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Ecclesiastes 12

Latin original · 14 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Ge'ez Bible)

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12:1

Memento Creatoris tui in diebus juventutis tuae, antequam veniat tempus afflictionis, et appropinquent anni de quibus dicas : Non mihi placent ;

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

你趁着年幼、衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜樂的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。

12:2

antequam tenebrescat sol, et lumen, et luna, et stellae, et revertantur nubes post pluviam ;

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

不要等到日頭、光明、月亮、星宿變為黑暗，雨後雲彩反回，

12:3

quando commovebuntur custodes domus, et nutabunt viri fortissimi, et otiosae erunt molentes in minuto numero, et tenebrescent videntes per foramina ;

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

看守房屋的發顫，有力的屈身，推磨的稀少就止息，從窗戶往外看的都昏暗；

12:4

et claudent ostia in platea, in humilitate vocis molentis, et consurgent ad vocem volucris, et obsurdescent omnes filiae carminis :

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

街門關閉，推磨的響聲微小，雀鳥一叫，人就起來，唱歌的女子也都衰微。

12:5

excelsa quoque timebunt, et formidabunt in via. Florebit amygdalus, impinguabitur locusta, et dissipabitur capparis, quoniam ibit homo in domum aeternitatis suae, et circuibunt in platea plangentes.

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;

人怕高處，路上有驚慌，杏樹開花，蚱蜢成為重擔，人所願的也都廢掉；因為人歸他永遠的家，弔喪的在街上往來。

12:6

Antequam rumpatur funiculus argenteus, et recurrat vitta aurea, et conteratur hydria super fontem, et confringatur rota super cisternam,

before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

銀鍊折斷，金罐破裂，瓶子在泉旁損壞，水輪在井口破爛，

12:7

et revertatur pulvis in terram suam unde erat, et spiritus redeat ad Deum, qui dedit illum.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

塵土仍歸於地，靈仍歸於賜靈的上帝。

12:8

Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, et omnia vanitas.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。」

12:9

Cumque esset sapientissimus Ecclesiastes, docuit populum, et enarravit quae fecerat ; et investigans composuit parabolas multas.

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

再者，傳道者因有智慧，仍將知識教訓眾人；又默想，又考查，又陳說許多箴言。