書卷介紹：傳道書詩歌智慧書
離開神，「日光之下」的一切都是虛空；敬畏神才能真正享受人生。
傳道者嘗試在學問、享樂、事業和財富中尋找人生的意義，結果發現一切都是「虛空」，像捕風一樣抓不住。他也看見人生有許多不公平，而且人人都會死。但他並不絕望，而是勸人把每天的飲食和勞碌當作神的恩賜來享受。書的結論是：敬畏神，謹守祂的誡命，這是人的本分。
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1在耶路撒冷作王、大衛的兒子、的言語。These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2傳道者說：的虛空，虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3人一切的勞碌，就是他在的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
4一代過去，一代又來，地卻永遠長存。Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5日頭出來，日頭落下，急歸所出之地。The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
6風往南颳，又向北轉，不住地旋轉，而且返回轉行原道。The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7江河都往海裡流，海卻不滿；江河從何處流，仍歸還何處。All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
8萬事令人厭煩（或譯：萬物滿有困乏），人不能說盡。眼看，看不飽；耳聽，聽不足。All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
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。What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
10豈有一件事人能指著說這是新的？哪知，在我們以前的世代早已有了。Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
11已過的世代，無人記念；將來的世代，後來的人也不記念。There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
12我傳道者在耶路撒冷作過以色列的王。I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13我專心用智慧尋求、查究天下所做的一切事，乃知 神叫世人所的是極重的勞苦。And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
14我見日光之下所做的一切事，都是虛空，都是。I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
15彎曲的，不能變直；缺少的，不能。What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
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。I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
17我又專心察明智慧、狂妄，和愚昧，乃知這也是捕風。So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
18因為多有智慧，就多有愁煩；加增知識的，就加增憂傷。For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.