Mlaliki 9
1 Ndinalingalira zonse ndanenazi ndipo ndinapeza kuti anthu olungama ndi anthu anzeru ali mʼmanja mwa Mulungu pamodzi ndi zimene amachita, koma palibe amene amadziwa zimene zikumudikira mʼtsogolo mwake, kaya chikondi kapena chidani.
For I gave my mind to all this, even to search out all this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God, and yet neither his love nor hatred doth any man know. All is before them.
2 Onsewa mathero awo ndi amodzi, anthu olungama ndi anthu oyipa, abwino ndi oyipa, oyera ndi odetsedwa, amene amapereka nsembe ndi amene sapereka nsembe. Zomwe zimachitikira munthu wabwino, zimachitikiranso munthu wochimwa, zomwe zimachitikira amene amalumbira, zimachitikiranso amene amaopa kulumbira.
All [[cometh to them]] as to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 Choyipa chimene chili mʼzonse zochitika pansi ndi ichi: Mathero a zonse ndi amodzi. Ndithu, mitima ya anthu ndi yodzaza ndi zoyipa, ndipo mʼmitima mwawo muli zamisala pamene ali ndi moyo, potsiriza pake iwo amakakhala pamodzi ndi anthu akufa.
This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down to the dead.
4 Aliyense amene ali ndi moyo amakhala ndi chiyembekezo, pajatu galu wamoyo aposa mkango wakufa!
For who is there that is excepted? With all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 Pakuti amoyo amadziwa kuti adzafa, koma akufa sadziwa kanthu; alibe mphotho ina yowonjezera, ndipo palibe amene amawakumbukira.
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, and there is no more to them any advantage, for their memory is forgotten.
6 Chikondi chawo, chidani chawo ndiponso nsanje yawo, zonse zinatha kalekale; sadzakhalanso ndi gawo pa zonse zochitika pansi pano.
Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they a portion any more for ever in any thing which taketh place under the sun.
7 Pita, kadye chakudya chako mokondwera ndi kumwa vinyo wako ndi mtima wosangalala, pakuti tsopano Mulungu akukondwera ndi zochita zako.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a cheerful heart; for long since hath God been pleased with thy works.
8 Uzivala zovala zoyera nthawi zonse, uzidzola mafuta mʼmutu mwako nthawi zonse.
Let thy garments be always white, and let not fragrant oil be wanting upon thy head.
9 Uzikondwerera moyo pamodzi ndi mkazi wako amene umamukonda, masiku onse a moyo uno wopanda phindu, amene Mulungu wakupatsa pansi pano. Pakuti mkaziyo ndiye gawo la moyo wako pa ntchito yako yolemetsa pansi pano.
Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy vain life which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy vain days. For this is thy portion in life, and in thy labor with which thou weariest thyself under the sun.
10 Ntchito iliyonse imene ukuyigwira, uyigwire ndi mphamvu zako zonse, pakuti ku manda kumene ukupita kulibe kugwira ntchito, kulibe malingaliro, chidziwitso ndiponso nzeru. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-world, whither thou goest. (Sheol h7585)
11 Ine ndinaonanso chinthu china pansi pano: opambana pa kuthamanga si aliwiro, kapena opambana pa nkhondo si amphamvu, ndiponso okhala ndi chakudya si anzeru, kapena okhala ndi chuma si odziwa zambiri, kapena okomeredwa mtima si ophunzira; koma mwayi umangowagwera onsewa pa nthawi yake.
I turned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of knowledge; but time and chance happen to them all.
12 Kungoti palibe munthu amene amadziwa kuti nthawi yake idzafika liti: monga momwe nsomba zimagwidwira mu ukonde, kapena mmene mbalame zimakodwera mu msampha, chimodzimodzinso anthu amakodwa mu msampha pa nthawi yoyipa, pamene tsoka limawagwera mosayembekezera.
For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13 Ine ndinaonanso pansi pano chitsanzo ichi cha nzeru chimene chinandikhudza kwambiri:
This also have I seen; even wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
14 Panali mzinda waungʼono umene unali ndi anthu owerengeka. Ndipo mfumu yamphamvu inabwera kudzawuthira nkhondo, inawuzungulira ndi kumanga mitumbira yankhondo.
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
15 Tsono mu mzindamo munali munthu wosauka koma wanzeru, ndipo anapulumutsa mzindawo ndi nzeru zakezo. Koma palibe amene anakumbukira munthu wosaukayo.
Now there was found within it a wise poor man; and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Choncho ine ndinati, “Nzeru ndi yopambana mphamvu.” Koma nzeru ya munthu wosauka imanyozedwa, ndipo palibe amene amalabadirako za mawu ake.
Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 Mawu oyankhula mofatsa a munthu wanzeru, anthu amawasamalira kwambiri kupambana kufuwula kwa mfumu ya zitsiru.
The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.
18 Nzeru ndi yabwino kupambana zida zankhondo, koma wochimwa mmodzi amawononga zinthu zambiri zabwino.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war. But one offender destroyeth much good.
