1財富享樂都是虛空我自己心裡說：“來吧，我用享樂試試你，讓你看看有甚麼好處。”想不到，這也是虛空。
1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.
2對嬉笑，我說：“那是狂妄”；對享樂，我說：“這有甚麼作用呢？”
2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3我心裡籌思，怎樣用酒使我的身體暢快，又保持愚昧，但我的內心仍由智慧引導；直到我看明世人，在諸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，對他們有益的是甚麼。
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
4我大事發展：為自己建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，
4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5修造園囿，在園中栽種各類果樹，
5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6挖造水池，用來澆灌培植樹木的林園。
6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.
7我買了僕婢，也有生在家中的奴僕；又擁有大群牛羊，勝過任何比我先在耶路撒冷的人所擁有的。
7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
8我又為自己積蓄金銀，以及列王和各省的財寶。我又為自己招募男女歌手，收納許多妃嬪，是世人所以為樂的。
8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9於是我就日漸昌大，超過任何比我先在耶路撒冷的人；我的智慧仍然與我同在。
9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
10我眼中所求的，我都不禁止；我心所喜歡的，我都沒抑制。我的心因我的一切勞碌而快樂，這就是我從一切勞碌中所得的分。
10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
11然後，我省察我手所作的一切，和我勞碌所成就的，想不到一切都是虛空，都是捕風，在日光之下毫無益處。
11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12智愚同一命運都是虛空我轉過來觀察智慧、狂妄和愚昧。王的繼承人還能作甚麼呢？只不過作先前作過的罷了。
12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13於是我看出智慧勝過愚昧，如同光明勝過黑暗一樣。
13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14智慧人的眼目明亮，愚昧人卻走在黑暗中。我也知道同一的命運要臨到這兩種人身上。
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15我自己心裡說：“臨到愚昧人身上的，也必臨到我身上；那麼，我為甚麼要更有智慧呢？”於是我心裡說：“這也是虛空。”
15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16因為智慧人和愚昧人一樣，沒有人永遠記念他們，在未來的日子裡，都會被人遺忘。可歎智慧人跟愚昧人一樣，終必死亡。
16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
17因此我恨惡生命，因為在日光之下所發生的事，都使我厭煩。一切都是虛空，都是捕風。
17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18勞碌一生都是虛空我恨惡我的一切勞碌，就是我在日光之下的勞碌，因為我不得不把勞碌的成果留給後人。
18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19那人將來是智是愚，有誰曉得呢？可是他竟要掌管一切我勞碌得來的，就是我在日光之下用智慧得來的。這又是虛空。
19Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20於是我轉念，對日光之下我所勞碌的一切，心感絕望；
20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21因為人用智慧、知識和技能所勞碌得來的，卻必須留給未曾勞碌的人為分。這也是虛空，是極大的憾事。
21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22人的一切勞碌和操心，就是他在日光之下所勞碌的，對自己有甚麼益處呢？
22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
23其實終其一生，他的擔子既痛苦又煩惱，在夜間也不能安心。這也是虛空。
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
24人生享樂皆 神所賜人最好是吃喝，在自己的勞碌中自得其樂；我看這也是出於 神的手。
24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25離開了他（“他”按照《馬索拉抄本》應作“我”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），誰能有吃的呢？誰能享樂呢？
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 神把智慧、知識和喜樂賜給他所喜悅的人，卻使罪人作收集和積聚的差事，把所得的歸給 神所喜悅的人。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.