Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
Yon bon non pi bon pase yon pomad swa, e jou mouri pi bon pase jou nou te ne a.
2 It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.
Li pi bon pou ale nan kay k ap fè dèy pase nan kay k ap fè fèt; paske se konsa ke chak moun va fini, e sila ki vivan an pran sa a kè.
3 Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.
Tristès pi bon pase ri; paske lè figi moun nan tris, kè la vin pi bon.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.
Panse a saj la anndan lakay k ap fè dèy; men panse a san konprann nan kay plezi.
5 Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.
Li pi bon pou koute repwòch a yon nonm saj pase pou yon moun ta koute chanson a moun san konprann yo.
6 For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
Paske tankou bwa pikan sèch pete nan dife; se konsa lè yon nonm ensanse ap ri; epi sa anplis se vanite.
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.
Paske chantay ka fè yon nonm saj vin fou, e lajan anba tab fè kè vin konwonpi.
8 The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.
Lè yon bagay fin fèt, li pi bon pase lè l te kòmanse a. Pasyans nan lespri pi bon pase awogans lespri a.
9 Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
Pa chofè kè ou pou vin fache; paske fache rete nan kè a moun ensanse.
10 Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.
Pa di: “Poukisa jou lontan yo te pi bon pase jodi a”? Paske nanpwen sajès nan kesyon sa a.
11 Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
Sajès ansanm ak eritaj bon, e se yon avantaj pou sila ki konn wè solèy yo.
12 For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
Paske sajès se yon pwotèj, menm ke lajan se yon pwotèj la; men avantaj a bon konprann nan se ke sajès va prezève lavi a sila ki genyen l.
13 Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
Konsidere zèv Bondye yo, paske se kilès ki ka drese sa ke Li menm te koube?
14 In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.
Nan jou bonè yo fè kè kontan; men nan jou malè yo, reflechi—Bondye te fè tou de pou lòm pa dekouvri anyen nan sa k ap swiv li.
15 I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
Mwen te wè tout bagay pandan tout jou vanite mwen yo; gen yon nonm dwat ki mouri nan ladwati, ak yon nonm mechan ki fè vi li long ak mechanste li a.
16 Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?
Pa fè eksè nan ladwati, ni pa vin twò saj. Poukisa ou ta detwi pwòp tèt ou?
17 Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?
Pa fè eksè nan mechanste, ni pa vin ensanse. Poukisa ou ta vle mouri avan lè ou?
18 It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.
Li bon pou ou ta kenbe pran yon bagay san ou pa lage lòt la; paske sila ki gen lakrent Bondye a ap vini ak tou de.
19 Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.
Sajès ranfòse yon nonm saj plis pase dis gwo chèf ki nan yon vil.
20 Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Anverite, nanpwen yon moun dwat sou latè ki fè sa ki bon tout tan, e ki pa janm peche.
21 Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.
Anplis, pa pran a kè tout pawòl ki pale, sof ke ou ta tande sèvitè ou lè l ap bay ou madichon.
22 For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
Paske ou vin konprann ke ou menm tou anpil fwa konn bay moun madichon.
23 All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.
Mwen te tante fè tout sa ak sajès e mwen te di: “Mwen va saj”, men sa te chape lwen mwen.
24 It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?
Sa ki te konn egziste vin lwen, e se yon mistè menm. Se kilès ki ka dekouvri li?
25 I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,
Mwen te dirije panse m pou konnen; pou fè ankèt e chache sajès avèk rezon, e pou konnen mechanste se foli; e foli menm rive fè moun fou.
26 And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Epi mwen te dekouvri pi anmè pase mouri, kè a fanm ki fè pèlen an. Men li yo se tankou chenn. Yon moun ki plè Bondye va chape anba men l, men pechè a va vin kaptire anba l.
27 Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:
“Gade byen, se sa mwen dekouvri,” predikatè a di: “Ajoute yon bagay a yon lòt pou twouve konprann.”
28 And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.
Sou sila m toujou ap chache a, men m poko jwenn; mwen te twouve yon nonm pami mil, men mwen pa t jwenn fanm pami tout sa yo.
29 Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions.
Men gade, se sèl sa mwen dekouvri; Bondye te fè lòm kanpe dwat, men yo chache anpil manèv pou vin koube.
