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旧约 - 传道书(Ecclesiastes)第8章

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance.
Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him.
Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come?
No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death. As no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.
Then too, I saw the wicked buried--those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
Although a wicked man commits a hundred crimes and still lives a long time, I know that it will go better with God-fearing men, who are reverent before God.
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth--his eyes not seeing sleep day or night--
then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.
传道书第八章   第 8 章 

  传 8:1> “人的智慧使他的脸发光”,那经常愁眉苦脸的人岂不是…… 

  8:1 智慧使我们能以神的观点来看人生,继而采取最好的对策。大多数人都会同意智慧是宝贵的资产,但怎样才能得到智慧呢?箴言教导我们“敬畏耶和华(尊敬和惧怕神)是智慧的开端”(箴 9:10 )。智慧来自认识和信靠神。认识神会使我们有悟性,并能与人分享。 

  传 8:11> 司法软弱,纵容犯罪,是自古以来的教训,今天嘛…… 

  8:11 如果神不立刻刑罚我们时,不要以为祂不理我们的罪恶,或以为犯罪不会带来恶果。当小孩子犯错以后,如果没有人发觉,他就会再犯。神知道我们所犯的一切错;有一天,我们会因所犯的一切错受应得的惩罚( 12:14 )。 

  传 8:15> 奔波劳碌,无暇享受也不会享受生活,是否我的人生写照? 

  8:15 所罗门重述对人生难以解决的问题的补偿方法。他劝我们以快乐和满足来勉励自己去走人生的路。我们必须做每天应做的工作,也应享用食物和快乐。让我们学习享受神所赐的饮食,叫我们重新得力,来继续做祂的工作。 

  8:16-17 最有智慧的人,即使有方法得到世上所有的智慧,也无法参透全部奥秘。没有人能完全明白神和祂所做的一切,世界上的问题永远多过答案。但这些未知的事不应对我们的喜乐、信心或工作投下阴影,因为我们知道有一位更伟大的、掌管一切的主让我们信靠。不要为将来所不知的事而失去神现在赐给你的喜乐。──《灵修版圣经注释》