Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
E HOOMANAO oe i kou Mea nana i hana, I na la o kou noho opiopio ana; Oi hiki ole mai na la ino, A hookokoke ole ia mai na makahiki, Au e olelo ai, Aole o'u oluolu i keia mau mea:
2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
I ka wa i pouli ole ai ka la, a me ka malamalama, O ka mahina hoi a me na hoku; A hoi ole mai na ao mahope o ka ua:
3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,
I ka la i haalulu ai na kiai hale, A kulou ilalo na kanaka ikaika; A oki ka poe wili no ka hapa, A i pouli ai na mea nana ma na puka makani;
4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
A paniia na puka ma ke alanui, I ka wa i uuku mai ai ka leo o ka wili ana; A e ala ae oia i ka leo o ka manu, A e hoohaahaaia na kaikamahine lea i ke oli a pau.
5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
A makau lakou i na mea kiekie; Aia hoi ma ke alanui na mea e weliweli ai, Ua hoopailua hoi ka laau alemona, A o ka uhini, he mea ia e kaumaha ai, A lilo no hoi ka hua kepa i mea mikomiko ole; No ka mea, hele ke kanaka i kona hale mau, A hele ka poe kanikau ma na alanui:
6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
Oi moku ole ia ke kaula kala, Aole hoi i naha ke kiaha gula; Aole naha ka bakeke ma ka punawai, Aole hoi i naha ke kaa ma ka luawai.
7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Alaila, e hoi ka lepo i ka honua e like me ia mamua, A o ka uhane, e hoi ia i ke Akua nana ia i haawi mai.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Lapuwale o na lapuwale, wahi a ke kahuna, pau na mea i ka lapuwale.
9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Eia hoi kekahi: I ko ke kahuna naauao ana, ua ao mau aku oia i na kanaka; ua noonoo oia, a imi, a hooponopono hoi i na olelo akamai he nui hoa.
10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth.
Ua imi iho la ke kahuna e loaa mai na olelo oluolu, a o na mea i kakauia, he olelo pololei ia a me ka oiaio hoi.
11 The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are [the words of] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.
O na olelo a ka poe naauao, ua like ia me na mea oi, a me na kui i makiaia a paa e ka poe luna o ka ahakanaka, na mea i haawiia'ku ai e ke kahu hookahi.
12 And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Eia hoi kekahi: E aoia mai oe, e ka'u keiki, e keia mau mea; o ka hana ana i na buke he nui loa, he mea hope ole ia, a o ka imi nui i ka palapala, he mea ia e luhi ai ke kino.
13 [This is] the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty] of man.
E hoolohe oe i ka hope o keia mau mea a pau. E makau i ke Akua, a e malama i kona mau kanawai, no ka mea. oia ka ke kanaka [pono] a pau.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
No ka mea, e hookomo ana ke Akua i na hana a pau, a me na mea a pau i hunaia iloko o ka hookolokoloia, ina paha he pono, ina paha he hewa.
