I said to myself,“ Come on. I’ll try out pleasure. I want to find out if it is good.” But it also proved to be meaningless.

我心里说：“来吧，我以喜乐试试你，你好享福！”谁知，这也是虚空。

我心里说：“来吧，让我用喜乐试试你，使你享福！”看哪，这也是虚空。

我心里说：“来吧，让我用喜乐试试你，使你享福！”看哪，这也是虚空。

我心里想：“来吧，不如尽情享乐，好好享受！”唉！结果这也是虚空。

我自己心里说：“来吧，我用享乐试试你，让你看看有什么好处。”想不到，这也是虚空。

我对自己说：“来吧，我要用享乐试验你，让你看看有什么好处！”看哪，这也是虚空！

我心裏說：「來吧，我以喜樂試試你，你好享福！」誰知，這也是虛空。

我心裏說：「來吧，讓我用喜樂試試你，使你享福！」看哪，這也是虛空。

我心裏說：「來吧，讓我用喜樂試試你，使你享福！」看哪，這也是虛空。

我心裡想：「來吧，不如盡情享樂，好好享受！」唉！結果這也是虛空。

我自己心裡說：“來吧，我用享樂試試你，讓你看看有甚麼好處。”想不到，這也是虛空。

我心裏說：『來！我要以喜樂試試你，你只管享樂。』唉，這也是虛空。

我對自己說：「來吧，我要用享樂試驗你，讓你看看有什麼好處！」看哪，這也是虛空！

我心自謂、其來、我以逸樂試爾、可享福祉、斯亦虛空、

我竊自維、試耽宴樂、試樂逸遊、明知歸於無有。

我自思曰、原文作我心中曰不如試宴樂、享安逸、乃知此亦屬於虛、

I said to myself,“ Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless.

I said in my heart,“ Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.

I said to myself,“ Come on, let’s try pleasure. Let’s look for the‘ good things’ in life.” But I found that this, too, was meaningless.

I said to myself,“ Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

I said to myself,“ Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

I said in my heart,“ Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

I said to myself,“ Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also[ is] vanity.

I thought to myself,“ Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.

I said in my heart,“ Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

I’ll say to myself,“ You have plenty of grain stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time.” ’

So I advise everyone to enjoy life. A person on this earth can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be glad. Then they will enjoy their work. They’ll be happy all the days of the life God has given them on earth.

I said to myself,“ God will judge godly and sinful people alike. He has a time for every act. He has a time to judge everything that is done.”I also said to myself,“ God tests human beings. He does this so they can see that in certain ways they are like animals.

“ I think you should go,” the king of Aram replied.“ I’ll give you a letter to take to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left. He took 750 pounds of silver with him. He also took 150 pounds of gold. And he took ten sets of clothes.

They said to one another,“ Come on! Let’s make bricks and bake them well.” They used bricks instead of stones. They used tar to hold the bricks together.Then they said,“ Come on! Let’s build a city for ourselves. Let’s build a tower that reaches to the sky. We’ll make a name for ourselves. Then we won’t be scattered over the whole earth.”

You young people, be happy while you are still young. Let your heart be joyful while you are still strong. Do what your heart tells you to do. Go after what your eyes look at. But I want you to know that God will judge you for everything you do.

You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.

“ Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

Then I said to myself,“ What happens to a foolish person will catch up with me too. So what do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself,“ That doesn’t have any meaning either.”

Give her as much pain and suffering as the glory and wealth she gave herself. She brags to herself,‘ I rule on a throne like a queen. I am not a widow. I will never mourn.’( Isaiah 47:7, 8)But she will be plagued by death, sadness and hunger. In a single day she will suffer all these plagues. She will be burned up by fire. That’s because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

The Lord and King has unplugged my ears. I’ve always obeyed him. I haven’t turned away from him.

Foolish people say in their hearts,“ There is no God.” They do all kinds of horrible and evil things. No one does anything good.

My heart says,“ Seek him!” Lord, I will seek you.

He says to himself,“ I will always be secure.” He promises himself,“ No one will ever harm me.”

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence. And the vineyard will be destroyed. I will break down its wall. And people will walk all over my vineyard.

When I felt safe, I said,“ I will always be secure.”Lord, when you gave me your help, you made Mount Zion stand firm. But when you took away your help, I was terrified.

Come on! Let us go down and mix up their language. Then they will not be able to understand one another.”

But all you sinners who light fires should go ahead and walk in their light. You who carry flaming torches should walk in their light. Here’s what I’m going to do to you. I’ll make you lie down in great pain.

I said to myself,“ Look, I’ve now grown wiser than anyone who ruled over Jerusalem in the past. I have a lot of wisdom and knowledge.”Then I used my mind to understand what it really means to be wise. And I wanted to know what foolish pleasure is all about. But I found out that it’s also like chasing the wind.

Now listen, you who say,“ Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city. We will spend a year there. We will buy and sell and make money.”

Those who are wise are found where there is sorrow. But foolish people are found where there is pleasure.

You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.

In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering terribly. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. Lazarus was by his side.