Ecclesiastes 6

1 There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

1 我見日光之下有一宗禍患重壓在人身上，

2 God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

2 就是人蒙上帝賜他資財、豐富、尊榮，以致他心裏所願的一樣都不缺，只是上帝使他不能吃用，反有外人來吃用。這是虛空，也是禍患。

3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

3 人若生一百個兒子，活許多歲數，以致他的年日甚多，心裏卻不得滿享福樂，又不得埋葬；據我說，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。

4 For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

4 因為虛虛而來，暗暗而去，名字被黑暗遮蔽，

5 The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

5 並且沒有見過天日，也毫無知覺；這胎，比那人倒享安息。

6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

6 那人雖然活千年，再活千年，卻不享福，眾人豈不都歸一個地方去嗎？

7 All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

7 人的勞碌都為口腹，心裏卻不知足。

8 What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

8 這樣看來，智慧人比愚昧人有甚麼長處呢？窮人在眾人面前知道如何行，有甚麼長處呢？

9 Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

9 眼睛所看的比心裏妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。

10 Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

10 先前所有的，早已起了名，並知道何為人，他也不能與那比自己力大的相爭。

11 For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

11 加增虛浮的事既多，這與人有甚麼益處呢？

12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

12 人一生虛度的日子，就如影兒經過，誰知道甚麼與他有益呢？誰能告訴他身後在日光之下有甚麼事呢？