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4:1
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我又转念，见日光之下所行的一切欺压。看哪，受欺压的流泪，且无人安慰；欺压他们的有势力，也无人安慰他们。
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Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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4:2
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因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。
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Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
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4:3
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并且我以为那未曾生的，就是未见过日光之下恶事的，比这两等人更强。
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yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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4:4
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我又见人为一切的劳碌和各样灵巧的工作就被邻舍嫉妒。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
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Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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4:5
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愚昧人抱着手，吃自己的肉。
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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4:6
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满了一把，得享安静，强如满了两把，劳碌捕风。
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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
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4:7
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我又转念，见日光之下有一件虚空的事：
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Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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4:8
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有人孤单无二，无子无兄，竟劳碌不息，眼目也不以钱财为足。他说：「我劳劳碌碌，刻苦自己，不享福乐，到底是为谁呢？」这也是虚空，是极重的劳苦。
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There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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4:9
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两个人总比一个人好，因为二人劳碌同得美好的果效。
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
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4:10
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若是跌倒，这人可以扶起他的同伴；若是孤身跌倒，没有别人扶起他来，这人就有祸了。
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
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4:11
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再者，二人同睡就都暖和，一人独睡怎能暖和呢？
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Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?
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4:12
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有人攻胜孤身一人，若有二人便能敌挡他；三股合成的绳子不容易折断。
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And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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4:13
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贫穷而有智慧的少年人胜过年老不肯纳谏的愚昧王。
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Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
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4:14
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这人是从监牢中出来作王，在他国中，生来原是贫穷的。
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For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
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4:15
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我见日光之下一切行动的活人都随从那第二位，就是起来代替老王的少年人。
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I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
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4:16
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他所治理的众人就是他的百姓，多得无数；在他后来的人尚且不喜悦他。这真是虚空，也是捕风。
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There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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