Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
Ania ti nasirib a tao? Maysa a tao daytoy a makaammo ti kaipapanan dagiti paspasamak iti biag. Parparaniagen ti kinasirib ti tao ti rupana ken mabaliwan ti kinaunget ti rupana.
2 Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
Ballaaganka nga agtungpal kadagiti bilin ti ari gapu iti sapata ti Dios a salaknibanna isuna.
3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Saanka nga agdardaras a pumanaw iti presensiana, ken saanka a tumakder a dumanggay iti maysa a banag a dakes, ta ar-aramiden ti ari ti aniaman a tartarigagayanna.
4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Agturturay ti sao ti ari, isu a siasino ti mangibaga kenkuana, “Ania ti ar-aramidem?
5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Siasinoman a mangsalsalimetmet kadagiti bilbilin ti ari ket liklikanna iti pannakadangran. Mabigbig ti puso ti nasirib a tao ti umiso a pagturongan ken tiempo ti panangaramid.
6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
Ta adda ti umno a sungbat iti tunggal pasamak ken adda umno a tiempo ti panagsungbat, gapu ta adu ti pakariribukan ti tao.
7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Awan ti makaammo no ania ti sumaruno a dumteng. Siasino ti makaibaga no ania ti dumteng?
8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Awan siasinoman nga addaan ti turay iti anges ti biag a mangpasardeng iti panagang-anges, ken awan iti makaituray iti aldaw ti pannakatayna. Awan ti maikkat manipud iti armada kabayatan ti pannakiranget, ken saan nga ispalen ti kinadangkes dagiti tagabuna.
9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
Naamirisko amin dagitoy; inusarko ti pusok iti amin a kita ti trabaho a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Adda iti tiempo a ti tao ket addaan iti pannakabalin nga agaramid iti kinadakes kadagiti dadduma.
10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Isu a nakitak ti nadangkes a silalatak a naitanem. Naiyapanda iti nasantoan a disso ken naitabon ken indaydayaw ida dagiti tattao iti siudad a nangaramidanda kadagiti kinadakes. Awan met laeng serserbina daytoy.
11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
No saan a maaramid a dagus ti dusa maibusor iti dakes a krimen, aw-awisenna dagiti puso dagiti tattao nga agaramid iti kinadakes.
12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Uray no agaramid iti dakes ti managbasol iti maminggasut a daras ket agbiag latta isuna iti atiddug a tiempo, ngem ammok a nasayaatto ti mapasamak kadagiti mangraraem iti Dios, dagiti mangidaydayaw iti presensiana kadakuada.
13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Ngem saanto a nasayaat ti mapasamak iti nadangkes a tao; saanto a mapaatiddug ti biagna. Kasla aglablabas nga aniniwan dagiti aldawna gapu ta saanna nga idaydayaw ti Dios.
14 There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Adda pay ti kasla awan serserbina nga alingasaw—maysa pay a banag a maar-aramid iti rabaw ti daga. Mapaspasamak dagiti banbanag kadagiti nalinteg a tattao a kas mapaspasamak kadagiti nadangkes a tattao ken mapaspasamak dagiti banbanag kadagiti nadangkes a tattao a kas mapaspasamak dagitoy kadagiti nalinteg a tattao. Ibagak a daytoy ket awan met laeng serserbina nga alingasaw.
15 So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Isu nga isingasingko ti kinaragsak, gapu ta awan ti nasaysayaat a banag para iti tao iti baba ti init ngem ti mangan ken uminom ken agragsak. Ti kinaragsak ti mangkuyog kenkuana iti trabahona iti amin nga al-aldaw ti biagna nga inted ti Dios kenkuana iti baba ti init.
16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Idi inusarko ti pusok a mangammo iti kinasirib ken tapno maawatak dagiti trabaho a maar-aramid iti rabaw ti daga, masansan a maar-aramid ti trabaho nga awan ti turog iti rabii ken iti aldaw,
17 I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
kalpasanna pinanunotko dagiti amin nga aramid ti Dios, ken saan a maawatan dayta a tao ti trabaho a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Uray no kasano ti panagbannog ti tao a mangbiruk kadagiti sungbat, saanna a masarakan dagitoy. Uray no patien ti masirib a tao a nalabit nga ammona, saanna a pudno nga ammo.
