我看上帝將勞苦的事給人類，使他們在其中去勞碌。

我见神叫世人劳苦，使他们在其中受经练。

我观看上帝给世人的担子，使他们在其中劳苦：

我观看神给世人的担子，使他们在其中劳苦：

我察觉上帝给世人重担，使他们忙碌不休。

我看神给予世人的担子，是要他们为此烦恼。

我看到神加给世人担子，让他们在其中操劳。

我見神叫世人勞苦，使他們在其中受經練。

我觀看上帝給世人的擔子，使他們在其中勞苦：

我觀看神給世人的擔子，使他們在其中勞苦：

我察覺上帝給世人重擔，使他們忙碌不休。

我看神給予世人的擔子，是要他們為此煩惱。

我看到神加給世人擔子，讓他們在其中操勞。

我見上帝畀人苦任、以之為務、

上帝使人勤勞、我見之矣。

我見人經營勞碌、知皆為天主所定、

I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.

I’ve seen the heavy load God has put on human beings.

I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.

I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied.

I have seen the task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to occupy themselves.

I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

我專心一志用智慧去尋求窺探天下所發生過的一切事，就知道上帝給世人所勞碌的是多麼喫力的勞苦。我見過日光之下所發生過的一切事；啊，都是虛空！都是捕風！

你必汗流滿面、才得喫食，直到你歸了土，因為你是由土取出來的：你本是塵土，仍要歸於塵土。』

誰使上帝喜悅，上帝就給誰智慧、知識、和喜樂；惟有罪人、上帝卻給他勞苦，叫他將所收聚所積蓄的歸給那使上帝所喜悅的人：這也是虛空，也是捕風。

也沒有白喫過甚麼人的飯，倒是辛苦勞碌、黑夜白日地作工，免得加重你們任何人的負擔。

弟兄們，你們記得我們怎樣地辛苦勞碌：我們將上帝的福音宣傳給你們的時候、怎樣黑夜白日地作工，免得加重你們任何人的負擔。