So he brought their days to an end like a puff of smoke. He ended their years with terror.

因此，他叫他们的日子全归虚空，叫他们的年岁尽属惊恐。

因此，他使他们的日子全归虚空，叫他们的年岁尽属惊恐。

因此，他使他们的日子全归虚空，叫他们的年岁尽属惊恐。

所以上帝使他们虚度一生，让他们的岁月充满恐惧。

所以神使他们的日子在虚空中消逝，使他们的岁月在惊恐中完结。

所以他使他们的日子在虚空中消逝，使他们的岁月在突然惊恐中消亡。

因此，他叫他們的日子全歸虛空，叫他們的年歲盡屬驚恐。

因此，他使他們的日子全歸虛空，叫他們的年歲盡屬驚恐。

因此，他使他們的日子全歸虛空，叫他們的年歲盡屬驚恐。

所以上帝使他們虛度一生，讓他們的歲月充滿恐懼。

所以神使他們的日子在虛空中消逝，使他們的歲月在驚恐中完結。

因此上帝使他們的日子全消盡於虛幻中，使他們的年月也消逝於突臨的驚恐中。

所以他使他們的日子在虛空中消逝，使他們的歲月在突然驚恐中消亡。

故使其度日虛空、歷年驚恐兮、

上帝使之、終日艱難、窮年觳觫兮。

因此天主使之空虛度日、戰兢終身、

主乃降罰。紛紛夭折。肅殺之威。令人懍慄。

So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.

So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.

So he ended their lives in failure, their years in terror.

He made their days end in futility, their years in sudden disaster.

So He brought their days to an end in futility, And their years to an end in sudden terror.

Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

He made their days end in futility, their years in sudden disaster.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

You will die in this desert. Every one of you 20 years old or more will die. Every one of you who was counted in the list of the people will die. Every one of you who has spoken out against me will be wiped out.

I, the Lord, have spoken. I will surely do these things to this entire evil community of Israel. They have joined together against me. They will meet their end in this desert. They will die here.”

The men of Israel had been counted before in the Sinai Desert by Moses and Aaron the priest. But not one of them was among the men counted this time.The Lord had told the Israelites at Kadesh Barnea that they would certainly die in the desert. Not one of them was left alive except Caleb and Joshua. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua was the son of Nun.

Hard times don’t just grow out of the soil. Trouble doesn’t jump out of the ground.People are born to have trouble. And that’s just as sure as sparks fly up.

Between the time we left Kadesh Barnea and the time we went across the Zered Valley, 38 years had passed. By then, all the fighting men who had been in our camp from the beginning had died. The Lord had warned them that it would happen.He used his power against them until he had gotten rid of all of them. Not one was left in the camp.Finally, the last of the fighting men among the people died.

Everything has now been heard. And here’s the final thing I want to say. Have respect for God and obey his commandments. This is what he expects of all human beings.God will judge everything people do. That includes everything they try to hide. He’ll judge everything, whether it’s good or evil.

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

Human beings have only a few days to live. Their lives are full of trouble.

I decided to study things carefully. I used my wisdom to check everything out. I looked into everything that is done on earth. What a heavy load God has put on human beings!I’ve seen what is done on this earth. All of it is meaningless. It’s like chasing the wind.

The Lord God said to the woman,“ I will increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in great pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”The Lord God said to Adam,“ You listened to your wife’s suggestion. You ate fruit from the tree I warned you about. I said,‘ You must not eat its fruit.’“ So I am putting a curse on the ground because of what you did. All the days of your life you will have to work hard. It will be painful for you to get food from the ground.You will eat plants from the field, even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. You will return to it when you die. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Your anger destroys us. Your burning anger terrifies us.You have put our sins right in front of you. You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.You have been angry with us all of our days. We groan as we come to the end of our lives.

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