¹把握　神所赐的时机

¹But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole [is] before them.

²众人的命运都是一样的：义人与恶人、好人与坏人、洁净的与不洁净的、献祭的与不献祭的，所遭遇的都是一样的；好人怎样，罪人也怎样；起誓的怎样，怕起誓的也怎样。

²The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.

³在日光之下所发生的一切事，有一件令人遗憾的，就是众人的命运都是一样的，并且世人的心充满邪恶，一生心怀狂妄，后来都归到死人那里去。

³This [is] an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it — unto the dead.

⁴凡有生命的（“凡有生命的”原文作“凡与所有活人有关联的”），就有盼望，因为活狗比死狮更好。

⁴But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion.

⁵活人还知道自己必死，死人却一无所知，而且再得不到酬劳，他们也被遗忘。

⁵For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

⁶他们的爱，他们的恨，他们的嫉妒，都早已消失了，在日光之下所发生的一切事，永远也没有他们的分了。

⁶Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.

⁷你只管快快乐乐地去吃你的饭，怀着高兴的心去喝你的酒，因为　神已经悦纳了你所作的。

⁷Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

⁸你当经常穿着白色的衣袍，头上也不要缺少膏油。

⁸At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.

⁹在你一生虚空的年日中，就是　神在日光之下赐你虚空的年日中，你要和你所爱的妻子享受人生，因为那是你一生在日光之下从劳碌中所得的分。

⁹See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it [is] thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

¹⁰凡是你手可作的，都当尽力去作；因为在你所要去的阴间里，既没有工作，又没有筹谋；没有知识，也没有智慧。

¹⁰All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

¹¹我又看见在日光之下，跑得快的未必得奖，勇士未必战胜，智慧的未必得粮食，精明的未必致富，博学的未必得人赏识，因为时机和际遇左右众人。

¹¹I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.

¹²原来人并不知道自己的时机，正像鱼被恶网圈住，鸟被网罗捉住，险恶的时机忽然临到世人身上的时候，世人也照样陷在其中。

¹²For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these [are] the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

¹³智慧胜过武力在日光之下，我又看见一样智慧，觉得很有意义：

¹³This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

¹⁴有一座小城，人数不多；有一个大君王来进攻，把它包围，建造巨大的高垒攻城。

¹⁴A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

¹⁵城里有一个贫穷但有智慧的人，用他的智慧救了那城。然而，却没有人记念那穷人。

¹⁵and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

¹⁶于是我说：“智慧胜过武力”，但是那个穷人的智慧被藐视，他的话也没有人听从。

¹⁶And I said, `Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.` —

¹⁷听智慧人安安静静说出来的话，胜过听管理愚昧者的人的喊叫。

¹⁷The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

¹⁸智慧胜于战斗的武器，但一个罪人能破坏许多好事。

¹⁸Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!