Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.
Nasaysayaat ti napintas a nagan ngem ti nangina a pabanglo, ken ti aldaw ti pannakatay ket nasaysayaat ngem ti aldaw ti pannakaiyanak.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
Nasaysayaat iti mapan iti balay iti ladladingit ngem iti balay iti ramrambak, ta umay ti panagladangit kadagiti amin a tattao iti pagpatinggaan ti biag, isu a masapul nga ipapuso dagiti sibibiag a tattao daytoy.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
Nasaysayaat ti ladingit ngem ti katawa, ta kalpasan ti kinaliday ti rupa ket dumteng ti kinaragsak ti puso.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ti puso ti masirib ket adda iti balay iti ladladingit, ngem adda ti puso dagiti maag iti balay iti ramrambak.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Nasaysayaat ti dumngeg iti panangtubngar iti masirib ngem ti dumngeg iti kanta dagiti maag.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Ta kasla iti panagrissat dagiti mapupuoran a sisiit iti sirok ti banga, kasta met ti katawa dagiti maag. Maiyarig met laeng daytoy iti alingasaw.
7 Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Awan duadua a ti panagkusit ket pagbalinenna a maag ti maysa a masirib a tao, ken dadaelen ti pasuksok ti pusona.
8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Nasaysayaat ti panagleppas ti maysa a banag ngem ti rugrugi; ken nasaysayaat dagiti tattao a naanus ti espirituda ngem dagiti natangsit ti espirituda.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Saankayo a dagus a makapungtot iti espirituyo, ta agnanaed ti pungtot kadagiti puso dagiti maag.
10 Say thou not, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? For thou do not inquire wisely concerning this.
Saanyo a kunaen, “Apay a nasaysayaat dagiti naglabas nga aldaw ngem kadagitoy? Ta saan a gapu iti kinasirib a dinamagyo daytoy.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Ti kinasirib ket nasayaat a kas kadagiti napapateg a banbanag a tinawidtayo manipud kadagiti kapuonantayo. Mangipapaay daytoy iti pagimbagan para kadagiti makakita iti init.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense. But the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ta mangipapaay iti salaknib ti kinasirib kas iti kuarta a makaipaay iti salaknib, ngem ti pagimbagan iti pannakaammo ket mangmangted ti kinasirib iti biag iti siasinoman nga addaan iti daytoy.
13 Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
Utobem dagiti aramid ti Dios: Siasino ti makalinteg ti aniaman a banag nga inaramidna a killo?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
No nasayaat dagiti tiempo, agbiagka a siraragsak iti dayta a kinasayaat, ngem no saan a nasayaat dagiti tiempo, utobem daytoy: impalubos ti Dios nga umadda iti agpada a tiempo. Iti daytoy a rason, awanto ti makaammo ti aniaman a banag a dumteng kalpasanna.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.
Nakitak dagiti adu a banbanag kabayatan dagiti awan kaipapananna nga al-aldawko. Adda dagiti mapukaw a nalinteg a tattao iti laksid dagiti kinalintegda ken adda dagiti nadangkes a tattao nga agbibiag iti atiddug iti laksid kadagiti kinadakesda.
16 Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise. Why should thou destroy thyself?
Saanka nga aginsisingpet, a masirib iti bukodmo a panagkita. Apay koma a dadaelem ti bagim?
17 Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?
Saanka unay nga agbalin a nadangkes wenno maag. Apay koma a matayka sakbay ti naituding a tiempom?
18 It is good that thou should take hold of this, yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand. For he who fears God shall come forth from them all.
Nasayaat a salimetmetam koma daytoy a kinasirib, ken saanmo koma nga ikkaten dagiti imam manipud iti kinalinteg. Ta ti tao nga agbutbuteng iti Dios ket maaramidnanto dagiti amin a pagrebbenganna.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Nabilbileg ti kinasirib iti masirib a tao, ngem ti sangapulo a mangiturturay iti siudad.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth that does good, and sins not.
Awan ti nalinteg a tao ditoy rabaw ti daga nga agar-aramid iti nasayaat ken saanen pulos nga agbasbasol.
21 Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
Saanka a dumngeg kadagiti amin a sasao a maibalbalikas, gapu ta amangan no mangngegmo ti adipenmo a mangilunod kenka.
22 For many times also thine own heart knows that thou thyself likewise have cursed others.
Kasta met, ammom iti bagim nga iti bukodmo a puso ket masansan nga inlunodmo dagiti dadduma.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Napaneknekak amin dagitoy babaen iti kinasirib. Kinunak, “Agbalinak a masirib,” ngem nakarkaro daytoy ngem ti kabaelak.
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
Adayo ti kinasirib ken kasta unay ti kinaunegna. Siasino ti makasarak iti daytoy?
25 I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
Intalyawko ti pusok nga agadal ken agsukimat ken agbiruk iti kinasirib ken kadagiti pannakaipalawag ti kinapudno ken tapno maawatan a ti dakes ket kinakuneng ken ti kinamaag ket kinamauyong.
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Naduktalak a ti napapait ngem iti patay ket ti siasinoman a babai a ti pusona ket napno kadagiti silo ken iket, ken dagiti imana ket kawar. Makalibas kenkuana ti siasinoman a makaay-ayo iti Dios, ngem maalananto dagiti managbasol.
27 Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account,
“Panunotenyo ti naduktalak,” kinuna ti Manursuro. Naynayunak ti mangdukduktal iti sabali pay tapno makabirukak iti pannakaipalawag iti kinapudno.
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found: among a thousand I have found one man, but among all those I have not found a woman.
Daytoy ti birbirukek pay laeng, ngem saanko a nasarakan daytoy. Nakasakarak iti maysa a nalinteg a lalaki kadagiti rinibo, ngem awan ti nabirukak kadakuada a babai.
29 Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.
Naduktalak laeng daytoy: a pinarsua ti Dios a nalinteg ti sangkataoan, ngem pimmanawda nga agbirbiruk kadagiti adu a kinarigat.
