今日读经

审判之处有奸恶

¹⁶我又见日光之下，在审判之处有奸恶，在公义之处也有奸恶。Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

¹⁷我心里说，　神必审判义人和恶人；因为在那里，各样事务，一切工作，都有定时。I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

人不能强于兽

¹⁸我心里说，这乃为世人的缘故，是　神要试验他们，使他们觉得自己不过像兽一样。I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

¹⁹因为世人遭遇的，兽也遭遇，所遭遇的都是一样：这个怎样死，那个也怎样死，气息都是一样。人不能强于兽，都是虚空。For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

²⁰都归一处，都是出于尘土，也都归于尘土。All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

²¹谁知道人的灵是往上升，兽的魂是下入地呢？Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

²²故此，我见人莫强如在他经营的事上喜乐，因为这是他的分。他身后的事谁能使他回来得见呢？I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

受欺压的无人安慰

¹我又转念，见日光之下所行的一切欺压。看哪，受欺压的流泪，且无人安慰；欺压他们的有势力，也无人安慰他们。Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

²因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

³并且我以为那未曾生的，就是未见过日光之下恶事的，比这两等人更强。But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

为嫉妒而劳碌

⁴我又见人为一切的劳碌和各样灵巧的工作就被邻舍嫉妒。这也是虚空，也是捕风。I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

⁵愚昧人抱着手，吃自己的肉。The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

⁶满了一把，得享安静，强如满了两把，劳碌捕风。Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

孤单的劳碌

⁷我又转念，见日光之下有一件虚空的事：Again, I saw futility under the sun.

⁸有人孤单无二，无子无兄，竟劳碌不息，眼目也不以钱财为足。他说：“我劳劳碌碌，刻苦自己，不享福乐，到底是为谁呢？”这也是虚空，是极重的劳苦。There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

两个人总比一个人好

⁹两个人总比一个人好，因为二人劳碌同得美好的果效。Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

¹⁰若是跌倒，这人可以扶起他的同伴；若是孤身跌倒，没有别人扶起他来，这人就有祸了。For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

¹¹再者，二人同睡就都暖和，一人独睡怎能暖和呢？Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

¹²有人攻胜孤身一人，若有二人便能敌挡他；三股合成的绳子不容易折断。And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

贫穷而有智慧的少年人

¹³贫穷而有智慧的少年人胜过年老不肯纳谏的愚昧王。Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

¹⁴这人是从监牢中出来作王，在他国中，生来原是贫穷的。For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

¹⁵我见日光之下一切行动的活人都随从那第二位，就是起来代替老王的少年人。I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

¹⁶他所治理的众人就是他的百姓，多得无数；在他后来的人尚且不喜悦他。这真是虚空，也是捕风。There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

到神的殿要谨慎

¹你到　神的殿要谨慎脚步；因为近前听，胜过愚昧人献祭（或译：胜过献愚昧人的祭），他们本不知道所做的是恶。Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

²你在　神面前不可冒失开口，也不可心急发言；因为　神在天上，你在地下，所以你的言语要寡少。Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

³事务多，就令人做梦；言语多，就显出愚昧。As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

许愿应当偿还

⁴你向　神许愿，偿还不可迟延，因他不喜悦愚昧人，所以你许的愿应当偿还。When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

⁵你许愿不还，不如不许。It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

⁶不可任你的口使肉体犯罪，也不可在祭司（原文是使者）面前说是错许了。为何使　神因你的声音发怒，败坏你手所做的呢？Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

⁷多梦和多言，其中多有虚幻，你只要敬畏　神。For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

矶法在安提阿退缩

¹¹后来，矶法到了安提阿；因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

¹²从雅各那里来的人未到以先，他和外邦人一同吃饭，及至他们来到，他因怕奉割礼的人，就退去与外邦人隔开了。For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

¹³其余的犹太人也都随着他装假，甚至连巴拿巴也随伙装假。The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

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保罗当众的质问

¹⁴但我一看见他们行的不正，与福音的真理不合，就在众人面前对矶法说：“你既是犹太人，若随外邦人行事，不随犹太人行事，怎么还勉强外邦人随犹太人呢？”When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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因信称义，不因行律法

¹⁵我们这生来的犹太人，不是外邦的罪人；We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

¹⁶既知道人称义不是因行律法，乃是因信耶稣基督，连我们也信了基督耶稣，使我们因信基督称义，不因行律法称义；因为凡有血气的，没有一人因行律法称义。know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

难道基督叫人犯罪吗

¹⁷我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

¹⁸我素来所拆毁的，若重新建造，这就证明自己是犯罪的人。If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

与基督同钉十字架

¹⁹我因律法，就向律法死了，叫我可以向　神活着。For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

²⁰我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信　神的儿子而活；他是爱我，为我舍己。I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

²¹我不废掉　神的恩；义若是借着律法得的，基督就是徒然死了。I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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