者之上還有更高者在上鑒察，而他們之上還有更高者。 | 7If you see the poor oppressed, right and justice denied in the province, do not be surprised, for over a high-placed official a higher one watches, and over both of these a still higher one watches. |
| 8國家全面的利益，在乎有一位關心農業的君王。 | 8The produce of the land benefits everyone and the king serves the land. |
| 9愛錢的，錢不能使他滿足：愛財的，進益不能使他滿足：這也是空虛。 | 9Whoever loves money will not be satisfied with money. Whoever loves wealth hasn't sufficient income. This is senseless. |
| 10錢財增多，消費的人也隨之增多；財主除飽享眼福外，能有什麼益處？ | 10When there is abundance of good things there is abundance of consumers. What profit is there for the owner except to look on? |
| 11工人不論吃多吃少，總睡得甘甜；飽食的富人，卻難於安眠。 | 11Sweet the sleep of the laborer, whether he eats little or much. But the rich man who has had his fill cannot sleep. |
| 12我看見在太陽下有一件慘痛的事：財主積蓄財富，反而害了自己。 | 12There is a great evil that I found under the sun, the rich man who kept his wealth to his own harm. |
| 13生意一次失敗，財產盡失：生了個兒子，手中一無所有。 | 13A mistaken investment and these riches are lost; a son is born but there is nothing to leave him. |
| 14他赤身出離母胎，也照樣赤身歸去；他勞力之所得，絲毫不能帶去。 | 14Naked he came from his mother's womb, he returns as he came - naked. Nothing of the fruit of his toil is he able to take with him. |
| 15這也是一件慘痛的事：他怎樣來，也怎樣去；他操勞追風，究有什麼益處； | 15That, too, is a grievous evil: As he came, so he goes. So what did he gain from chasing the wind? |
| 16況且他一生在黑暗中生活，遭受許多煩惱、疾病和悲憤的事。 | 16Why did he eat in darkness all through his life, amidst great sorrow, suffering and vexation? |
| 17我所認為幸福美滿的事，是人在天主所賞的少數歲月內，有吃有喝，且享受他在太陽下一切勞碌所得的福樂，這原是他應得的一分。 | 17This is what I saw as most fitting for man: to eat, drink and be happy in all the work he does under the sun during the days God grants him; this is his reward. |
| 18的確，天主賞賜人財產和富裕，叫他能享用；能取得應有的一分，能享受勞碌所得的快樂，實是天主的恩賜。 | 18And when God gives a man riches and property with the possibility of enjoying them and being happy in his work, this is a gift from God. |
| 19那麼，人就不甚顧慮人生歲月的短促，因為天主以喜樂充滿了他的心。 | 19As long as God keeps him occupied in the gladness of his heart, he is not concerned about how long he will live. |
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