Then I came back and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun .
我又转念，见日光之下有一件虚空的事。
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose .
没有任何目的的诚实真烦人。
A pointed objection to george bush 's policies is not just that they crossed a moral line but that they crossed it to no purpose .
一项指向乔治亚布什政策的异议并不在于这些政策违背了道德原则，而在于它们漫无目的地违反了它。
I have tried hard for her but all to no purpose .
我已为她尽了力，可毫无结果。
They read deep and learned books to him and then the lightest and most trifling that could be found but all to no purpose .
人们念些深奥的书给他听，或念些世上最轻松的读物给他听，但这对他的病也没有什么好处。
So I was hating life because everything under the sun was evil to me : all is to no purpose and desire for wind .
我所以恨恶生命，因为在日光之下所行的事我都以为烦恼。都是虚空，都是捕风。
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot so is the laugh of a foolish man ; and this again is to no purpose .
愚昧人的笑声，好像锅下烧荆棘的爆声，这也是虚空。
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made and everything I had been working to do ; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind and there was no profit under the sun .
后来我察看我手所经营的一切事，和我劳碌所成的功。谁知都是虚空，都是捕风，在日光之下毫无益处。
To the man with whom he is pleased god gives wisdom and knowledge and joy ; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth to give to him in whom god has pleasure . This again is to no purpose