旧约 - 传道书(Ecclesiastes)第6章

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
传道书第六章   第 6 章 

  传 6:1-6> 有福不能享,我可不想落入这种景况…… 

  6:1-6 “神使他不能吃用”可能意味着那个人已经死了。即使人活了许多年,他的一生至终还是虚空的,因为他所积聚的一切终要留给别人。不论贫富,人人都会死。很多人想尽方法以延年益寿,增进健康;然而很少人会花费同样的时间和精神,来关注属灵的景况。如果我们单单致力于延长今生的寿命,而不采取神定的步骤去获得永生,我们的目光是何等短浅! 

  传 6:1-8:15> 世事难料,惟有神的心意不变! 

  6:1-8:15 在这段经文中,所罗门告诉我们,对神有正确的态度能帮助我们应付目前的不义。荣华富贵不一定是好的,而患难也不全是坏的。只有神永远是好的;如果我们按照祂的心意生活,就会心满意足。 

  传 6:6> 都归一个地方,是──? 

  6:6 “众人……都归一个地方去”意指人人都有一死。 

  传 6:9> 妄想啊,我会这样吗? 

  6:9 “心里妄想”是指人浪费时间去空想,希望得到他所没有的东西。 

  传 6:10> “比自己力大的”是指谁? 

  6:10 神知道并管理世上所发生的一切事情。尽管有时看来并非如此,祂确实是完全掌管我们的一生。既然创造我们的神完全知道我们,而且知道过去与未来,若我们仍然与祂争论,岂不是愚昧!(参耶 18:6 ;罗 9:19-24 ) 

  传 6:12> 人真能把握自己的命运吗?有人说不能,又有人说能,到底── 

  6:12 所罗门讲出了意味深长的真理──我们不能预测将来。他这样说是要反驳人能控制自己命运的观念。只有神知道在我们身上会发生什么事。正因为没有人知道未来,所以我们都要好好地过每一天,也应在一切的计划上仰望神,而不仅是展望将来。──《灵修版圣经注释》