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¹你趁着年轻、衰老的日子尚未来到，就是你所说，我毫无喜悦的那些岁月来临之前，当记念造你的主。 ²不要等到太阳、光明、月亮、星宿变为黑暗，雨后云又返回； ³看守房屋的发颤，强壮的屈身，推磨的妇女因人少而停工，从窗户往外看的眼光变为昏暗； ⁴街门关闭，推磨的声音微小，鸟一叫，就惊醒，唱歌女子的声音也都微弱； ⁵人怕高处，路上有惊慌；杏树开花，蚱蜢成为重担，欲望不再挑起；因为人归他永远的家，吊丧的在街上往来。 ⁶不要等到银链折断⚓，金罐破裂，瓶子在泉旁损坏，水轮在井口断裂， ⁷尘土仍归于地，像原来一样，气息仍归于赐气息的上帝。 ⁸传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

结论

⁹再者，传道者因有智慧，将知识教导众人；他思量，考察，并列举出许多箴言。 ¹⁰传道者专心寻求可喜悦的言语，是凭正直写的诚实话。
¹¹智慧人的话语如同刺棒；这些嘉言好像钉稳的钉子，都是一个牧者所赐的。 ¹²我儿，还有一点，你当受劝戒：著书多，没有穷尽；读书多，身体疲倦。
¹³这些事都已听见了，结论就是：敬畏上帝，谨守他的诫命，这是人当尽的本分。 ¹⁴因为人所做的事，连一切隐藏的事，无论是善是恶，上帝都必审问。

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¹Thaus koj tseed hluas
koj ca le ncu txug tug kws tswm koj
ua ntej kws kev txom nyem nyuaj sab
tsw tau lug txug,
hab lub naj lub xyoo tsw tau lug txug
kws koj yuav has tas,
“Kuv tsw muaj kev zoo sab xyiv faab
rua lub naj lub xyoo ntawd le,”
²yog ua ntej kws lub nub hab kev kaaj
hab lub hli hab tej nub qub tsw tau tsaus,
yog thaus naag lug lawm
los fuab tseed tsaus quas nti,
³hab cov faaj xwm kws zuv tsev⚓ tshee,
hab cov kws muaj zug khoov khoov,
hab cov kws zum zeb tsw tau tso tseg
vem yog tshuav tuabneeg tsawg,
hab cov kws xauj ntawm qhov rais
tsw tshua pum kev lawm,
⁴hab thaus tej qhov rooj
kws tawm rua ntawm txujkev kaw taag,
hab lub suab zum zeb ntsag tu,
hab suab naag suab noog
ua rua tuabneeg tswm dheev
hab suab nkauj kuj ntsag quas zug,
⁵hab puab ntshai nyob sau tej chaw sab,
hab muaj tej kws ntshai kawg
nyob tom tej kev.
Yog thaus tej txwv daw tawg paaj
hab kooj ntsuag neeg txaav zuj zuav
hab txujkev ntshaw kuj pluj taag lawm,
vem yog tuabneeg saamswm moog rua
lub chaw kws nwg nyob moog
ib txhab ib txhws,
hab cov kws quaj ntsuag
moog moog lug lug huv tej kev.
⁶Yog ua ntej kws saw nyaj tsw tau tu,
hab lub phaaj kub tsw tau tawg
hab lub hub dej tsw tau tawg
rua ntawm qhov dej txhawv,
hab lub lug kws kiv ntaus dej tsw tau luv,
⁷hab ua ntej kws moov aav
rov moog ua aav le qub
hab ntsuj plig rov moog cuag Vaajtswv
kws pub nwg tuaj.
⁸Tub laaj lim has tas, “Qhuav qhawv, qhuav qhawv, txhua yaam qhuav qhawv xwb.”

Xaus lug

⁹Tsw yog tub laaj lim muaj tswvyim xwb, nwg tseed qha kev txawj ntse rua cov pejxeem hab nwg tshuaj saib hab tshawb nrhav hab muab tej paaj lug tib ua ib qeb zuj zug. ¹⁰Xwbfwb ua tuab zoo nrhav tej lug kws zoo noog, hab nwg sau tej lug tseeb ncaaj nraim.
¹¹Cov tuabneeg muaj tswvyim tej lug zoo yaam nkaus le tug muv kws ntse zuag quas plag. Tej lug kws ib tug yug yaaj has tau muab sau zog ca ua ke lawm, zoo yaam nkaus le tej ntsa hlau kws muab ntsa ruaj khov. ¹²Kuv tug tub, ca le ceev faaj tej lug kws has ntxwv rua cov lug nuav. Qhov kws sau ua ntawv ntau yuav muaj tsw txawj kawg le, hab kawm ntau kuj ua kuas txug sav.
¹³Zaaj nuav tub xaus lawm, tub nov huvsw lawm. Ca le fwm hab paub ntshai Vaajtswv hab tuav rawv nwg tej lug nkaw, vem qhov nuav yog txhua yaam kws tuabneeg yuav tsum ua. ¹⁴Vaajtswv yuav muab txhua yaam num hab tej kws ua nraim nreeg lug txav txem tsw has zoo lossws phem.