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3:1
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凡事都有定期，天下各樣的事務都有定時︰
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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3:2
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生有時，死有時﹔栽種有時，拔出所栽種的也有時﹔
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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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3:3
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殺戮有時，醫治有時﹔拆了破口有時，建造有時，
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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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3:4
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哭有時，笑有時﹔舉哀有時，踴躍有時﹔
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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3:5
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拋擲石頭有時，堆聚石頭有時﹔懷抱有時，停止懷抱有時﹔
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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3:6
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尋找有時，失掉有時﹔保守有時，拋棄有時﹔
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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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3:7
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撕裂有時，縫補有時﹔靜默有時，說話有時﹔
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A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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3:8
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喜愛有時，恨惡有時﹔戰爭有時，和平有時，
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A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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3:9
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那么、人在他所勞碌的事情上作工、有什么益處呢？
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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3:10
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我看上帝將勞苦的事給人類，使他們在其中去勞碌。
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I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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3:11
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上帝造萬物、按其定時都很美好﹔他也善忘性（或譯︰永恆望）安置于人心里，以致上帝從始至終的作為、人都不能查出。
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He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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3:12
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我知道世人莫如時常歡喜、一生享樂﹔
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I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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3:13
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并且人人吃喝，在他一切的勞碌中經驗經驗享樂，這也是上帝的恩賜。
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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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3:14
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我知道上帝一切所作的都必永存，無所加添，也無所減少︰上帝這樣行，是要人在他面前存著敬畏的心。
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I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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3:15
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已有的事、早已早有了﹔將來的事也早已有了﹔并且被追逐的往事、上帝也設法討回。
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That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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3:16
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我又看日光之下什么地方在執行著公道，什么地方就有奸惡，什么地方有公義，什么地方也有奸惡。
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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3:17
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我心里說︰義人和惡人上帝都要審判，因為各樣事務、各樣工作、他都立下（傳統︰在那里）定時。
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I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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3:18
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我心里說︰這是為了人類的緣故︰是上帝要試驗他們，使他們看出自己不過像獸類一樣。
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I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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3:19
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因為人類所遭遇的、獸類也遭遇著︰他們都有一樣的遭遇︰這個怎樣死，那個怎樣死﹔二者都有一樣的氣息︰人比獸并沒有什么長處﹔都是虛空。
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For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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3:20
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他們都向著一處走︰都是出于塵土，也都回歸塵土。
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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3:21
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誰能知道人的靈是往上 、獸類的魂（同詞︰靈）是往下降而入于地呢？
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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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3:22
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故此我見看莫如在他所作的事上喜樂﹔因為這是他的分﹔他身后要怎么樣、誰能使他回來看到呢？
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Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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