2:1 我心裡說：「來吧，我以喜樂試試你，你好享福！」誰知，這也是虛空。
2:2 我指嬉笑說：「這是狂妄。」論喜樂說：「有何功效呢？」
2:3 我心裡察究，如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
2:4 我為自己動大工程，建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，
2:5 修造園囿，在其中栽種各樣果木樹；
2:6 挖造水池，用以澆灌嫩小的樹木。
2:7 我買了僕婢，也有生在家中的僕婢；又有許多牛群羊群，勝過以前在耶路撒冷眾人所有的。
2:8 我又為自己積蓄金銀和君王的財寶，並各省的財寶；又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜愛的物，並許多的妃嬪。
2:9 這樣，我就日見昌盛，勝過以前在耶路撒冷的眾人。我的智慧仍然存留。
2:10 凡我眼所求的，我沒有留下不給它的；我心所樂的，我沒有禁止不享受的；因我的心為我一切所勞碌的快樂，這就是我從勞碌中所得的分。
2:11 後來，我察看我手所經營的一切事和我勞碌所成的功。誰知都是虛空，都是捕風；在日光之下毫無益處。
2:2 我指嬉笑說：「這是狂妄。」論喜樂說：「有何功效呢？」
2:3 我心裡察究，如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
2:4 我為自己動大工程，建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，
2:5 修造園囿，在其中栽種各樣果木樹；
2:6 挖造水池，用以澆灌嫩小的樹木。
2:7 我買了僕婢，也有生在家中的僕婢；又有許多牛群羊群，勝過以前在耶路撒冷眾人所有的。
2:8 我又為自己積蓄金銀和君王的財寶，並各省的財寶；又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜愛的物，並許多的妃嬪。
2:9 這樣，我就日見昌盛，勝過以前在耶路撒冷的眾人。我的智慧仍然存留。
2:10 凡我眼所求的，我沒有留下不給它的；我心所樂的，我沒有禁止不享受的；因我的心為我一切所勞碌的快樂，這就是我從勞碌中所得的分。
2:11 後來，我察看我手所經營的一切事和我勞碌所成的功。誰知都是虛空，都是捕風；在日光之下毫無益處。
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with
pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. 2 “Laughter,”
I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with
wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see
what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their
lives.
4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted
vineyards. 5 I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of
fruit trees in them. 6 I
made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. 7 I bought male and female
slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds
and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. 8 I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the
treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem[a] as well—the delights of a man’s heart.
9 I became greater by
far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
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傳道者想用最高的智慧與最高等級的享樂，想尋求人生最高的意義。可是最後，他仍然非常的失望，因為他仍然覺得這一切的努力是沒有意義的，所以仍然感嘆的說：「後來，我察看我手所經營的一切事和我勞碌所成的功。誰知都是虛空，都是捕風；在日光之下毫無益處。」
從他的敘述中，財富、地位、享樂、權勢、成就感、…，等等的這一切大家看為美好的事，他都擁有了，而且還可以恣意的享受，但是心裡仍然不滿足，仍然虛空，仍然覺得一切都沒有意義了！
其實，有位神學家說得很好，他說道我們每個人心中都有一個空缺，這個空缺是任何事物都無法填滿的，只有上帝自己可以填滿！所以，人嘗試以別的事物來代替上帝，是無填法滿，一切都是無意義！
傳道書的作者，正是要表達這樣的景況，勸勉人要接受上帝在心中作王，才有真正的滿足！
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