Ecclesiastes 传道书08
时间：2018-12-05 作者：英语课 分类：圣经旧约 传道书
英语课
8Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance.
2Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
3Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
4Since a king's word is supreme 1, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
5Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
6For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery 2 weighs heavily upon him.
7Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come?
8No man has power over the wind to contain it ; so no one has power over the day of his death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
9All this I saw, as I applied 3 my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.
10Then too, I saw the wicked buried-those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
11When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
12Although a wicked man commits a hundred crimes and still lives a long time, I know that it will go better with God-fearing men, who are reverent 4 before God.
13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen 5 like a shadow.
14There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
15So I commend the enjoyment 6 of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.
16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor 7 on earth-his eyes not seeing sleep day or night-
17then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.
2Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
3Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
4Since a king's word is supreme 1, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
5Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
6For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery 2 weighs heavily upon him.
7Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come?
8No man has power over the wind to contain it ; so no one has power over the day of his death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
9All this I saw, as I applied 3 my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.
10Then too, I saw the wicked buried-those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
11When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
12Although a wicked man commits a hundred crimes and still lives a long time, I know that it will go better with God-fearing men, who are reverent 4 before God.
13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen 5 like a shadow.
14There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
15So I commend the enjoyment 6 of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.
16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor 7 on earth-his eyes not seeing sleep day or night-
17then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.
1 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 misery
n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦
- Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
- He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
3 applied
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
- She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
- This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
4 reverent
adj.恭敬的，虔诚的
- He gave reverent attention to the teacher.他恭敬地听老师讲课。
- She said the word artist with a gentle,understanding,reverent smile.她说作家一词时面带高雅，理解和虔诚的微笑。
5 lengthen
vt.使伸长，延长
- He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
- The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。