往遭喪的家去， 強如往宴樂的家去； 因為死是眾人的結局， 活人也必將這事放在心上。傳道書 7:2You may enjoy a party. But it is better for you if you go to a funeral. There, you will think about the day when you will die. We will all die in the end. It is good to remember that. Ecclesiastes 7:2
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？ 傳道書 6:12 We live for only a few years and our lives mean nothing. Our lives are like shadows that pass over the earth. We do not know the best way to live. We do not know what will happen after our death. Ecclesiastes 6:12
我見日光之下有一宗大禍患，就是財主積存資財，反害自己。 因遭遇禍患，這些資財就消滅；那人若生了兒子，手裏也一無所有。 他怎樣從母胎赤身而來，也必照樣赤身而去；他所勞碌得來的，手中分毫不能帶去。 傳道書 5:13-15 I have seen something else that is not fair on the earth. People may get a lot of money. But, if they try to keep it, it will be very bad for them. At a future time, they may discover that they have lost all their money. Then, after they […]
你在上帝面前不可冒失開口，也不可心急發言；因為上帝在天上，你在地下，所以你的言語要寡少。 事務多，就令人做夢；言語多，就顯出愚昧。傳道書 5:2-3 You should think before you speak. You should think before you promise something to God. God is in heaven and he knows you well. You are here on the earth. And you do not see as much as God sees. Do not say to God more than you have to say. If […]
兩個人總比一個人好，因為二人勞碌同得美好的果效。 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。 再者，二人同睡就都暖和，一人獨睡怎能暖和呢？ 傳道書 4:9-11 It is good to have a friend. You can enjoy the work that you and your friend do together. If you fall, a friend can help you. You may fall when you are alone. If you do that, you really are in trouble. If two people sleep together, they keep […]
我知道上帝一切所做的都必永存；無所增添，無所減少。上帝這樣行，是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。 現今的事早先就有了，將來的事早已也有了，並且上帝使已過的事重新再來。 傳道書 3:14-15 Everything that God does will be for all time. We cannot do anything more than what God has done. We cannot take anything away from what he has done. God wants us to worship him. That is the reason for all that he does. Future events will be the same as […]
故此，我見人莫強如在他經營的事上喜樂，因為這是他的分。他身後的事誰能使他回來得見呢？ 傳道書 3:22 So we should enjoy our work. That is the best thing that we can do. That is what God wants us to do. But we do not know what there is after death. Ecclesiastes 3:22
人莫強如吃喝，且在勞碌中享福，我看這也是出於上帝的手。 傳道書 2:24 We should eat and we should drink. And we should enjoy our work. There is nothing better that we can do than those things. I believe that these are gifts from God. Ecclesiastes 2:24
耶和華的日子臨近，你的財物必被搶掠，在你中間分散。 因為我必聚集萬國與耶路撒冷爭戰，城必被攻取，房屋被搶奪，婦女被玷污，城中的民一半被擄去；剩下的民仍在城中，不致剪除。 撒迦利亞書 14:1-2 There will be a day when your enemies will take away everything. They will take away everything that is yours. They will each have some of your things. I will bring soldiers from all countries to fight against Jerusalem. They will go into the city and they will rob the houses. […]
耶和華說：這全地的人， 三分之二必剪除而死， 三分之一仍必存留。 我要使這三分之一經火， 熬煉他們，如熬煉銀子； 試煉他們，如試煉金子。 他們必求告我的名， 我必應允他們。 我要說：這是我的子民。 他們也要說：耶和華是我們的上帝。 撒迦利亞書 13:8-9 In the whole country,’ says the Lord, ‘two thirds of the people will die. But one third will still be living there. I will bring these people through fire. As men clean silver in the fire, so I will clean them. As men […]
