1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"-

岁月流逝，灾难将临；你说：“我寻不着乐趣”，那就趁年轻仰慕你的造物主吧。

2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

日月星辰昏暗，雨去云来；

3 when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;

财主们战栗，强人乏力；路断人稀，阴霾笼罩；

4 when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when men rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;

市井闭户，作坊静寂；闻鸟鸣早起的情形，一去不复返了；

5 when men are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

街道成沟壑，遍地现惊惶；而银杏树照开，蚂蚱奄奄一息；欲望不再，死的死了，活的哀悼。

6 Remember him-before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well,

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

尘土回归大地，灵魂物归原主。

8 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!"

9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.

10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.

11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails-given by one Shepherd.

12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.

13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

敬畏神，守他的诫命，因为这是人全部的义务。

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

人的一切行为，无论善恶，哪怕是隐秘的，神都会审判。