Ecclesiastes 1
1 Here are the words of the Teacher, the king of Jerusalem, David's son.
Ny tenin’ i Mpitoriteny, zanak’ i Davida, mpanjaka tany Jerosalema.
2 “Everything passes—it's so temporary! It's all so hard to understand!” says the Teacher.
Zava-poana dia zava-poana, hoy Mpitoriteny, zava-poana dia zava-poana, eny, zava-poana ny zavatra rehetra!
3 What benefit do you get for slaving away in this life?
Inona no soa azon’ ny olona amin’ ny fisasarany rehetra izay isasarany atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro?
4 People come, and people go, but the earth lasts forever!
Lasa ny taranaka iray, ary mandimby kosa ny taranaka iray; fa ny tany mbola maharitra mandrakizay.
5 The sun comes up, and the sun goes down, and then rushes to its place to rise again.
Ny masoandro koa miposaka ary ny masoandro milentika sady miriotra ho any amin’ ny fitoerana izay niposahany.
6 The wind blows south, and then turns to the north. Round and round it spins, finally coming full circle.
Mianatsimo ny rivotra, dia mihodìna mianavaratra, mivezivezy mandrakariva izy ka miverimberina manodidina indray.
7 Streams all flow into the sea, but the sea never becomes full. The streams return to the place from where they came.
Ny renirano rehetra dia samy mankamin’ ny ranomasina, nefa tsy tondraka ny ranomasina; any amin’ izay falehan’ ny renirano ihany no iverenany indray.
8 Everything just keeps on going. You can't say all there is to say. You can't see all there is to see. You can't hear all there is to hear.
Maivana ny teny rehetra, ka tsy misy olona mahalaza; ny maso tsy mamo mijery, ary ny sofina tsy mamo mihaino.
9 Everything that was will continue to be; everything that has been done will be done again. Nothing new ever happens here.
Izay efa teo ihany no ho tonga indray, ary izay efa natao ihany no mbola hatao indray fa tsy misy zava-baovao akory atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro.
10 There's nothing anyone can point to and say, “Look! Here's something new.” In fact it's been around for ages, long before our time.
Raha misy zavatra azo lazaina hoe: He! ity no vaovao, dia ilay efa teo ela tany amin’ ny andro talohantsika ihany izany.
11 The problem is we don't remember people from the past, and people in the future won't remember those who came before them.
Tsy misy fahatsiarovana ny taloha; ary ny ho avy koa dia tsy hotsarovan’ izay handimby azy.
12 I am the Teacher, and I was king over Israel, reigning from Jerusalem.
Izaho Mpitoriteny dia mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely tany Jerosalema;
13 I decided to focus my mind to explore, using wisdom, everything that happens here on earth. This is a tough assignment that God has given people to keep them busy!
ary nampiasaiko ny foko mba hitady sy hikatsaka amim-pahendrena ny zavatra rehetra izay atao atỳ ambanin’ ny lanitra; asa mahareraka omen’ Andriamanitra hisasaran’ ny zanak’ olombelona izany.
14 I examined everything people do here on earth, and discovered that it's all so temporary—trying to understand it is like trying to pin down the wind!
Efa hitako ny zavatra rehetra izay atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro; fa, indro, zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana izany rehetra izany.
15 You can't straighten what is twisted, and you can't count what isn't there.
Ny meloka tsy mety tonga mahitsy; ary ny tsy ao tsy mba azo isaina.
16 I thought to myself, “I've become very wise, wiser than all the kings of Jerusalem before me. My mind has gained a great deal of wisdom and knowledge.”
Hoy izaho tamin’ ny foko: Indro, izaho nahazo fahendrena be dia be mihoatra noho izay rehetra talohako teto Jerosalema; eny, ny foko nahita ny fahendrena sy ny fahalalana betsaka.
17 So I decided to use my mind to learn everything about wisdom, and madness and foolishness as well. But I found out that this is as hard as trying to catch hold of the wind.
Ary nampiasaiko ny foko hahalala fahendrena sy hahalala fahaverezan-tsaina sy fahadalana; dia fantatro fa misambo-drivotra foana koa izany,
18 For with great wisdom comes great frustration. The greater the knowledge, the greater the pain.
satria izay be fahendrena dia be alahelo, ary izay mitombo fahalalana dia mitombo fahoriana.
