Ecclesiastes 9
1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.
Toe fonga rinambeko an-troko ao zao, le ho taroñeko te songa am-pitàn’ Añahare ao o vantañeo naho o mahihitseo vaho o fitoloña’eo; tsy fohi’ ondaty ke te fikokoañe ke falaiñañe ty hiatrefa’e.
2 All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man, and to the clean man, and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man, so is the sinner, and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.
Kila ifetsahañe. Raike ty hizo i vantañey naho i tsereheñey, ho ami’ty soa, ami’ty malio naho ami’ty tsy malio; ho ami’ty mañenga soroñe naho ami’ty tsy misoroñe. Hambañe amy vantañey ty ho ami’ty mpanan-kakeo; vaho ho amy mifantay naho amy mihembam-pantay.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Izay ty haloloañe anoeñe ambane’ i àndroy, te raik’ avao ty toli’ ie iaby. Mbore lifo-karatiañe ty arofo’ o ana’ i Dameo, vaho añ’ova’ iareo ao ty hadagolañe manitsike ty havelo’ iareo, ie añe le migodam-ban-kavilasy ao.
4 Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Fe manan-ko tamae’e ze mpiamo veloñeo, amy te hamak’ amboa veloñe ta te liona mate.
5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, nor have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Fohi’ o veloñeo te hikenkañe, fe tsy mahapota-draha o fa nihomakeo; ie tsy hanan-tambe ka, fa motso ty fitiahiañe iareo.
6 As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, has perished long ago, nor have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
Fa ho momoke ty fikokoa’ iareo naho ty falai’iareo, vaho ty fahimbaña’ iareo; le tsy hanañ’ anjara ka iereo amy ze anoeñe ambane’ i àndroy.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.
Akia, ikamao an-kafaleañe ty mahakama’o, naho inomo am-pinembanemban-troke ty divai’o; fa nòn’ Añahare o fitoloña’oo.
8 Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
Ee te ho foty nainai’e o siki’oo, naho ko apo’o tsy ho an-doha’o eo ty solike.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou love all the days of thy life of vanity, which he has given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity. For that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor in which thou labor under the sun.
Mifalea, rekets’ i valy kokoa’oy amo haveloñeo, amo hene androm-piai’o mihelañe natolo’e azo ambane’ i àndroio, amy te izay ty anjara’o an-kaveloñe ao, naho amo tolon-draha ifanehafa’o ambane’ i androio.
10 Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go. (Sheol h7585)
Ze tendreham-pità’o hanoeñe, le anò ami’ty haozara’o; amy te tsy amam-pitoloñañe ndra safiry ndra hilala ndra hihitse ty an-tsikeokeoke hañaveloa’o ao. (Sheol h7585)
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens to them all.
Nitreako indraik’ ambane’ i àndroy te tsy a i masìkay ty mifandriadriake, naho tsy a i fanalolahiy ty hotakotake, tsy a i mahihitsey ty mahakama, tsy a i mahilalay ty vara, vaho tsy a i mahimbañey ty isoke, fa songa ifetsahan’ andro naho toly.
12 For man also does not know his time. As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.
Toe tsy apota’ t’indaty ty namotoañañe aze. Hoe fiañe nizo an-karato raty, naho voroñe tsinepak’ am-pandri-bo, ty fiporengetañe ondaty amy andron-kekoheko ivovoa’ey.
13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun this way, and it seemed great to me:
Zao ka ty nitendrek’ ahy ho hihitse ambane’ i àndroy, le nijabajaba amako.
14 There was a little city, and few men within it. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
Teo ty rova kede ama’ ondaty tsy fire. Nivotrake eo amy zao ty mpanjaka ra’elahy, nañarikatoke naho nandranjy fanongañe jabajaba haname aze.
15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Tendrek’ ama’e ao t’indaty mahihitse fe rarake, ie ty nandrombake i rovay amy hihi’ey, fe leo raike tsy nahatiahy indaty rarakey.
16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Aa le hoe iraho, Ambone’ ty ozatse ty hihitse; fe sirikaeñe ty hihi’ i rarakey vaho tsy haoñeñe o enta’eo.
17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
Hamake ty saontsi’ i mahihitsey janjiñeñe am-pianjiñañe, ta ty tazatazam-pifehe amo dagolao.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Ambone’ o fialiañ’ alio ty hihitse, fe maharotsake ty hasoa maro ty mpanan-tahiñe raike.
