傳道書 Ecclesiastes

4:1	[hb5]	我又轉念、見日光之下所行的一切欺壓．看哪、受欺壓的流淚、且無人安慰．欺壓他們的有勢力、也無人安慰他們。
	[kjv]	So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
	[bbe]	And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
4:2	[hb5]	因此我讚歎那早已死的死人、勝過那還活著的活人．
	[kjv]	Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
	[bbe]	So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
4:3	[hb5]	並且我以為那未曾生的、就是未見過日光之下惡事的、比這兩等人更強。
	[kjv]	Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
	[bbe]	Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
4:4	[hb5]	我又見人為一切的勞碌、和各樣靈巧的工作、就被鄰舍嫉妒．這也是虛空、也是捕風。
	[kjv]	Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
	[bbe]	And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
4:5	[hb5]	愚昧人抱著手、喫自己的肉。
	[kjv]	The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
	[bbe]	The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
4:6	[hb5]	滿了一把、得享安靜、強如滿了兩把、勞碌捕風。
	[kjv]	Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
	[bbe]	One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
4:7	[hb5]	我又轉念、見日光之下有一件虛空的事。
	[kjv]	Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
	[bbe]	Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
4:8	[hb5]	有人孤單無二、無子無兄、竟勞碌不息、眼目也不以錢財為足．他說我勞勞碌碌、刻苦自己、不享福樂、到底是為誰呢．這也是虛空、是極重的勞苦。
	[kjv]	There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
	[bbe]	It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
4:9	[hb5]	兩個人總比一個人好、因為二人勞碌同得美好的果效。
	[kjv]	Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
	[bbe]	Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
4:10	[hb5]	若是跌倒、這人可以扶起他的同伴．若是孤身跌倒、沒有別人扶起他來、這人就有禍了。
	[kjv]	For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
	[bbe]	And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
4:11	[hb5]	再者、二人同睡、就都煖和．一人獨睡、怎能煖和呢。
	[kjv]	Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
	[bbe]	So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?
4:12	[hb5]	有人攻勝孤身一人、若有二人便能敵擋他．三股合成的繩子、不容易折斷。
	[kjv]	And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
	[bbe]	And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.
4:13	[hb5]	貧窮而有智慧的少年人、勝過年老不肯納諫的愚昧王。
	[kjv]	Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
	[bbe]	A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
4:14	[hb5]	這人是從監牢中出來作王．在他國中、生來原是貧窮的。
	[kjv]	For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
	[bbe]	Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.
4:15	[hb5]	我見日光之下一切行動的活人、都隨從那第二位、就是起來代替老王的少年人。
	[kjv]	I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
	[bbe]	I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.
4:16	[hb5]	他所治理的眾人、就是他的百姓、多得無數．在他後來的人、尚且不喜悅他．這真是虛空、也是捕風。
	[kjv]	There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
	[bbe]	There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.