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2:1
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我心里说：「来吧，我以喜乐试试你，你好享福！」谁知，这也是虚空。
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I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
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2:2
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我指嬉笑说：「这是狂妄。」论喜乐说：「有何功效呢？」
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I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
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2:3
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我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
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I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
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2:4
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我为自己动大工程，建造房屋，栽种葡萄园，
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I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
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2:5
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修造园囿，在其中栽种各样果木树；
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I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
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2:6
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挖造水池，用以浇灌嫩小的树木。
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I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
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2:7
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我买了仆婢，也有生在家中的仆婢；又有许多牛群羊群，胜过以前在耶路撒冷众人所有的。
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I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
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2:8
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我又为自己积蓄金银和君王的财宝，并各省的财宝；又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜爱的物，并许多的妃嫔。
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I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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2:9
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这样，我就日见昌盛，胜过以前在耶路撒冷的众人。我的智慧仍然存留。
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So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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2:10
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凡我眼所求的，我没有留下不给他的；我心所乐的，我没有禁止不享受的；因我的心为我一切所劳碌的快乐，这就是我从劳碌中所得的分。
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And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
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2:11
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后来，我察看我手所经营的一切事和我劳碌所成的功。谁知都是虚空，都是捕风；在日光之下毫无益处。
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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2:12
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我转念观看智慧、狂妄，和愚昧。在王以后而来的人还能做什么呢？也不过行早先所行的就是了。
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been done long ago.
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2:13
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我便看出智慧胜过愚昧，如同光明胜过黑暗。
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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2:14
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智慧人的眼目光明（光明：原文作在他头上），愚昧人在黑暗里行。我却看明有一件事，这两等人都必遇见。
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The wise man`s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
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2:15
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我就心里说：「愚昧人所遇见的，我也必遇见，我为何更有智慧呢？」我心里说，这也是虚空。
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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2:16
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智慧人和愚昧人一样，永远无人记念，因为日后都被忘记；可叹智慧人死亡，与愚昧人无异。
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For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
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2:17
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我所以恨恶生命；因为在日光之下所行的事我都以为烦恼，都是虚空，都是捕风。
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So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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2:18
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我恨恶一切的劳碌，就是我在日光之下的劳碌，因为我得来的必留给我以后的人。
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And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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2:19
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那人是智慧是愚昧，谁能知道？他竟要管理我劳碌所得的，就是我在日光之下用智慧所得的。这也是虚空。
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And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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2:20
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故此，我转想我在日光之下所劳碌的一切工作，心便绝望。
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Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
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2:21
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因为有人用智慧、知识、灵巧所劳碌得来的，却要留给未曾劳碌的人为分。这也是虚空，也是大患。
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For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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2:22
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人在日光之下劳碌累心，在他一切的劳碌上得着什么呢？
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For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
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2:23
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因为他日日忧虑，他的劳苦成为愁烦，连夜间心也不安。这也是虚空。
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For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
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2:24
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人莫强如吃喝，且在劳碌中享福，我看这也是出于神的手。
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There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
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2:25
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论到吃用、享福，谁能胜过我呢？
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For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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2:26
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神喜悦谁，就给谁智慧、知识，和喜乐；惟有罪人，神使他劳苦，叫他将所收聚的、所堆积的归给神所喜悦的人。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
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For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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