Ayat-ayat Alkitab Ternama dari Ecclesiastes 12

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Now I have heard everything and this is what I have decided: Respect God and obey his commands. That is God's purpose for all people.

Remember that God will judge everything that we do, to see if it is good or it is bad. He knows even the things that we do secretly.

Remember to serve God while you are young. He is the one who made you. Your life will have many troubles in the future. During those years, you will say, ‘I do not enjoy my life any more.’ When you are old, the light from the sun will not seem to be bright. You will not see the moon or the stars. There will always be dark clouds after the rain.

Remember to serve God while you are young, because one day your life will finish. It will be like a silver chain that breaks; like a gold bowl that breaks; like a water pot at the well that breaks into pieces; like a rope at the well that breaks apart. Our bodies go back into the ground as dust. The breath of our life goes back to God, who gave it to us.

So I, the Teacher, say, ‘All these things have no purpose. We cannot understand why they happen.’