Da:i Dione Dawa:i Olelesu 12
1 Amaiba: le, dilia da goi gogawane, dili Hahamosu Dunu dawa: ma. Fa: no da: i dioi eso da dilima doaga: mu. Amo ganodini dilia da, “Na esalusu ganodini, na da hahawane hame gala,” amane sia: mu.
Remember your Creator while you are young, before days of trouble come and you grow old, saying, “I'm not enjoying life anymore.”
2 Amo esoha eso amola oubi amola gasumuni ilia hadigi amo di da gasi hahamoi agoane ba: mu, amola eso huluane gibu mobi da dialumu.
Before the light fades—sun, moon, and stars—and rain clouds return to darken the skies.
3 Amasea, dia lobo (amo da di gaga: i dialu) da yagugumu amola dia emo waha gasa galebe, da goayamu. Dia bese oda da duduga: iba: le, dia ha: i manu agimu gogolemu amola dia si da uliligiba: le, noga: le ba: mu gogolemu.
Before the guards of the house tremble and the strong men are bent over, the grinders stop working because there are only a few left, and the ones looking through the windows only see dimly,
4 Dia ge da ga: i dagoiba: le, logoba: le ga: da hame nabimu. Di da gagoma goudasu ea ga: amola baidama dubi amo fonobahadi fawane nabimu. Be sio ea gesami hea: su amoga fawane da dia golabe didilisimu.
and the doors to the street are shut. Before the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and you wake up early when the birds are singing, but you can hardly hear them.
5 Di da gadodafa sogebi amoga masa: ne beda: mu, amola dia ahoabe da se nabasa: besa: le, beda: mu. Dia dialuma hinabo da gago aligimu. Di da gasa fili masunu gogolemu amola dia hanai dawa: su da asi dagoi ba: mu. Ninia da esalebe dagomusa: helefisu amoga ahoa, amola ninia bogosea, dunu da logoga heawini dinanebe ba: mu.
Before you develop a fear of heights and worry about going out on the streets; when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper crawls along, and desire fails, for everyone has to go to their eternal home as the mourners go up and down the street.
6 Silifa sia: ine da damui dagoi ba: mu. Gouliga hamoi gamali da hanega: ne sa: ili, goudamu. Hano nasu ulidou ea hano disu efe da damuni gala: mu amola hano disu ofodo da goudamu.
Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; before the water jug is smashed at the spring, or the pulley is broken at the well.
7 Ninia da: i da osobo guluga buhagimu. Amola ninia mifo amo Gode da ninma i, amo da Hima buhagimu.
Then the dust returns to the earth from which it came, and the breath of life returns to God who gave it.
8 Sia: Dabe Alofele Iasu Dunu da amane sia: i, “Hamedei! Hamedei! Huluanedafa da hamedei!”
“Everything passes! It's all so hard to understand!” says the Teacher.
9 Be Sia: Dabe Alofele Iasu Dunu da dawa: bagade lai dagoiba: le, e da gebewane dunu oda ilima ea dawa: hou olelelalu. E da malasu dedei ilia bai hogolalu, ilia hou ba: le dawa: musa: adoba: i.
Not only was the Teacher a wise man, he also taught what he knew to others. He thought about many proverbs, studying them and arranging them.
10 E da eno dunu dogo denesima: ne sia: hogoi helei. Be e da sia: moloidafa fawane dedei.
The Teacher looked for the best way to explain things, writing truthfully and honestly.
11 Bagade dawa: su dunu ilia fada: i sia: da galiamo debei amoga sibi ouligisu dunu da ilia sibi sesu, agoaiwane gala. Amola malasu gilisi da mae mugululi, gafesi noga: le dabagala: i defele agoane ba: mu. Gode da ninia Sibi Ouligisudafa afadafa fawane esala. Amola E da amo malasu ninima i dagoi.
The words of the wise are like cattle prods. Their collected sayings are like nails driven home, given by one shepherd.
12 Nagofe! Liligi eno amo di noga: le dawa: digima: ne diala. Buga dedesu dagomu dibi da hamedafa. Amola di da baligili dawa: bagade lamusa: hamosea, hele bagade nabimu.
In addition, my student, take care, for there's no end to book writing, and too much study wears you out.
13 Wali, sia: huluane da sia: i dagoi. Be sia: dagomusa: , sia: afadafa fawane gala, amane. “Godeba: le beda: ma! Ea hamoma: ne sia: i nabawane hamoma! Bai amo hou hamoma: ne, Gode da dunu fi hahamoi dagoi.
To sum up now that everything has been discussed: Respect God by keeping his commandments, for that's what everyone should do.
14 Gode da ninia hamoi, noga: i o wadela: i, amo huluane amoma fofada: mu. Siga ba: i hou amola wamo hamoi hou, amo huluanema, E da fofada: mu.” Sia: ama dagoi
God is going to judge us for everything we do, including what we do secretly, whether good or bad.
