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Ecclesiastes 1

Greek original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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

1:1

ῥήματα Ἐκκλησιαστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυιδ βασιλέως Ισραηλ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

在耶路撒冷作王、大衛的兒子、傳道者的言語。

1:2

ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων τὰ πάντα ματαιότης

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

傳道者說：虛空的虛空，虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。

1:3

τίς περισσεία τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ᾧ μοχθεῖ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？

1:4

γενεὰ πορεύεται καὶ γενεὰ ἔρχεται καὶ ἡ γῆ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἕστηκεν

One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

一代過去，一代又來，地卻永遠長存。

1:5

καὶ ἀνατέλλει ὁ ἥλιος καὶ δύνει ὁ ἥλιος καὶ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ ἕλκει

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

日頭出來，日頭落下，急歸所出之地。

1:6

ἀνατέλλων αὐτὸς ἐκεῖ πορεύεται πρὸς νότον καὶ κυκλοῖ πρὸς βορρᾶν κυκλοῖ κυκλῶν πορεύεται τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἐπὶ κύκλους αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέφει τὸ πνεῦμα

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

風往南颳，又向北轉，不住地旋轉，而且返回轉行原道。

1:7

πάντες οἱ χείμαρροι πορεύονται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ἡ θάλασσα οὐκ ἔσται ἐμπιμπλαμένη εἰς τόπον οὗ οἱ χείμαρροι πορεύονται ἐκεῖ αὐτοὶ ἐπιστρέφουσιν τοῦ πορευθῆναι

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

江河都往海裏流，海卻不滿；江河從何處流，仍歸還何處。

1:8

πάντες οἱ λόγοι ἔγκοποι οὐ δυνήσεται ἀνὴρ τοῦ λαλεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἐμπλησθήσεται ὀφθαλμὸς τοῦ ὁρᾶν καὶ οὐ πληρωθήσεται οὖς ἀπὸ ἀκροάσεως

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

萬事令人厭煩，人不能說盡。眼看，看不飽；耳聽，聽不足。

1:9

τί τὸ γεγονός αὐτὸ τὸ γενησόμενον καὶ τί τὸ πεποιημένον αὐτὸ τὸ ποιηθησόμενον καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον

That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

已有的事後必再有；已行的事後必再行。日光之下並無新事。