我於日下、見有一患、似出於執政者之錯誤、

我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于掌权的错误，

我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于统治者的错误，

我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于统治者的错误，

我发现日光之下有一件可悲的事，似乎是掌权者所犯的错误：

在日光之下我看见一件憾事，好像是出于官长无意的错误，

我看到在日光之下有一种祸患，好像是出自掌权者无意的过错：

我見日光之下有一件禍患，似乎出於掌權的錯誤，

我見日光之下有一件禍患，似乎出於統治者的錯誤，

我見日光之下有一件禍患，似乎出於統治者的錯誤，

我發現日光之下有一件可悲的事，似乎是掌權者所犯的錯誤：

在日光之下我看見一件憾事，好像是出於官長無意的錯誤，

我見日光之下有一件禍患、似乎是出於執政者不知不覺的錯誤：

我看到在日光之下有一種禍患，好像是出自掌權者無意的過錯：

天下事可長太息者、我嘗見之矣、長者所行不善、使愚者坐高位、智者居末座、

我又見日下有一大患事、乃出於秉權者之錯誤、

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

Here’s something evil I’ve seen on this earth. And it’s the kind of mistake that rulers make.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake that proceeds from the ruler:

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error proceeding from the ruler:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:

There is an evil[ which] I have seen under the sun, as an error[ which] proceedeth from the ruler:

I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

我於日下見有大患、乃人存積貨財、反自害也、

我觀日下、公庭有不公、義所有不義、

我於日下見有一患、為重負於人、

我轉觀日下所行之虐、見受虐者流涕、慰藉無人、行虐者有權、受虐者不得慰藉、

我轉觀日下之虛空、

眾之所遇皆同、此乃日下諸事之患、人心充盈於惡、畢生狂妄為懷、後惟死者是歸、