【传 3:1】 凡事都有定期,天下万务都有定时。
【Ecc 3:1】 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
【传 3:2】 生有时,死有时;栽种有时,拔出所栽种的也有时;
【Ecc 3:2】 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
【传 3:3】 杀戮有时,医治有时;拆毁有时,建造有时;
【Ecc 3:3】 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
【传 3:4】 哭有时,笑有时;哀恸有时,跳舞有时;
【Ecc 3:4】 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
【传 3:5】 抛掷石头有时,堆聚石头有时;怀抱有时,不怀抱有时;
【Ecc 3:5】 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
【传 3:6】 寻找有时,失落有时;保守有时,舍弃有时;
【Ecc 3:6】 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
【传 3:7】 撕裂有时,缝补有时;静默有时,言语有时;
【Ecc 3:7】 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
【传 3:8】 喜爱有时,恨恶有时;争战有时,和好有时。
【Ecc 3:8】 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
【传 3:9】 这样看来,作事的人在他的劳碌上有什么益处呢?
【Ecc 3:9】 What does the worker gain from his toil?
【传 3:10】 我见 神叫世人劳苦,使他们在其中受经练。
【Ecc 3:10】 I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
【传 3:11】 神造万物,各按其时成为美好,又将永生安置在世人心里(“永生”原文作“永远”)。然而 神从始至终的作为,人不能参透。
【Ecc 3:11】 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
【传 3:12】 我知道世人,莫强如终身喜乐行善,
【Ecc 3:12】 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
【传 3:13】 并且人人吃喝,在他一切劳碌中享福,这也是 神的恩赐。
【Ecc 3:13】 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--this is the gift of God.
【传 3:14】 我知道 神一切所作的都必永存,无所增添,无所减少。 神这样行,是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。
【Ecc 3:14】 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
【传 3:15】 现今的事早先就有了,将来的事早已也有了,并且 神使已过的事重新再来(或作“并且 神再寻回已过的事”)。
【Ecc 3:15】 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.