¹把握　神所賜的時機

¹For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

²眾人的命運都是一樣的：義人與惡人、好人與壞人、潔淨的與不潔淨的、獻祭的與不獻祭的，所遭遇的都是一樣的；好人怎樣，罪人也怎樣；起誓的怎樣，怕起誓的也怎樣。

²All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

³在日光之下所發生的一切事，有一件令人遺憾的，就是眾人的命運都是一樣的，並且世人的心充滿邪惡，一生心懷狂妄，後來都歸到死人那裡去。

³This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

⁴凡有生命的（“凡有生命的”原文作“凡與所有活人有關聯的”），就有盼望，因為活狗比死獅更好。

⁴For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

⁵活人還知道自己必死，死人卻一無所知，而且再得不到酬勞，他們也被遺忘。

⁵For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

⁶他們的愛，他們的恨，他們的嫉妒，都早已消失了，在日光之下所發生的一切事，永遠也沒有他們的分了。

⁶Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

⁷你只管快快樂樂地去吃你的飯，懷著高興的心去喝你的酒，因為　神已經悅納了你所作的。

⁷Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

⁸你當經常穿著白色的衣袍，頭上也不要缺少膏油。

⁸Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

⁹在你一生虛空的年日中，就是　神在日光之下賜你虛空的年日中，你要和你所愛的妻子享受人生，因為那是你一生在日光之下從勞碌中所得的分。

⁹Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

¹⁰凡是你手可作的，都當盡力去作；因為在你所要去的陰間裡，既沒有工作，又沒有籌謀；沒有知識，也沒有智慧。

¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , where you are going.

¹¹我又看見在日光之下，跑得快的未必得獎，勇士未必戰勝，智慧的未必得糧食，精明的未必致富，博學的未必得人賞識，因為時機和際遇左右眾人。

¹¹I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

¹²原來人並不知道自己的時機，正像魚被惡網圈住，鳥被網羅捉住，險惡的時機忽然臨到世人身上的時候，世人也照樣陷在其中。

¹²For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

¹³智慧勝過武力在日光之下，我又看見一樣智慧，覺得很有意義：

¹³I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

¹⁴有一座小城，人數不多；有一個大君王來進攻，把它包圍，建造巨大的高壘攻城。

¹⁴There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

¹⁵城裡有一個貧窮但有智慧的人，用他的智慧救了那城。然而，卻沒有人記念那窮人。

¹⁵Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

¹⁶於是我說：“智慧勝過武力”，但是那個窮人的智慧被藐視，他的話也沒有人聽從。

¹⁶Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

¹⁷聽智慧人安安靜靜說出來的話，勝過聽管理愚昧者的人的喊叫。

¹⁷The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

¹⁸智慧勝於戰鬥的武器，但一個罪人能破壞許多好事。

¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.