¹斗争劳碌都是虚空

¹And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.

²我赞叹那已死的人，胜过那还活着的人。

²And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

³那还没生下来的，就是还没看过日光之下所行的恶事的，比这两种人更有福。

³And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

⁴我看见各样的劳碌和各样精巧的工作，都是出于人与人彼此的竞争。这也是虚空，也是捕风。

⁴And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁵愚昧人抱着手，吃自己的肉。

⁵The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:

⁶一掌盛满安宁，胜过两手抓满劳碌捕风。

⁶`Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.`

⁷我又看到日光之下有一件虚空的事。

⁷And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

⁸有人孤单无依，没有儿子，没有兄弟，仍劳碌不休，眼目也不以自己的财富为足。他问：“我劳劳碌碌，刻薄自己不去享受，是为谁呢？”这也是虚空，是劳苦的担子。

⁸There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?` This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

⁹二人胜过一人，因为他们一起的劳碌有美好的酬报。

⁹The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

¹⁰如果一个跌倒，另一个可以把他的同伴扶起来。但一人孤身跌倒，没有别人把他扶起来，他就悲惨了。

¹⁰For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

¹¹还有，二人同睡，就都暖和；一人独睡，怎能暖和呢？

¹¹Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

¹²有人能制伏孤身一人，如果有二人就挡得住他。三股合成的绳子，不容易扯断。

¹²And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

¹³贫穷但有智慧的年轻人，胜过年老不再纳谏的愚昧王。

¹³Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

¹⁴虽然他是从监狱出来，在自己的国中，又是出身贫寒，却起来作王。

¹⁴For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

¹⁵我看见所有在日光之下行走的活人，都随从那取代老王的年轻人。

¹⁵I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;

¹⁶所有的人民，就是他所统治的人民，多得无数；然而后来的人却不喜欢他。这实在也是虚空，也是捕风。

¹⁶there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.