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Ecclesiastes 1

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

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

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1:1

ῥήματα Ἐκκλησιαστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυιδ βασιλέως Ισραηλ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ

The words of Ecclesiastes, son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.

傳道者的話語；他是大衛的兒子，在耶路撒冷作以色列的王。

1:2

ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων τὰ πάντα ματαιότης

Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes; vanity of vanities, all things are vanity.

虛空的虛空，傳道者說，虛空的虛空，萬事都是虛空。

1:3

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

What profit is there for a man in all his toil at which he toils under the sun?

人在日光之下所勞碌的一切勞苦，於他有甚麼益處呢？

1:4

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

A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth stands 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 rises and the sun sets, and it draws on to its own place.

日頭升起，日頭落下，又拖曳著歸回自己的地方。

1:6

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

Rising, it goes there toward the south and circles toward the north; circling and circling the wind goes, and upon its circuits the wind returns.

它一升起，就往那裡去，往南行，又向北繞行；風盤旋又盤旋地行走，又循著自己的環路回轉。

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 torrents go into the sea, yet the sea is not being filled; to the place where the torrents go, there they return to go again.

一切江河都往海裡流，海卻不滿溢；江河往何處流，它們仍歸回那裡再流。

1:8

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

All words are wearisome; a man will not be able to speak them. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled from hearing.

萬語都令人厭倦，人不能說盡；眼看，看不飽；耳聽，也聽不足。

1:9

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

What has been is what shall be, and what has been done is what shall be done; and there is nothing new at all under the sun.

已有的事，就是將有的事；已作的事，就是將作的事；日光之下並無新事。