傳道書 4	Ecclesiastes 4
傳道書 4:1 ^ 我又轉念、見日光之下所行的一切欺壓．看哪、受欺壓的流淚、且無人安慰．欺壓他們的有勢力、也無人安慰他們。	Ecclesiastes 4:1 ^ Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
傳道書 4:2 ^ 因此我讚歎那早已死的死人、勝過那還活著的活人．	Ecclesiastes 4:2 ^ Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
傳道書 4:3 ^ 並且我以為那未曾生的、就是未見過日光之下惡事的、比這兩等人更強。	Ecclesiastes 4:3 ^ yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
傳道書 4:4 ^ 我又見人為一切的勞碌、和各樣靈巧的工作、就被鄰舍嫉妒．這也是虛空、也是捕風。	Ecclesiastes 4:4 ^ Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
傳道書 4:5 ^ 愚昧人抱著手、喫自己的肉。	Ecclesiastes 4:5 ^ The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
傳道書 4:6 ^ 滿了一把、得享安靜、強如滿了兩把、勞碌捕風。	Ecclesiastes 4:6 ^ Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
傳道書 4:7 ^ 我又轉念、見日光之下有一件虛空的事。	Ecclesiastes 4:7 ^ Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
傳道書 4:8 ^ 有人孤單無二、無子無兄、竟勞碌不息、眼目也不以錢財為足．他說我勞勞碌碌、刻苦自己、不享福樂、到底是為誰呢．這也是虛空、是極重的勞苦。	Ecclesiastes 4:8 ^ There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
傳道書 4:9 ^ 兩個人總比一個人好、因為二人勞碌同得美好的果效。	Ecclesiastes 4:9 ^ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
傳道書 4:10 ^ 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。	Ecclesiastes 4:10 ^ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
傳道書 4:11 ^ 再者、二人同睡、就都煖和．一人獨睡、怎能煖和呢。	Ecclesiastes 4:11 ^ Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?
傳道書 4:12 ^ 有人攻勝孤身一人、若有二人便能敵擋他．三股合成的繩子、不容易折斷。	Ecclesiastes 4:12 ^ And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
傳道書 4:13 ^ 貧窮而有智慧的少年人、勝過年老不肯納諫的愚昧王。	Ecclesiastes 4:13 ^ Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
傳道書 4:14 ^ 這人是從監牢中出來作王．在他國中、生來原是貧窮的。	Ecclesiastes 4:14 ^ For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
傳道書 4:15 ^ 我見日光之下一切行動的活人、都隨從那第二位、就是起來代替老王的少年人。	Ecclesiastes 4:15 ^ I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
傳道書 4:16 ^ 他所治理的眾人、就是他的百姓、多得無數．在他後來的人、尚且不喜悅他．這真是虛空、也是捕風。	Ecclesiastes 4:16 ^ There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.