“ Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Nothing has any meaning.”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，全是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。”

传道者说：“虚空的虚空，一切都是虚空。”

“虚空的虚空，”传道者说，“全都是虚空！”

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，凡事都是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，全是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，全是虛空。」

傳道者說：「虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。」

傳道者說：“虛空的虛空，一切都是虛空。”

傳道人說：虛空之虛空；萬事都虛空。

「虛空的虛空，」傳道者說，「全都是虛空！」

傳道者曰、虛空之虛空、萬事虛空、○

傳道者曰、我觀萬事、空之又空、虛之又虛。

柯希列曰、凡事皆虛中之虛、皆屬於虛、○

“ Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Everything is meaningless!”

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

“ Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher,“ completely meaningless.”

“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”

“ Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,“ all is futility!”

“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,“ All is vanity.”

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all[ is] vanity.

“ Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“ All of these things are futile!”

“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.“ All is vanity!”

“ Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher.“ Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning.”

I’ve seen what is done on this earth. All of it is meaningless. It’s like chasing the wind.

So I hated life. That’s because the work done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It’s like chasing the wind.

No one can stop the wind from blowing. And no one has the power to decide when they will die. No one is let out of the army in times of war. And evil won’t let go of those who practice it.

Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?

I also saw that a person works hard and accomplishes a lot. But they do it only because they want what another person has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.