Ecclesiastes:Chapter 6

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Ecclesiastes:Chapter 6

訓道篇	Ecclesiastes
¹我看見在太陽下，另有一種不幸，重壓在人身上：	¹There is another very evil thing which I saw under the sun: a man has riches, property, honor, and lacks nothing he could desire,
²有一人，天主賜他富裕、錢財、光榮；凡他心中所願意的，一件也不缺；但天主沒有讓他享用這一切，卻讓外人享用了：這也是空虛，是一件很悲慘的事。	²yet God does not permit him to benefit from them; a stranger has the enjoyment. That is nonsense and a grievous hurt.
³一人生有百子，活了很大歲數，他年紀雖高，卻沒有隨心享受福樂，且未得安葬，照我看來，他還不如流產的胎兒。	³What if a man had a hundred sons and lived many years but without tasting happiness and even without a tomb! More fortunate, I would say, the one untimely-born.
⁴流產的胎兒徒然而來，悄然而去，他的名字也湮沒無聞；	⁴For he came in vain and goes to darkness and in darkness will his name be hidden.
⁵他沒有見過天日，也沒有任何知覺，但他總比那人更享安寧。	⁵He has not seen the sun and has not known it. Finally he has had more rest than that man.
⁶那人即便活了兩千歲，如未享受福樂，他們二人豈不是同歸一處？	⁶Even if he should live a thousand years twice over, but without tasting happiness; do not both go to the same place?
⁷人的一切勞碌都是為了口腹，但他的慾望卻總不知滿足。	⁷Man works to fill his stomach, yet he himself is not satisfied.
⁸智者較愚者究有什麼利益？知道如何與人往來的窮人，能得什麼好處？	⁸Has the wise man more than the fool? What is the benefit of wisdom to one overwhelmed by poverty?
⁹眼看見過的總勝過心所想望的：這也是空虛，也是追風。	⁹What the eye sees seems better than what the heart desires. That, too, is senseless and chasing wind.
¹⁰已往所有的，都已有名可稱；人為何物，都已知道；人決不能與強於自己的抗辯。	¹⁰Everything has already been evaluated. One knows what man is and that he cannot dispute with the one stronger than himself.
¹¹說話多，必多空談：這對人能有什麼益處？	¹¹Many words, much emptiness; what does it profit?
¹²在空虛，消逝如影的人生少數歲月內，有誰知道什麼事對人有益？又有誰能給人指示，他身後在太陽下要發生什麼事？	¹²Who knows what is the good way of life for man, during the days of his meaningless life which pass like a shadow? Who will let him know what will happen after he has gone?

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