전도서 2장 Contemporary English Version (2006)

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1	It Is Senseless To Be Selfish I said to myself, “Have fun and enjoy yourself!” But this didn't make sense.	I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2	Laughing and having fun is crazy. What good does it do?	I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3	I wanted to find out what was best for us during the short time we have on this earth. So I decided to make myself happy with wine and find out what it means to be foolish, without really being foolish myself.	I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4	I did some great things. I built houses and planted vineyards.	I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5	I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees.	I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6	And I had pools where I could get water for the trees.	I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7	I owned slaves, and their sons and daughters became my slaves. I had more sheep and goats than anyone who had ever lived in Jerusalem.	I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8	Foreign rulers brought me silver, gold, and precious treasures. Men and women sang for me, and I had many wives who gave me great pleasure.	I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9	I was the most famous person who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was very wise.	So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10	I got whatever I wanted and did whatever made me happy. But most of all, I enjoyed my work.	And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11	Then I thought about everything I had done, including the hard work, and it was simply chasing the wind. Nothing on earth is worth the trouble.	Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12	Wisdom Comes from God I asked myself, “What can the next king do that I haven't done?” Then I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and stupidity.	And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13	And I discovered that wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.	Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14	Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.	The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15	Finally, I said to myself, “Being wise got me nowhere! The same thing will happen to me that happens to fools. Nothing makes sense.	Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16	Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.”	For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17	This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.	Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18	Suddenly I realized that others would someday get everything I had worked for so hard, then I started hating it all.	Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19	Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.	And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20	I thought about all my hard work, and I felt depressed.	Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21	When we use our wisdom, knowledge, and skill to get what we own, why do we have to leave it to someone who didn't work for it? This is senseless and wrong.	For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22	What do we really gain from all of our hard work?	For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23	Our bodies ache during the day, and work is torture. Then at night our thoughts are troubled. It just doesn't make sense.	For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24	The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working. I believe these are God's gifts to us,	There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25	and no one enjoys eating and living more than I do.	For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26	If we please God, he will make us wise, understanding, and happy. But if we sin, God will make us struggle for a living, then he will give all we own to someone who pleases him. This makes no more sense than chasing the wind.	For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.