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旧约 - 传道书(Ecclesiastes)第7章

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.
Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions.
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun.
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.
Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?
When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future.
In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise--why destroy yourself?
Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool--why die before your time?
It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes.
Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city.
There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.
Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you--
for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"--but this was beyond me.
Whatever wisdom may be, it is far off and most profound--who can discover it?
So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.
I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.
"Look," says the Teacher, "this is what I have discovered: "Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things--
while I was still searching but not finding--I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.
This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes."
传道书第七章   第 7 章 

  传 7:1-4> 是让人自寻烦恼吗?有没有搞错?! 

  7:1-4 这一段经文似乎与所罗门以前的劝告相抵触,因他曾劝人享受神所赐给人的吃喝,享受从自己工作中得到的满足。虽然我们应在能够享受的时候享受自己所有的,但也要认识到患难会忽然来临。这些患难提醒我们人生是短促的,教导我们要生活得有智慧,并锻炼我们的性格。希腊人和罗马人藐视苦难,东方的宗教则寻求超越苦难的方法,但基督教和犹太教洞察到忧患的价值,视苦难为试炼的火。大多数人同意在苦难中会比在快乐中更深地认识神。你是否不惜一切逃避悲伤和苦难?你要把苦难看成神所赐的学习良机。 

  传 7:2,4> 我能坦然面对死亡的话题吗?是不是多多少少有些忌讳? 

  7:2,4 很多人回避死的问题,不肯面对死亡,更不愿意参加丧礼。所罗门不是劝我们胡思乱想,而是希望我们透彻地思考死亡的问题。这样可以提醒我们仍有时间去改变,去检讨人生的方向,并承认我们的罪,向神寻求赦免。因为每个人最后都会死,所以我们应当事先为自己计划一下,要体验神的怜悯,而不是受祂的审判。 

  传 7:7> 收受贿赂是罪,请客送礼也要小心── 

  7:7 “有钱能使鬼推磨。”金钱可使人偏离公正的判断。我们常听到有法官、警察和证人收受贿赂的事。行贿能伤害讲真话的人,庇护敌对真理的人。不管他们在事前以为自己多么聪明,凡涉及敲诈、勒索和收受贿赂的人,都是愚昧人。有人说,每个人都可以用钱来收买,但真正有智慧的人不为钱财所动。 

  传 7:8> 有始无终,虎头蛇尾,是不是我易犯的毛病? 

  7:8 要完成已开始的艰巨工作,需要智慧的引导、辛勤工作、自律和忍耐。凡有远见的人皆可以推动巨大的计划,但单有远见而没有智慧,常不能完成已开始的计划,达到预期的目标。 

  传 7:14> 顺境时沾沾自喜,逆境时怨天尤人,你是这样的吗? 

  7:14 神允许顺境与逆境临到每一个人,祂将两者糅合在我们的生命中,使我们难以预测将来或倚赖自己的智慧和能力。在顺境中,我们常自夸成就;在逆境时,则会责怪神,而不感谢祂从逆境中带给我们的好处。当我们的生活平安稳妥,感到能掌握自己的命运时,不要自鸣得意,否则神可能藉逆境来驱使你回转归向祂。当人生似乎茫然不定,又无法控制时,也不要灰心失望,因神掌握一切,祂能使人在逆境中获益良多。 

  传 7:16-18> 行义也会过分吗?我们应怎样理解? 

  7:16-18 人怎能行义过分或过于自逞智慧呢?这是对骄傲的律法主义者或伪善者的警告。所罗门是说有些人因自己的宗教行为而自以为义、自以为聪明。他们的观点极其僵化狭隘,以致觉察不到为善的真正原因是要荣耀神。不偏不倚是重要的。神创造人是要我们成为一个完整的人,去追求祂的公义和良善。所以,我们应避免走向律法主义和纵欲主义这两个极端。 

  传 7:23-25> 茫茫宇宙,奥秘无穷,人才认识了多少呢…… 

  7:23-25 即使是世上最有智慧的所罗门,也承认要在行为和思想上有智慧是极其困难的。他强调无论我们知道多少,总有很多奥秘无法理解。所以,如果认为自己有充分的智慧的话,就表示你还是没有智慧。 

  传 7:27-28> 男比女强?是这意思吗? 

  7:27-28 所罗门是否以为女人不能成为正直(智慧和良善)的人呢?不是,因为他在箴言中也将智慧比拟为负责任的妇人。他的要点是说几乎没有一个男人或女人在神面前是正直的,而不是说女人没有智慧。在他的寻求考察之中,发现良善和智慧在男人和女人中皆很难找到,即使在他的文化背景中,男人有机会接受宗教教育,女人没有,但结果也是一样的。所以所罗门说:“我在千人中只可找到一个在神眼中看为有智慧的人。不过,其实我能找到的比这数目更少!” 

  传 7:29> 人哪,真真辜负了神的创造! 

  7:29 神创造人为的是要他们过正直的生活,有公义的行为。但他们反而离开神偏行己路,最后走向败亡。──《灵修版圣经注释》