Ecclesiastes 12の有名な聖句

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After having heard it all, this is the conclusion: Fear God, and keep his commands, because this applies to everyone.

God will certainly judge everything that is done. This includes every secret thing, whether it is good or bad.

Remember your Creator when you are young, before the days of trouble come and the years catch up with you. They will make you say, “I have found no pleasure in them.” Remember your Creator before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars turn dark, ⌞and⌟ the clouds come back with rain.

Remember your Creator before the silver cord is snapped, the golden bowl is broken, the pitcher is smashed near the spring, and the water wheel is broken at the cistern. Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

“Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Everything is pointless!”