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3:1
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凡事都有定期，天下万务都有定时。
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For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
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3:2
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生有时，死有时；栽种有时，拔出所栽种的也有时；
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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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杀戮有时，医治有时；拆毁有时，建造有时；
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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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哭有时，笑有时；哀恸有时，跳舞有时；
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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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抛掷石头有时，堆聚石头有时；怀抱有时，不怀抱有时；
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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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寻找有时，失落有时；保守有时，舍弃有时；
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a time to seek, 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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撕裂有时，缝补有时；静默有时，言语有时；
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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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喜爱有时，恨恶有时；争战有时，和好有时。
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a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
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3:9
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这样看来，做事的人在他的劳碌上有什么益处呢？
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
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3:10
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我见神叫世人劳苦，使他们在其中受经练。
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I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
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3:11
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神造万物，各按其时成为美好，又将永生（原文作永远）安置在世人心里。然而神从始至终的作为，人不能参透。
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He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
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3:12
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我知道世人，莫强如终身喜乐行善；
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I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
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3:13
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并且人人吃喝，在他一切劳碌中享福，这也是神的恩赐。
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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
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3:14
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我知道神一切所做的都必永存；无所增添，无所减少。神这样行，是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。
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I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
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3:15
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现今的事早先就有了，将来的事早已也有了，并且神使已过的事重新再来（或作：并且神再寻回已过的事）。
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That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
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3:16
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我又见日光之下，在审判之处有奸恶，在公义之处也有奸恶。
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And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
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3:17
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我心里说，神必审判义人和恶人；因为在那里，各样事务，一切工作，都有定时。
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I said in my heart, God will 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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我心里说，这乃为世人的缘故，是神要试验他们，使他们觉得自己不过像兽一样。
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I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
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3:19
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因为世人遭遇的，兽也遭遇，所遭遇的都是一样：这个怎样死，那个也怎样死，气息都是一样。人不能强于兽，都是虚空。
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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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
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3:20
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都归一处，都是出于尘土，也都归于尘土。
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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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谁知道人的灵是往上升，兽的魂是下入地呢？
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Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
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3:22
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故此，我见人莫强如在他经营的事上喜乐，因为这是他的分。他身后的事谁能使他回来得见呢？
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Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
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