1 Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

4 When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

5 And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;

6 Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;

7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

10 The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

11 The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

12 And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

13 This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

1 在你壮年的日子， 当记念你的创造主。不要等到衰败的日子， 就是你所说： "我毫无喜乐"的那些年日临到，

2 日头、光明、月亮、星宿变暗， 雨后乌云再现的时候。

3 那时， 看守房子的发抖， 强壮的弯腰， 推磨的稀少， 都停了工， 往窗外看的都昏暗了，

4 当街的门口关闭， 推磨的声音微弱。雀鸟一叫， 人就起来。唱歌的歌声（"歌声"原文作"女子"）都低微。

5 人怕高处， 怕路上有惊吓。杏树开花， 蚱蜢蹒跚而行， 催情果失效。因为人归他永远的家， 哭丧的在街上游行。

6 银链断掉， 金碗破裂， 瓶子在泉旁破碎， 打水的轮子在井边破烂。

7 尘土要归回原来之地， 灵要归回赐灵的 神。

8 传道者说： "虚空的虚空， 一切都是虚空。"

9 传道者不但有智慧， 还将知识教训众人； 他既揣摩， 又查考， 也编撰了许多箴言。

10 传道者搜寻可喜悦的话， 正确地写下真理。

11 智慧人的言语像刺棒， 他们所汇集的箴言像钉牢的钉子， 都是一位牧者所赐的。

12 我儿， 还有， 你当受劝勉： 著书多， 没有穷尽； 读书多， 身体疲倦。

13 你们一切都听见了， 总而言之， 应当敬畏 神， 谨守他的诫命， 因为这是每一个人的本分。

14 人所作的每一件事， 连一切隐藏的事， 无论是善是恶， 神都必审问。