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Ecclesiastes 11

Greek original · 10 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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11:1

ἀπόστειλον τὸν ἄρτον σου ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τοῦ ὕδατος ὅτι ἐν πλήθει τῶν ἡμερῶν εὑρήσεις αὐτόν

Send out your bread upon the face of the water, for in the multitude of days you will find it.

當將你的餅撒在水面上，因為日子多了，你必尋見。

11:2

δὸς μερίδα τοῖς ἑπτὰ καί γε τοῖς ὀκτώ ὅτι οὐ γινώσκεις τί ἔσται πονηρὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be upon the earth.

你要分給七人，也分給八人，因為你不知道將來有什麼禍患臨到地上。

11:3

ἐὰν πληρωθῶσιν τὰ νέφη ὑετοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχέουσιν καὶ ἐὰν πέσῃ ξύλον ἐν τῷ νότῳ καὶ ἐὰν ἐν τῷ βορρᾷ τόπῳ οὗ πεσεῖται τὸ ξύλον ἐκεῖ ἔσται

If the clouds are full of rain, they pour it out on the earth; and if a tree falls in the south, or if in the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will be.

雲若滿了雨，就必傾倒在地上；樹若向南倒，或向北倒，樹倒在何處，就存在何處。

11:4

τηρῶν ἄνεμον οὐ σπερεῖ καὶ βλέπων ἐν ταῖς νεφέλαις οὐ θερίσει

He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

看風的，必不撒種；望雲的，必不收割。

11:5

ἐν οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν γινώσκων τίς ἡ ὁδὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ὡς ὀστᾶ ἐν γαστρὶ τῆς κυοφορούσης οὕτως οὐ γνώσῃ τὰ ποιήματα τοῦ θεοῦ ὅσα ποιήσει σὺν τὰ πάντα

Among these things there is no one who knows what the way of the spirit is, or how bones are in the womb of a pregnant woman; so you will not know the works of God, all that he will do.

在這些事上，沒有人知道風的道路如何，也不知道骨頭在懷孕婦人腹中如何；照樣，你也不能知道神一切所要做的作為。

11:6

ἐν πρωίᾳ σπεῖρον τὸ σπέρμα σου καὶ εἰς ἑσπέραν μὴ ἀφέτω ἡ χείρ σου ὅτι οὐ γινώσκεις ποῖον στοιχήσει ἢ τοῦτο ἢ τοῦτο καὶ ἐὰν τὰ δύο ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀγαθά

In the morning sow your seed, and toward evening do not let your hand rest, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether the two of them are alike good.

早晨要撒你的種，晚上也不要歇你的手，因為你不知道哪一樣發旺，是這樣，或是那樣，或是兩樣都一樣好。

11:7

καὶ γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς καὶ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ βλέπειν σὺν τὸν ἥλιον

And the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

光是甘甜的，眼睛見日頭也是美好的。

11:8

ὅτι καὶ ἐὰν ἔτη πολλὰ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς εὐφρανθήσεται καὶ μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ σκότους ὅτι πολλαὶ ἔσονται πᾶν τὸ ἐρχόμενον ματαιότης

For even if a man lives many years, he shall be glad in all of them; and he shall remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

人若活了許多年日，就必在這一切年日中歡樂；也必記念黑暗的日子，因為這日子必多。凡要來的都是虛空。

11:9

εὐφραίνου νεανίσκε ἐν νεότητί σου καὶ ἀγαθυνάτω σε ἡ καρδία σου ἐν ἡμέραις νεότητός σου καὶ περιπάτει ἐν ὁδοῖς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐν ὁράσει ὀφθαλμῶν σου καὶ γνῶθι ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις ἄξει σε ὁ θεὸς ἐν κρίσει

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart do you good in the days of your youth; and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

少年人哪，你在年少時當歡樂；在你幼年的日子，使你的心快暢；要行在你心所指引的路上，看你眼所見的；卻要知道，為這一切事，神必帶你受審判。

11:10

καὶ ἀπόστησον θυμὸν ἀπὸ καρδίας σου καὶ παράγαγε πονηρίαν ἀπὸ σαρκός σου ὅτι ἡ νεότης καὶ ἡ ἄνοια ματαιότης

And remove anger from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for youth and thoughtlessness are vanity.

所以你當從心中除掉憤怒，從你的身體挪去邪惡，因為年少和愚妄都是虛空。

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