Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ty taro’ i Mpañokey, ana’ i Davide, mpanjaka e Ierosalaime ao.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
Hakafoahan-kafoake, hoe i Mpañokey, Hakafoahan-kafoake! Fonga kafoake!
3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
Ino ty tombo’e ho a ondatio amo fifanehafa’e ambane’ i àndroy?
4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
Mihelañe ty tariratse raike, mbore limbezen-tariratse, fe nainai’e eo ty tane toy.
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
Manjirike ka i àndroy, mitsofotse i àndroy, mihiririñe mb’am-panjiriha’e añe.
6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
Mitioke mañatimo, le mibalike mañavaratse; mikariokariok’ avao i tiokey, vaho mimpoly amo fiaria’eo.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Songa mivariñe mb’an-driake mb’eo o sakao fe tsy atseke i riakey; mb’amy fikararaha’ o torahañeoy, le mb’eo avao ty fikararaha’ iareo.
8 All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Hene mahamamake, tsy lefe’ ondaty volañeñe, tsy mahaetsa-pihaino t’ie vazoho, mbore tsy mahaenen-dravembia te ijanjiñañe.
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
Mbe ho avy indraike i fa añey, naho mbe hanoeñe avao ze fa nanoeñe, vaho tsy ambane’ i àndroy ty atao vao.
10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
Eo hao ty mete hanoeñe ty hoe, Heheke! vao itoy? Ie fa teo avao, haehae taolon-tikañe añe.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
Tsy tiahy o raha taoloo, naho o raha hifetsakeo, vaho tsy hahatiahy irezay o hanonjohio.
12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Izaho, i mpañokey, le fa mpanjaka Israele e Ierosalaime ao,
13 And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
le nimanean-troko ty hañotsohotso naho hikodebe an-kihitse ze hene fitoloñañe ambanen-dikerañe atoa; toe tolon-draha mahamokotse ty natolon’ Añahare am’ondatio hifanehafa’e.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Nitreako iaby ze fitoloñañe ambane’ i àndroy; le hehe t’ie fonga kafoake vaho fañeañan-tioke.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Tsy mete ahity ty mengoke, vaho tsy lefe iaheñe ty tsy eo.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
Hoe iraho am-batako: Ingo fa natontoko mandikoatse ze hene mpifehe’ Ierosalaime taolo ahy ty fahaoniñañe ra’elahy; vaho nandifotse ty troko ty hihitse naho hilala.
17 And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
Le nampitoloñeko ty troko hahaoniña’e hihitse naho hahafohiñe ty hadagolà naho ty hagegeañe. Nirendreko t’ie fañeañan-tioke ka.
18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Amy te minday hasosoram-bey ty hihitse maro, vaho mampitombo haoreañe ty fitomboan-kilala.
