尽人事，听天命，语出自李汝珍·《镜花缘》第六回“尽人事以听天命”。意思是人情事理；天命，自然规律，可变因素太多，结果无法预测。尽心尽力去做事，能否成功，还得听其自然。

“尽人事以听天命”与“谋事在人、成事在天”基本同为一理。

尽人事-可以理解为，尽一切人力所能为

听天命-为此事能不能成功就要看上天了，这里的上天是指，天时地利，万事存在太多的变化和未知，没有人能把控一切（规律），而人只能尽自己能力做好，自己力所能及的事。

谋事在人，此处谋有双重意思，一是指谋略或是方案，二是动词，行动或是处理事物、成事在天-事物时刻在变化，时间空间人心无不时刻在发生变化，而这些时刻都在影响着事情的成功与否。

Do one's level best and leave the rest to God's will.

---领取中文成语英译辞典

尽人事:to do everything one ought to do; to do what one can (to save a dying person, etc.); to do all that is humanly possible (though with little hope of success)

听天由命 to submit to the will of Heaven and one's fate; to resign (or abandon) oneself to one's fate; to trust to luck; to come to terms with one's fate; to leave one's fortune with Heaven; to be fatalistic