Ecclesiastes 12

흐흐 할 말이 없다. 작심 3일이라더니 그것도 못해 작심 1일! 푸하하하 그러나 어떠랴. 할 수 있을 때 이렇게 다시 하면 되지. 두둥실 흘러가는 대로 하고 싶은 걸 하면서 룰루랄라~ 하하 드문드문이라도 안 하는 것보다는 낫지 아니한가. 아무렴! 푸하하하.

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1. Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them" -

2. before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

3. when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;

stoop 몸을 굽히다. 구부정한 자세.

dim 어둑한, 약해지다.

4. when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;

faint 희미한

5. when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

drags 끌다. 힘들게 움직이다.

stirred 젓다. 섞다. 흔들다. 약간 움직이다. 동요.

mourners 문상객들.

6. Remember him- before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well,

silver cord 탯줄

severed 자르다

golden bowl 황금 주발

7. and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8. "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!"

9. Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.

pondered 심사숙고하다.

10. The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.

upright 똑바른, 꼿꼿한

11. The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails-given by one shepherd.

goads 들들 볶다.

embedded 단단히 박힌

12. Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.

13. Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

14. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

(사진: 꽃 뜰)