1	我又轉念，見日光之下所行的一切欺壓。看哪，受欺壓的流淚，且無人安慰；欺壓他們的有勢力，也無人安慰他們。
			So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors power; but they had no comforter.
		2	因此，我讚歎那早已死的死人，勝過那還活著的活人。
			Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
		3	並且我以為那未曾生的，就是未見過日光之下惡事的，比這兩等人更強。
			Yea, better than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
		4	我又見人為一切的勞碌和各樣靈巧的工作就被鄰舍嫉妒。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
			Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also vanity and vexation of spirit.
		5	愚昧人抱著手，吃自己的肉。
			The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
		6	滿了一把，得享安靜，強如滿了兩把，勞碌捕風。
			Better an handful quietness, than both the hands full travail and vexation of spirit.
		7	我又轉念，見日光之下有一件虛空的事：
			Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
		8	有人孤單無二，無子無兄，竟勞碌不息，眼目也不以錢財為足。他說：「我勞勞碌碌，刻苦自己，不享福樂，到底是為誰呢？」這也是虛空，是極重的勞苦。
			There is one , and not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither , For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This also vanity, yea, it a sore travail.
		9	兩個人總比一個人好，因為二人勞碌同得美好的果效。
			Two better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
		10	若是跌倒，這人可以扶起他的同伴；若是孤身跌倒，沒有別人扶起他來，這人就有禍了。
			For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him alone when he falleth; for not another to help him up.
		11	再者，二人同睡就都暖和，一人獨睡怎能暖和呢？
			Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm ?
		12	有人攻勝孤身一人，若有二人便能敵擋他；三股合成的繩子不容易折斷。
			And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
		13	貧窮而有智慧的少年人勝過年老不肯納諫的愚昧王。
			Better a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
		14	這人是從監牢中出來作王，在他國中，生來原是貧窮的。
			For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also born in his kingdom becometh poor.
		15	我見日光之下一切行動的活人都隨從那第二位，就是起來代替老王的少年人。
			I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
		16	他所治理的眾人就是他的百姓，多得無數；在他後來的人尚且不喜悅他。這真是虛空，也是捕風。
			# There is no end of all the people, of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also vanity and vexation of spirit.