14:1 妇女所生的人，寿命不长，却饱尝烦恼。
Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble, 14:2 他象花生出，瞬息凋谢；飞驰如影，从不停留。
Like a flower that springs up and fades, swift as a shadow that does not abide. 14:3 这样的人，岂配你睁眼注视﹖传他到你面前受审﹖
Upon such a one will you cast your eyes so as to bring him into judgment before you, 14:4 谁能使洁净出于不洁﹖没有一人!
3:28Though he wears out like a leather bottle, like a garment that the moth has consumed? 14:5 他的时日既已注定，他的岁数既由你掌管，他决不能越过你定下的期限：
Can a man be found who is clean of defilement? There is none, 14:6 请你别看他，让他安息，好象佣工度过自己的日期。
however short his days. You know the number of his months; you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass. 14:7 若是一棵树被砍伐了，仍有希望生出新芽，嫩枝丛出不穷。
Look away from him and let him be, while, like a hireling, he completes his day. 14:8 它的根虽老于地下，枝干纵枯死地上，
For a tree there is hope, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender shoots will not cease. 14:9 但一有水气，立即生芽，好似幼苗发出枝叶。
Even though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the dust, 14:10 但是人一死，立即僵卧；人一断气，他究竟在何处﹖
Yet at the first whiff of water it may flourish again and put forth branches like a young plant. 14:11 海水能干涸，江河能枯竭；
But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him; when man expires, where then is he? 14:12 但是，人一僵卧，不再起立，直到天不存在，仍不苏醒，仍不能由睡眠中苏醒。
As when the waters of a lake fail, or a stream grows dry and parches, 14:13 唯愿你将我藏于阴府，将我隐藏，直到你熄怒；愿你给我定一期限，终于想起我。
So men lie down and rise not again. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. 14:14 人若死了，岂能再生﹖我在整个从军之日，我期待，直到换班的时期到来。
Oh, that you would hide me in the nether world and keep me sheltered till your wrath is past; would fix a time for me, and then remember me! 14:15 你若呼唤我，我必回答你：你对你手所造的，必有所怀念。
When a man has died, were he to live again, all the days of my drudgery I would wait, until my relief should come. 14:16 你现今既数了我的脚步，不必再监察我的罪过。
You would call, and I would answer you; you would esteem the work of your hands. 14:17 请把我的罪过封闭在囊中，涤净我的一切过犯。
Surely then you would count my steps, and not keep watch for sin in me. 14:18 但是，山岳能崩裂离析，磐石能由原处挪移，
My misdeeds would be sealed up in a pouch, and you would cover over my guilt. 14:19 流水能穿过石头，骤雨能冲出泥沙：你也照样消灭了人的希望。
But as a mountain falls at last and its rock is moved from its place, 14:20 你时常攻击他，使他消逝；改变他的容貌，遣他离去。
As waters wear away the stones and floods wash away the soil of the land, so you destroy the hope of man. 14:21 此后，他的儿子受尊荣与否，他也不知；他们受轻贱与否，他也不觉。
You prevail once for all against him and he passes on; with changed appearance you send him away. 14:22 他只觉自己肉身的痛苦，他的心灵只为自己悲哀。
If his sons are honored, he is not aware of it; if they are in disgrace, he does not know about them.