Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise? and who knoweth [as well] the explanation of a thing? a man's wisdom enlighteneth his face, and the boldness of his face will be lessened.
Ia ty manahake i mahihitsey? Ia ty maharendreke ty ango’e? Mahaloeloe ty lahara’ ondaty ty hihitse, vaho mampiova ty hagàm-binta’e.
2 I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that which regardeth the oath [to him taken] by God.
Mañòk’ azo iraho hiambeñe ty taro’ i mpanjakay ty amy nifantà’o aman’ Añaharey.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; engage not in an evil thing; for whatsoever pleaseth him, can he do;
Ko malisa mienga amy fañatrefañe azey; le ko mifahatse ami’ty raha raty, amy te anoe’e ze satrie’e.
4 Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—
Aa kanao manandily ty saontsi’ i mpanjakay, ia ty hanao ama’e ty hoe: Ino o anoe’oo?
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart knoweth both time and the just consequence.
Tsy ifetsahan-dilo ty mañamben-dily, amy te mahatsakore ty andro naho ty lily ty arofo mahihitse.
6 Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man [resteth] heavily upon him.
Kila manañe ty andro’e naho ty lili’e; ndra te mavesatse am’ ondatio ty haemberañe.
7 For he knoweth not that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Kanao tsy fohiñe ty ho avy; ia ty mahatalily aze te inoñe ty hifetsake.
8 No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise it.
Tsy a’ ondaty ty lily hanebañe ty fitiofa’ i tiokey; naho tsy anaña’e lily i androm-pikoromaha’ey; tsy eo ty famotsorañe amo alio; vaho tsy mahafipoliotse ami’ty haratiañe o mitoloñe ama’eo.
9 All this have I seen, and directed my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when one man ruleth over another to his own injury.
Fonga nitreako, naho nitoloñe’ ty troko ze hene fitoloñañe ambane’ i àndroy atoy; ie nanan-dily amy t’indaty t’indaty vaho nijoia’e.
10 Then also did I see the wicked buried, who had gone to their rest; but those who had acted correctly had to go away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. Also this is vanity.
Nitreako ka ty fileveña’ o tsereheñeo, ie fa nimoake naho nienga i toetse miavakey, ie nandikofañe amy rova nanoeñe zaiy; hakoahañe ka izay.
11 Because the punishment against evil deeds is not executed speedily, therefore is the heart of the sons of men filled up in them to do evil.
Naho tsy andilova’ ty zaka aniany ty sata raty, le mañatsake ty tro’ o ana’ ondatio ty hanao raty;
12 But let a sinner do evil a hundred times, and [God] withhold long his punishment from him; still do I truly know for certain that it will be well with those that fear God, because they are afraid of him;
aa ndra te mitolon-kanao raty in-jato ty mpanan-tahiñe, vaho mihamaro avao o andro’eo—mbe apotako te hanintsiñe o mañeveñe aman’ Añahareo, o miambane añatrefa’eo;
13 And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.
fe po-panintsiñañe ty tsereheñe, naho tsy hihalava hoe talinjo o andro’eo, ami’ty tsy fañeveña’e aman’Añahare.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Eo ty hakafoahañe fanoeñe ambone’ ty tane toy; te eo ty mifetsak’ amo vaño ze mañeva ty sata’ o ratio; vaho eo te mizo i ratiy ty sazò’ ty fitoloña’ o vantañeo—hoe iraho: Hakoahañe ka zao.
15 Therefore do I praise joyfulness, that there is nothing better for man under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful; for this will adhere to him in his toil, during the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.—
Aa le nonjoneko ty haravoañe, amy te tsy ambane’ i àndroy etoy ty hahasoa ondaty ta te mikama naho minoñe vaho mifale, fa irezay ty ho mpipitek’ ama’e amy fitoloña’ey amo hene andro natolon’ Añahare aze hiveloma’e ambane’ i androio.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men:
Ie napoko an-troko ty handrèndreke hihitse, hahatreava’e o fitoloñañe fanoeñe an-tane atoio—ndra te eo ty tsy mirotse handro ndra haleñe o fihaino’eo,
17 Then did I see [in] the whole work of God, that a man is not able to find out the work that is done under the sun; inasmuch as though a man were to toil to seek for it, he would yet not find it; and even if the wise were to think to know it, he would yet not be able to find it.
le hene nioniko o fitoloñan’ Añahareo, le tsapako te tsy lefe tsikaraheñe o fitoloñañe nanoeñe ambane’ i àndroio; ndra te imanea’ ondatio pay, tsy ho isa’e; vaho ndra te hanoe’ i mahihitsey ty hoe: “Fa fohiko!”, mbe lia’e tsy niisa’e.
