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Ecclesiastes 4

Greek original · 17 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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4:1

καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ καὶ εἶδον σὺν πάσας τὰς συκοφαντίας τὰς γινομένας ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον καὶ ἰδοὺ δάκρυον τῶν συκοφαντουμένων καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς παρακαλῶν καὶ ἀπὸ χειρὸς συκοφαντούντων αὐτοὺς ἰσχύς καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς παρακαλῶν

And I turned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them; and power was in the hand of those who oppressed them, and they had no one to comfort them.

我又轉而察看日光之下所行的一切欺壓。看哪，受欺壓者流淚，卻無人安慰他們；欺壓他們的人手中握有權勢，他們也無人安慰。

4:2

καὶ ἐπῄνεσα ἐγὼ σὺν τοὺς τεθνηκότας τοὺς ἤδη ἀποθανόντας ὑπὲρ τοὺς ζῶντας ὅσοι αὐτοὶ ζῶσιν ἕως τοῦ νῦν

So I praised the dead who have already died more than the living who are still alive until now.

我就稱讚那已死的死人，勝過那些到如今還活著的活人。

4:3

καὶ ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τοὺς δύο τούτους ὅστις οὔπω ἐγένετο ὃς οὐκ εἶδεν σὺν τὸ ποίημα τὸ πονηρὸν τὸ πεποιημένον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον

And better than both of these is the one who has not yet come to be, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

那尚未出生、未曾見過日光之下所行惡事的，比這兩等人更好。

4:4

καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ σὺν πάντα τὸν μόχθον καὶ σὺν πᾶσαν ἀνδρείαν τοῦ ποιήματος ὅτι αὐτὸ ζῆλος ἀνδρὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑταίρου αὐτοῦ καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος

And I saw all the toil and all the skill of work, that it is a man’s envy of his companion. This too is vanity and a choice of wind.

我又見人的一切勞碌和工作上的各樣能幹，乃是出於人對同伴的嫉妒。這也是虛空，都是風的抉擇。

4:5

ὁ ἄφρων περιέλαβεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγεν τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ

The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

愚昧人抱著手，吃自己的肉。

4:6

ἀγαθὸν πλήρωμα δρακὸς ἀναπαύσεως ὑπὲρ πλήρωμα δύο δρακῶν μόχθου καὶ προαιρέσεως πνεύματος

Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of toil and a choice of wind.

滿了一把的安息，勝過滿了兩把的勞碌和風的抉擇。

4:7

καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ καὶ εἶδον ματαιότητα ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον

And I turned and saw vanity under the sun.

我又轉而察看日光之下的虛空。

4:8

ἔστιν εἷς καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν δεύτερος καί γε υἱὸς καὶ ἀδελφὸς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν περασμὸς τῷ παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ καί γε ὀφθαλμὸς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται πλούτου καὶ τίνι ἐγὼ μοχθῶ καὶ στερίσκω τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ ἀγαθωσύνης καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ περισπασμὸς πονηρός ἐστιν

There is one alone, and there is no second; he has neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, nor is his eye satisfied with riches. “And for whom do I toil and deprive my soul of good?” This too is vanity and an evil distraction.

有人孤單無二，無子無兄弟，他一切的勞碌卻沒有窮盡，他的眼也不以財富為滿足——我究竟為誰勞碌，使自己的魂得不著福樂呢？這也是虛空，是極重的煩擾。

4:9

ἀγαθοὶ οἱ δύο ὑπὲρ τὸν ἕνα οἷς ἔστιν αὐτοῖς μισθὸς ἀγαθὸς ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτῶν

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

兩個人勝過一個人，因為他們勞碌同得美好的賞賜。