6:10 先前所有的,早已起了名,並知道何為人,他也不能與那比自己力大的相爭。
6:11 加增虛浮的事既多,這與人有甚麼益處呢?
6:12 人一生虛度的日子,就如影兒經過,誰知道甚麼與他有益呢?誰能告訴他身後在日光之下有甚麼事呢?
10 Whatever
exists has already been named,
and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
11 The more the words,
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
11 The more the words,
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and
meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will
happen under the sun after they are gone?
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傳道者在這裡說到了人最無奈的事,就是許多人都希望自己的名聲被人知道,卻偏偏無人注意,仍然是一個無名小卒!感覺自己真的無法力挽狂瀾,出人頭地,使大家都認識!
然而傳道者告訴人,不要想要突破命定的限制,因為人被高舉是來自上帝的作為,不是自己做了甚麼,做得越多、說得越多,都無法與上帝對抗,改變自己的命定。
所以,我們要清楚自己的極限,不要去想要改變自己無法改變的事。不要浪費自己的生命在無意義的事,而要成為一個敬畏上帝的人。存著敬畏的心來為上帝而活,因為我們是上帝的傑作,生命的意義在上帝,不在自己!