Ecclesiastes 12
1 But remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youthful vigor, while the evil days are not yet come, nor those years draw nigh of which thou wilt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ke ma inge, esam El su orekomla ke kom srakna fusr, meet liki len koluk uh tuku ac meet liki yac uh apkuranme ke kom fah fahk, “Nga tia engankin moul luk.”
2 While the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are not yet darkened, and the clouds return not again after the rain;
Pa ingan pacl se ma kalem lun faht, malem, ac itu uh fah mutawauk in ohkla, meet liki pukunyeng in af ac lohsreya faclu.
3 On the day when the watchmen of the house will tremble and the men of might will bend themselves, and the grinders stand idle, because they are become few, and those be darkened that look through the windows;
In pacl sac, poum su tuh loangekom meet ac fah rarrar, ac niom su ku inge fah munasla. Wihsum su pueni ac fah tia ku in kontonauk mongo nom uh wo, ac atronmotom ac fah ohkla tia ku in liye.
4 And when the two doors on the streets will be locked, while the sound of the mill becometh dull, and man riseth up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;
Srem ac fah tia lohng wowon fin inkanek uh. Ac fah upa kom in lohng pusren mwe ilil wheat ke ac ilil uh, ku pursren mwe on ke ac sritalkinyuk, a on lun sie won sohksok ku in okaskomyak liki motul.
5 Also when men will be afraid of every elevation, and are terrified on every way, and the almond-tree will refuse [its blossom], and the locust will drag itself slowly along, and the desire will gainsay compliance; because man goeth to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;
Kom ac fah langinging ke acn fulat, ac sensen in forfor. Aunsifom ac fah fiayai, na ac fah arulana upa kom in sifacna fahsr. Ac fah wanginla ma kom mwel. Kut ac som nu yen mongla na safla lasr, na ac fah oasr tung mwemelil inkanek uh.
6 While the silver cord is not yet torn loose, and the golden bowl is not crushed, and the pitcher is not broken at the fountain, and the wheel is not crushed at the cistern;
Sein silver ac fah wotla, ac lam gold fah putatla ac fokelik; sucl ke lufin kof ac fah wotelik, ac sufa in kof ac fah fokfoki.
7 When the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return unto God who gave it.—
Manosr ac fah folokla nu in fohk uh oana meet, ac momong lun moul fah folokyak nu yurin God, su ase nu sesr.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth: all is vanity.—
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, “Lusrongten na lusrongten! Ma nukewa lusrongten!”
9 And in addition to this that Koheleth was wise, he continually also taught the people knowledge, and he probed, and searched out, and composed many proverbs.
Tusruktu ke sripen yohk lalmwetmet lun Mwet Luti sac, el tia tui in luti mwet uh ke ma el etu. El lutlutkin soakas, ac srike in konauk na pwaye kalmac uh.
10 Koheleth sought to find out acceptable words, and that which would be written down uprightly, even words of truth.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet sac el srike in sokak kas in akwoye, tusruktu kas ma el simusla arulana pwaye.
11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened [are the words of] the men of the assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.
Kas lun mwet lalmwetmet uh oana soko sak kosroh ma mwet liaung sheep uh orekmakin in sang kifus sheep uh, ac soakas ma orekeni nu sie ac oanna nwe tok oana osra ma patputi ku. Soakas inge ituku sin El su Mwet Shepherd sefanna lasr.
12 But more than all these, my son, take warning for thyself: the making of many books would have no end; and much preaching is a weariness of the flesh.
Wen nutik, oasr pac sie ma kom in arulana taran. Sim book uh sie orekma wangin safla kac, ac fin yokla lutlut lom kac, ac eisla kuiyom.
13 The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty of] man.
Tukun ma inge nukewa, ma sefanna fal in fwack: Sunakin ac akfulatye God, ac akos ma nukewa El sapkin, mweyen pa inge sripa ma mwet uh orekla nu kac.
14 For every deed will God bring into the judgment concerning every thing that hath been hidden, whether it be good, or whether it be bad.
God El ac nununku ma nukewa kut oru uh, finne wo ku koluk, ac finne ma orekla in lukma.
