12:1 | Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; |
12:2 | While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: |
12:3 | In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, |
12:4 | And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; |
12:5 | Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: |
12:6 | Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. |
12:7 | Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. |
12:8 | Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. |
12:9 | And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. |
12:10 | The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. |
12:11 | The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. |
12:12 | And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. |
12:13 | Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. |
12:13 | 這些事都已聽見了.總意就是敬畏 神、謹守他的誡命、這是人所當盡的本分。〔或作這是眾人的本分〕 |
12:13 | 这些事都已听见了。总意就是敬畏神,谨守他的诫命,这是人所当尽的本分。(或作这是众人的本分) |
deu:6:2 | That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. |
deu:10:12 | And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, |
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12:14 | For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. |