Ecclesiastes 4
1 SO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Na nga sifilpa liye ma sesuwos puspis ma orek faclu. Mwet uh akkeokyeyuk ac elos tung, ac wangin mwet in kasrelos. Wangin mwet in kasrelos, mweyen ku uh oasr sin mwet akkeokyalos.
2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Nga ke ouiyuk mwet ma misa tari — wo nu selos liki mwet su srakna moul.
3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Tusruktu elos su soenna isusla ac tia liye ma sesuwos ma nuna orek na faclu, elos pa wo nu se liki na mwet srakna moul, ku mwet misa tari.
4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Nga etala pac lah efu ku mwet uh arulana orekma upa ac suk in usrnguk ma elos oru: mweyen elos aorekmai nu sin sie sin sie. Tusruktu ma inge ma lusrongten — oana ukweyen eng uh.
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Oasr soakas se fahk mu mwet lalfon uh farpoeni ac sifacna masrinsralyal nwe ke el misa.
6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Sahp ac pwaye, tusruktu ma srisrik yurin sie mwet wi misla, wo liki kafofo ke ma pus, su oana ukweyen eng uh.
7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Nga liye sie pacna ma lusrongten ke moul faclu.
8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Oasr sie mukul mukena muta. Wangin wen natul, ac wangin pac mwet lel, a el orekma pacl nukewa, ac soenna sun lungse lal ke mwe kasrup ma oan yorol. Ac ma nu sin su orekma upa lal uh, ac efu ku el pilesrala pacl in pwar lal uh? Wangin pac sripa in ouinge — sie ouiya na koluk in moulkinyuk.
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Mwet luo wo liki mwet se na, mweyen ke eltal tukeni uh eltal akasrui ke orekma laltal.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Sie seltal fin ikori, mwet se ngia ac ku in kasrel tulokunulak. A fin mwet se na ac el ikori, ac koluk nu sel mweyen wangin mwet in kasrel.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ke pacl mihsrisr, mwet luo fin tukeni oan eltal ac fusrfusr na, a kom ac fusrfusr fuka kom fin mukena?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Mwet se ku in lain mwet se na ac kutangla, tuh el tia ku in kutangla kuiyen mwet luo. Soko sucl ma pipla ke koa tolkwe ac upa in wotla.
13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Sie mwet fusr finne sukasrup a el lalmwetmet, ac wo liki sie tokosra su matu ac lalfon, su srangesr eis kas in kasru
14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
mwet fusr sac finne illa liki presin ac akwalyeyukyak nu ke tokosra, oayapa el finne isusla sukasrup in tokosrai uh.
15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Nga nunku ke mwet nukewa su muta fin facl se inge, ac nga akilen lah oasr sie mwet fusr inmasrlolos su ac fah eis acn sin tokosra.
16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Pisen mwet tokosra se inge leumi uh arulana pus, koflana oekyukla, a fwil tokol an tiana srui orekma lal. Ma inge wangin sripa — oana ukweyen eng uh.
