伝道の書 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
注釈
Study Note
The conclusion of Qohelet — 'fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man' — resolves the book's sustained meditation on vanity and transience with the most compressed statement of covenantal obligation in wisdom literature. The phrase 'whole duty of man' is supplied by translators; the Hebrew reads literally 'this is the all of the human' (zeh kol ha'adam) — suggesting not merely a duty but a description of what constitutes full, complete humanity. The redactional conclusion stands in productive tension with the book's interior voices: Qohelet's scepticism is not silenced by the frame but enclosed within it, suggesting that fear of God is the response to rather than the denial of life's ambiguity. Origen and Jerome debated whether Ecclesiastes' frank scepticism was appropriate for Christian reading — the conclusion was instrumental in its canonical acceptance.
他の翻訳
This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this <FI>is<Fi> the whole of man.
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
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