Ecclesiastes 2

1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

1 我心里想：“来吧，不妨试试享乐，好好享受！”唉！结果这也是虚空。

2 I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

2 我说：“欢笑只不过是一阵狂妄，享乐又有什么用！”

3 I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

3 于是，我决意用酒使自己快乐，在体验愚昧的同时仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暂的人生岁月中做何事才有益。

4 I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

4 我大动工程，为自己建造房屋，栽种葡萄园；

5 I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

5 我为自己开垦花圃园囿，在其中种植各种果树；

6 I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

6 我为自己开凿池塘，用来浇灌茂林。

7 I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

7 我买了仆婢，又有生在家中的仆婢，拥有的牛羊远超过历来在耶路撒冷的任何人。

8 and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

8 我为自己积聚金银，搜罗列王和各省的奇珍异宝，得到世人所想望的男女歌优及许多妃嫔。

9 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.

9 这样，我便财势日增，超过耶路撒冷历来所有的人。然而，我仍然保持智慧。

10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

10 凡我眼睛爱看的、心里渴慕的，我都随心所欲，尽情享受。我的心从劳碌中得到欢乐，这是我劳碌所得的回报。

11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

11 然而，当我回顾双手成就的一切和所付的辛劳时，唉，却发现都是虚空，都是捕风；日光之下的一切都毫无益处。

12 Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

12 于是，我转念思考什么是智慧、狂妄和愚昧。其实以后接替君王的人除了重演历史之外，还能做什么呢？

13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

13 我领悟到智慧胜过愚昧，如同光明胜过黑暗。

14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

14 智者高瞻远瞩，愚人却在黑暗中摸索。但我知道两者都有同样的命运。

15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

15 于是，我想：“既然愚人的命运也将是我的命运，我有智慧又怎么样呢？”我只能说：“这也是虚空。”

16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

16 因为智者和愚人一样，不过被人记得一时，日后都会被遗忘。两者都难逃死亡。

17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

17 所以，我憎恶生命，因为在日光之下所做的一切都让我愁烦。唉！这一切都是虚空，都是捕风。

18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

18 我憎恶自己在日光之下劳碌得来的一切，因为这些必留给后人。

19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

19 谁知道后人是智者还是愚人呢？他却要接管我在日光之下用智慧辛劳经营的产业。这也是虚空。

20 So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

20 因此，我对自己在日光之下一切的劳碌感到绝望。

21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

21 因为一个人用智慧、知识和技能所得来的一切，却要留给不劳而获的人享用，这也是虚空，是极大的不幸！

22 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

22 世人在日光之下劳心劳力，究竟得到什么呢？

23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

23 他们一生充满痛苦，劳碌中尽是愁烦，即使夜间心里也不安宁。这也是虚空。

24 Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

24 对人而言，没有什么比吃喝并享受劳碌之乐更好，我看这也是出自上帝的手。

25 For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?

25 离了上帝，谁还能吃喝享受呢？

26 To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

26 上帝把智慧、知识和喜乐赐给祂喜悦的人，却让罪人忙于积攒财富，然后把他们的财富赐给祂喜悦的人。这也是虚空，也是捕风。