傳道書 1	Ecclesiastes 1
傳道書 1:1 ^ 在耶路撒冷作王、大衛的兒子、傳道者的言語。	Ecclesiastes 1:1 ^ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
傳道書 1:2 ^ 傳道者說、虛空的虛空、虛空的虛空．凡事都是虛空。	Ecclesiastes 1:2 ^ Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
傳道書 1:3 ^ 人一切的勞碌、就是他在日光之下的勞碌、有甚麼益處呢。	Ecclesiastes 1:3 ^ What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
傳道書 1:4 ^ 一代過去、一代又來．地卻永遠長存。	Ecclesiastes 1:4 ^ One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
傳道書 1:5 ^ 日頭出來、日頭落下、急歸所出之地。	Ecclesiastes 1:5 ^ The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
傳道書 1:6 ^ 風往南颳、又向北轉、不住的旋轉、而且返回轉行原道。	Ecclesiastes 1:6 ^ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
傳道書 1:7 ^ 江河都往海裡流、海卻不滿．江河從何處流、仍歸還何處．	Ecclesiastes 1:7 ^ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
傳道書 1:8 ^ 萬事令人厭煩〔或作萬物滿有困乏〕人不能說盡．眼看、看不飽、耳聽、聽不足。	Ecclesiastes 1:8 ^ All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
傳道書 1:9 ^ 已有的事、後必再有．已行的事、後必再行．日光之下並無新事。	Ecclesiastes 1:9 ^ That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
傳道書 1:10 ^ 豈有一件事人能指著說、這是新的．那知、在我們以前的世代、早已有了。	Ecclesiastes 1:10 ^ Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
傳道書 1:11 ^ 已過的世代、無人記念、將來的世代、後來的人也不記念。	Ecclesiastes 1:11 ^ There is no remembrance of the former [generations]; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter [generations] that are to come, among those that shall come after.
傳道書 1:12 ^ 我傳道者在耶路撒冷作過以色列的王。	Ecclesiastes 1:12 ^ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
傳道書 1:13 ^ 我專心用智慧尋求查究天下所作的一切事、乃知　神叫世人所經練的、是極重的勞苦。	Ecclesiastes 1:13 ^ And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
傳道書 1:14 ^ 我見日光之下所作的一切事、都是虛空、都是捕風。	Ecclesiastes 1:14 ^ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
傳道書 1:15 ^ 彎曲的不能變直．缺少的不能足數。	Ecclesiastes 1:15 ^ That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
傳道書 1:16 ^ 我心裡議論、說、我得了大智慧、勝過我以前在耶路撒冷的眾人．而且我心中多經歷智慧、和知識的事。	Ecclesiastes 1:16 ^ I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
傳道書 1:17 ^ 我又專心察明智慧、狂妄、和愚昧．乃知這也是捕風。	Ecclesiastes 1:17 ^ And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
傳道書 1:18 ^ 因為多有智慧、就多有愁煩．加增知識的、就加增憂傷。	Ecclesiastes 1:18 ^ For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.