Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Pa inge kas lun sie Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet, wen natul David, su tuh tokosra in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk lah ma nukewa ma lusrongten na lusrongten! Moul uh wangin sripama na lusrongten se.
3 What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
Kom orekma ac kemkatu in moul lom nufon, na mea oasr ma kom konauk kac?
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.
Sie fwil uh somla ac sie fwil sifil tuku, a faclu nuna ouiya ah na.
5 The sun also arises, and the sun goes down and hastens to its place where it arises.
Faht ah srakna tak ac srakna tili, na sa na in folok nu ke acn se ma el ac sifil takak we.
6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually in its course, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
Eng uh tuh eir me ac som nu epang, ac sifil tuk — raun na raun.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.
Infacl nukewa sororla nu meoa, a meoa soenna sessesla. Kof uh folok nu yen infacl uh mutawauk we, ac sifilpa sororma.
8 All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Saflaiyen ma nukewa pa totola — sie totola na yohk su wangin kas fal in aketeya. Mutasr tia muti ke ma kut liye, ac insresr tia muti ke ma kut lohng.
9 That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.
Ma sikyak meet ac sifilpa sikyak. Ma orekla tari ac sifilpa orek. Wangin ma sasu in faclu nufon.
10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
Mwet uh fahk, “Liye, ma sasu se pa inge!” Tusruktu sutuu, sikyak tari meet, oemeet liki na kut isusla ah.
11 There is no remembrance of the former things, nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come, among those who shall come after.
Wangin mwet esam ma tuh sikyak in pacl meet ah, ac in pacl fahsru wangin mwet fah esam ma sikyak in len ingela.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Nga, Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet, su tuh muta Jerusalem ac tokosra fin acn Israel nufon.
13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven. It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Nga nunkala ku sik mu nga ac tuni ac lutlut ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh oru fin faclu. God El ase orekma na toasr nu sesr mwet uh in oru.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Nga liye tari ma nukewa ma orek faclu, ac nga fahk nu sum, nufonna wangin sripaoana ukweyen eng uh.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Kom tia ku in aksuwosyela ma kihla; kom tia pac ku in oek ma wangin uh.
16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten for me great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yea, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Nga fahk nu sik sifacna, “Nga sie mwet na fulat, ac nga arulana lalmwetmet liki kutena mwet su leumi Jerusalem meet likiyu. Nga etu na pwaye lah mea lalmwetmet ac etauk.”
17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
Nga tuh sulela ku sik in etu ke kalmen etauk ac kalmen lalfon, oayapa ke lalmwetmet ac wel. Tusruktu nga konauk lah ma inge oana ukweyen eng uh.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Lalmwetmet lom fin yokelik, na fosrnga lom ac yokelik pac. Fin yokelik etauk lom, ac yokelik pulakinyen keok sum.
