| 傳道書-Ecclesiastes 第 7 章 |
| 7:1 | 名譽強如貴重的膏油；人死的日子勝過出生的日子。 A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death, than the day of one's birth. |
| 7:2 | 往遭喪的家去，強如往宴樂的家去；因為死是眾人的結局，活人必將這事放在心上。 It is better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. |
| 7:3 | 憂愁強如喜笑；因為愁容使心得益處。 Sorrow is better than laughter, For by the sadness of face the heart is made good. |
| 7:4 | 智慧人的心在遭喪之家；愚昧人的心在快樂之家。 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. |
| 7:5 | 聽智慧人的責備，強如聽愚昧人的歌唱。 It is better for one to hear the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to hear the song of fools. |
| 7:6 | 愚昧人的笑聲，好像鍋下燒荊棘的爆聲；這也是虛空。 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of fools. This also is vanity. |
| 7:7 | 欺壓會使智慧人狂妄；賄賂能敗壞人心。 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe destroys the heart. |
| 7:8 | 事情的終局，強如事情的起頭；靈裏忍耐，勝過靈裏高傲。 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; Better is patience of spirit than haughtiness of spirit. |
| 7:9 | 你不要靈裏急躁惱怒，因為惱怒存在愚昧人的懷中。 Do not be quick in your spirit to become angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools. |
| 7:10 | 不要說，為何先前的日子強過如今的日子呢？你這樣問，不是出於智慧。 Do not say, How is it that the former days were better than these? For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. |
| 7:11 | 智慧和基業都是好的，對得見天日的人乃是益處。 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, And an advantage to those who see the sun. |
| 7:12 | 因為智慧護庇人，好像銀錢護庇人一樣。惟獨智慧能保全智慧人的生命；這就是知識的益處。 For wisdom is a defense, as money is a defense; But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of those who have it. |
| 7:13 | 你要察看神的作為；因神所彎曲的，誰能變為直呢？ Consider the work of God, For who can straighten what He has made crooked? |
| 7:14 | 遇亨通的日子，你當喜樂；遭患難的日子，你當思想；神造了這樣，也造了那樣，為叫人查不出身後有什麼事。 In the day of prosperity be joyful, And in the day of adversity consider. God has made the one as well as the other, So that man may not find out anything about what is after him. |
| 7:15 | 我在虛度的日子中見過一切的事：有義人在自己的義中滅亡；有惡人在自己的惡中享長壽。 I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness. |
| 7:16 | 不要行義過分，也不要過於自逞智慧，何必自取敗亡呢？ Do not be overly righteous, and do not be overly wise; why should you destroy yourself? |
| 7:17 | 不要行惡過分，也不要作愚昧人，何必不到期而死呢？ Do not be overly wicked, and do not be a fool; why should you die when it is not your time? |
| 7:18 | 你最好持住這個，那個也不要放鬆；因為敬畏神的人，必全都兼顧。 It is better for you to take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for he who fears God will come out of it with them all. |
| 7:19 | 智慧使有智慧的人，比城中十個掌權的人更有能力。 Wisdom strengthens the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city. |
| 7:20 | 行善而不犯罪的義人，地上實在沒有。 Surely there is not a righteous man on the earth who does good and does not sin. |
| 7:21 | 人所說的一切話，你不要放在心上，恐怕聽見你的仆人咒詛你。 Also, do not give heed to all words spoken, lest you hear your servant cursing you. |
| 7:22 | 因為你心裏知道，自己也曾多次咒詛別人。 For your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others also. |
| 7:23 | 我曾用智慧試驗這一切事；我說，我要有智慧，智慧卻離我遠。 All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. |
| 7:24 | 已有的事離我甚遠，深而又深，誰能測透呢？ That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out? |
| 7:25 | 我轉念，一心要知道，要查究，要尋求智慧和事理；又要知道邪惡為愚昧，愚昧為狂妄。 I turned and my heart was set to know and to search and seek out wisdom and the sum of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness. |
| 7:26 | 我發現有一等婦人比死還苦毒：她的心是陷阱網羅，手是鎖煉。蒙神喜悅的人必躲避她；有罪的人卻被她纏住。 And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is traps and snares, whose hands are fetters. One who is well-pleasing to God escapes from her, but the sinner is taken by her. |
| 7:27 | 傳道者說，看哪，這是我發現的；我逐一推算，要找出事理， See, this is what I have found, says the Preacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum, |
| 7:28 | 我心仍在尋找，卻未尋到。在一千人中，我尋到一個正直人，但在這些人中，卻尋不到一個婦人。 Which my soul is still seeking but has not found. One man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I have not found. |
| 7:29 | 看哪，我所找到的隻有一件，就是神將人造得正直，但他們卻尋出許多巧計。 See, this alone have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes. |
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