There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

我见日光之下有一宗大祸患，就是财主积存资财，反害自己。

我见日光之下有一件令人忧伤的祸患，就是财主积存财富，反害自己。

我见日光之下有一件令人忧伤的祸患，就是财主积存财富，反害自己。

我看到日光之下有一件可悲的事：有人积攒财宝，反而害了自己。

我看见日光之下有一令人痛心的憾事，就是财主积聚财富，反受其害。

我看到在日光之下有一件令人痛心的悲苦之事：财主所积存的财富导致了他的悲苦，

我見日光之下有一宗大禍患，就是財主積存資財，反害自己。

我見日光之下有一件令人憂傷的禍患，就是財主積存財富，反害自己。

我見日光之下有一件令人憂傷的禍患，就是財主積存財富，反害自己。

我看到日光之下有一件可悲的事：有人積攢財寶，反而害了自己。

我看見日光之下有一令人痛心的憾事，就是財主積聚財富，反受其害。

我看日光之下有一宗大禍患：就是財富積守着、反而害到財主；

我看到在日光之下有一件令人痛心的悲苦之事：財主所積存的財富導致了他的悲苦，

我於日下見有大患、乃人存積貨財、反自害也、

曠觀天下之人、深可憫惜、積貯貨財、自取其害、

遭遇患難、貲財俱失、雖生子、手中毫無所有、以遺於子、

I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,

I’ve seen something very evil on earth. It’s when wealth is stored up and then brings harm to its owners.

There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth being hoarded by its owner to his detriment.

There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

There is a sore evil[ which] I have seen under the sun,[ namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“ One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters,“ Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried,and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

He also said to the disciples,“ There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.And he called him and said to him,‘ What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’And the manager said to himself,‘ What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first,‘ How much do you owe my master?’He said,‘ A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him,‘ Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’Then he said to another,‘ And how much do you owe?’ He said,‘ A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him,‘ Take your bill, and write eighty.’The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.“ One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.Then Abram said to Lot,“ Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar.( This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other.

And he told them a parable, saying,“ The land of a rich man produced plentifully,and he thought to himself,‘ What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’And he said,‘ I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.And I will say to my soul,“ Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’But God said to him,‘ Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks,“ For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

And the firstborn said to the younger,“ Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.The next day, the firstborn said to the younger,“ Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

If they say,“ Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.

But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.As for the scoundrel— his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands.

“ There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,“ Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?