传1:1 在耶路撒冷作王，大卫的儿子，传道者的言语。
传1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
传1:2 传道者说：“虚空的虚空，虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。”
传1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
传1:3 人一切的劳碌，就是他在日光之下的劳碌，有什么益处呢？
传1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
传1:4 一代过去，一代又来，地却永远长存。
传1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
传1:5 日头出来，日头落下，急归所出之地。
传1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
传1:6 风往南刮，又向北转，不住地旋转，而且返回转行原道。
传1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
传1:7 江河都往海里流，海却不满；江河从何处流，仍归还何处。
传1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
传1:8 万事令人厌烦（或作“万物满有困乏”），人不能说尽。眼看，看不饱；耳听，听不足。
传1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
传1:9 已有的事，后必再有；已行的事，后必再行。日光之下，并无新事。
传1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
传1:10 岂有一件事人能指着说：“这是新的”？哪知，在我们以前的世代早已有了。
传1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
传1:11 已过的世代，无人记念；将来的世代，后来的人也不记念。
传1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
传1:12 我传道者在耶路撒冷作过以色列的王。
传1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
传1:13 我专心用智慧寻求查究天下所做的一切事，乃知 神叫世人所经练的是极重的劳苦。
传1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
传1:14 我见日光之下所做的一切事，都是虚空，都是捕风。
传1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
传1:15 弯曲的不能变直；缺少的不能足数。
传1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
传1:16 我心里议论说：“我得了大智慧，胜过我以前在耶路撒冷的众人，而且我心中多经历智慧和知识的事。”
传1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
传1:17 我又专心察明智慧、狂妄和愚昧，乃知这也是捕风。
传1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
传1:18 因为多有智慧，就多有愁烦；加增知识的，就加增忧伤。
传1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.