< Ecclesiastes 9 >
1 [I saw] that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yes, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, [though] all are before their face.
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 Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifice not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that 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 There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, 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 for who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope [of him]: 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 will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.
Fohi’ o veloñeo te hikenkañe, fe tsy mahapota-draha o fa nihomakeo; ie tsy hanan-tambe ka, fa motso ty fitiahiañe iareo.
6 also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yes, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all 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, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted your works.
Akia, ikamao an-kafaleañe ty mahakama’o, naho inomo am-pinembanemban-troke ty divai’o; fa nòn’ Añahare o fitoloña’oo.
8 Let your garments be always white; and let not oil be lacking on your head.
Ee te ho foty nainai’e o siki’oo, naho ko apo’o tsy ho an-doha’o eo ty solike.
9 And see life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which are given you under the sun: for that is your portion in your life, and in your labour wherein you labour 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 Whatsoever your hand shall find to do, do with all your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither you go. (Sheol )
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 )
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen 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 surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at 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 This I also saw [to be] wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me:
Zao ka ty nitendrek’ ahy ho hihitse ambane’ i àndroy, le nijabajaba amako.
14 [suppose there were] a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds 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 and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that 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 And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nothing, and his words not listened to.
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 are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.
Hamake ty saontsi’ i mahihitsey janjiñeñe am-pianjiñañe, ta ty tazatazam-pifehe amo dagolao.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.
Ambone’ o fialiañ’ alio ty hihitse, fe maharotsake ty hasoa maro ty mpanan-tahiñe raike.