Ecclesiastes 7
1 [Having] a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
아름다운 이름이 보배로운 기름보다 낫고 죽는 날이 출생하는 날보다 나으며
2 It is better to go to a house where people are mourning [about someone who has died] than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
초상집에 가는 것이 잔치집에 가는 것보다 나으니 모든 사람의 결국이 이와 같이 됨이라 산 자가 이것에 유심하리로다
3 It is better to be sad than to be [always] laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
슬픔이 웃음보다 나음은 얼굴에 근심함으로 마음이 좋게 됨이니라
4 Wise [people] who go to where others are mourning think about [the fact that some day they also will] die, but foolish people [PRS] [do not think about that]; they are always [MTY] laughing.
지혜자의 마음은 초상집에 있으되 우매자의 마음은 연락하는 집에 있느니라
5 It is better to pay attention to [someone who is wise] you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
사람이 지혜자의 책망을 듣는 것이 우매자의 노래를 듣는 것보다 나으니라
6 By [listening to] foolish people laughing we will not [learn any more than by listening to] the crackling of thorns [being burned] under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.
우매자의 웃음 소리는 솥 밑에서 가시나무의 타는 소리 같으니 이것도 헛되니라
7 When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and [accepting] bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.
탐학이 지혜자를 우매하게 하고 뇌물이 사람의 명철을 망케 하느니라
8 Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.
일의 끝이 시작보다 낫고 참는 마음이 교만한 마음보다 나으니
9 Do not quickly (lose your temper/react to things angrily), because it is foolish people [SYN] who become very angry.
급한 마음으로 노를 발하지 말라 노는 우매자의 품에 머무름이니라
10 Do not say, “Things were a lot better [RHQ] previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.
옛날이 오늘보다 나은 것이 어찜이냐 하지 말라 이렇게 묻는 것이 지혜가 아니니라
11 Being wise is better than inheriting [valuable things]; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].
지혜는 유업 같이 아름답고 햇빛을 보는 자에게 유익하도다
12 We are [sometimes] protected by being wise like we are [sometimes] protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better [than having a lot of money], [because] being wise prevents us from [doing foolish things that would] cause us to die.
지혜도 보호하는 것이 되고 돈도 보호하는 것이 되나 지식이 더욱 아름다움은 지혜는 지혜 얻은 자의 생명을 보존함이니라
13 Think [carefully about] what God has done. Certainly no one can [RHQ] cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.
하나님의 행하시는 일을 보라 하나님이 굽게 하신 것을 누가 능히 곧게 하겠느냐
14 When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters.
형통한 날에는 기뻐하고 곤고한 날에는 생각하라 하나님이 이 두가지를 병행하게 하사 사람으로 그 장래 일을 능히 헤아려 알지 못하게 하셨느니라
15 During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die [while they are still young], and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in [spite of] their continuing to be wicked.
내가 내 헛된 날에 이 모든 일을 본즉 자기의 의로운 중에서 멸망하는 의인이 있고 자기의 악행 중에서 장수하는 악인이 있으니
16 [So] do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, [because if you think those things], you will destroy yourself.
지나치게 의인이 되지 말며 지나치게 지혜자도 되지 말라 어찌하여 스스로 패망케 하겠느냐
17 If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
지나치게 악인이 되지 말며 우매자도 되지 말라 어찌하여 기한 전에 죽으려느냐
18 Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
너는 이것을 잡으며 저것을 놓지 마는 것이 좋으니 하나님을 경외하는 자는 이 모든 일에서 벗어날 것임이니라
19 If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
지혜가 지혜자로 성읍 가운데 열 유사보다 능력이 있게 하느니라
20 There is no one in this world who [always] does what is right and who never sins.
선을 행하고 죄를 범치 아니하는 의인은 세상에 아주 없느니라
21 Do not pay attention [IDM] to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
무릇 사람의 말을 들으려고 마음을 두지 말라 염려컨대 네 종이 너를 저주하는 것을 들으리라
22 You know that you have also cursed other people.
너도 가끔 사람을 저주한 것을 네 마음이 아느니라
23 I said [to myself] that I would use my wisdom to study all the things [that I have written about], but I was not able to do it successfully.
내가 이 모든 것을 지혜로 시험하며 스스로 이르기를 내가 지혜자가 되리라 하였으나 지혜가 나를 멀리하였도다
24 Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.
무릇 된 것이 멀고 깊고 깊도다 누가 능히 통달하랴
25 But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly.
내가 돌이켜 전심으로 지혜와 명철을 살피고 궁구하여 악한 것이 어리석은 것이요 어리석은 것이 미친 것인 줄을 알고자 하였더니
26 [One thing I learned was that] (allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married) is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is [as dangerous as] a trap [MET]. [If you allow her to put] her arms [around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with] chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women.
내가 깨달은즉 마음이 올무와 그물 같고 손이 포승 같은 여인은 사망보다 독한 자라 하나님을 기뻐하는 자는 저를 피하려니와 죄인은 저에게 잡히리로다
27 This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
전도자가 가로되 내가 낱낱이 살펴 그 이치를 궁구하여 이것을 깨달았노라
28 and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find [all that I was searching for]. [But] one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 [people] I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
내 마음에 찾아도 아직 얻지 못한 것이 이것이라 일천 남자 중에서 하나를 얻었거니와 일천 여인 중에서는 하나도 얻지 못하였느니라
29 [But] I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
나의 깨달은 것이 이것이라 곧 하나님이 사람을 정직하게 지으셨으나 사람은 많은 꾀를 낸 것이니라
