[Note: The material in this chapter with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. It will be updated as time allows.]

📖 📄 📘 Chuándào‐Shū ((Chuán·dào {To Spread} · Way 传道 傳道)‐(Shū Writing → [Book] 书 書) → [The Book of Ecclesiastes]) 5 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 1 Nǐ dào Shàngdì de (’s 的) diàn, yào xiǎoxīn jiǎobù. Jìnqián língtīng, shèngguò xiàng yúmèi rén nàyàng xiànshang jìshēng, yīnwei tāmen bù (not 不) zhīdào zìjǐ suǒ ({that which [they]} 所) zuò de (’s 的) shì (are 是) èshì.

📖 📄 📘 … 4 Nǐ ((if) you 你) xiàng (to 向 向/曏/嚮) Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) xǔxia (xǔ·xia {have promised} · down 许下 許下) shìyuàn (vow 誓愿 誓願), jiù (then 就) yào ((you) must 要) lǚxíng (lǚ·xíng {shoe → [walk]} · {walk → [do]} (it) → [fulfil (it)] 履行), búyào (bú·yào not · {do be going to} → [do not] 不要) tuōyán (tuō·yán {drag → [delay]} · {prolong → [delay]} → [delay] 拖延), yīnwei (yīn·wei because · for 因为 因為) tā (he 他) bù (not 不) xǐhuan (xǐ·huan {does like} · {is happy with} 喜欢 喜歡) yúmèi (yú·mèi stupid · {dim → [ignorant]} 愚昧) de (’s 的) rén (persons 人). Nǐ (you 你) xǔxiale (xǔ·xia·le {have promised} · down · {to completion} 许下了 許下了) shìyuàn (vow 誓愿 誓願), jiù (then 就) yào ((you) must 要) lǚxíng (lǚ·xíng {shoe → [walk]} · {walk → [do]} (it) → [fulfil (it)] 履行). …

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📖 📄 📘 18 Wǒ (I 我) kànchū zuì měihǎo de (’s 的) shì, jiùshì rén néng chīhē xiǎngfú (xiǎng·fú enjoy · {good fortune} 享福), zài Shàngdì (Shàng·dì above’s · God 上帝) suǒ ({those which (he)} 所) cì yìshēng yǒuxiàn de (’s 的) niánrì li (inside 里 裡/裏), zài tiānrì zhīxià xīnláo (xīn·láo {pungently → [labouriously]} · labours 辛劳 辛勞) yǐhòu, néng xiǎngshòu xīnláo (xīn·láo {pungent → [labourious]} · labouring 辛劳 辛勞) délái de (’s 的) yíqiè. Zhè jiùshì tā (he 他) suǒ ({that which (he)} 所) yīngdé de (’s 的) chéngguǒ. …