Ecclesiastes 4
1 And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.
Dia hitako koa ny fampahoriana rehetra atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro; ary indro ny ranomason’ ny ampahorina, sady tsy nisy mpanony azy; ary loza no ataon’ ny tanan’ ny mpampahory azy, sady tsy nisy mpanony.
2 And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
Ary ny maty izay efa maty ela dia nataoko ho sambatra noho ny velona izay mbola velona,
3 And better than both of them [is] he who has not yet been, in that he has not seen the evil work that has been done under the sun.
nefa tsara indray noho izy roa tonta aza ny tsy ary, izay tsy nahita ny ratsy atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro akory.
4 And I have seen all the labor, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbor. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
Ary hitako ny fisasarana rehetra sy ny fahaizan-javatra rehetra, fa avy amin’ ny fifampialonan’ ny olona izany. Zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.
5 The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
Ny adala manohon-tanana ka homana ny tenany.
6 “Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labor and distress of spirit.”
Tsara ny eran-tànan’ ila misy fiadanana noho ny eran-tànan-droa misy fisasarana sady misambo-drivotra foana.
7 And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
Ary izao koa no zava-poana hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro:
8 There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he has not, and there is no end to all his labor! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he does not say], “For whom am I laboring and bereaving my soul of good?” This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
Misy mitoetra irery ka tsy mana-namana, eny, tsy manan-janaka na rahalahy aza, nefa tsy misy farany ny fisasarany rehetra, ary ny masony tsy afa-po amin’ ny harena, hanaovany hoe: Ho an’ iza no isasarako sy tsy ampananako soa ny fanahiko? Zava-poana sy asa mahareraka koa izany.
9 The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labor.
Tsara ny roa noho ny iray; fa misy valiny tsara ny fisasarany.
10 For if they fall, the one raises up his companion, but woe to the one who falls and there is not a second to raise him up!
Raha misy lavo izy, dia arenin’ ny namany; fa mahantra ny lavo izay tsy manana namana hanarina azy.
11 Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how has one heat?
Ary koa, raha miara-mandry ny roa, dia mafana izy; fa hatao ahoana no hampahafana ny irery?
12 And if the one strengthens himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Raha misy maharesy ny irery aza, ny roa tsy ho leony tsy akory; ary ny mahazaka telo olana tsy mora tapahina.
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who has not known to be warned anymore.
Aleo zatovo malahelo hendry toy izay mpanjaka antitra adala ka tsy laitra anarina intsony;
14 For from a house of prisoners he has come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he has been poor.
fa avy ao an-tranomaizina no nivoahany hanjaka, na dia nateraka tamin’ alahelo tamin’ ny fanjakany aza izy.
15 I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who stands in his place;
Hitako ny miaina rehetra izay miriaria atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro manotrona ilay zazalahy dia ilay faharoa izay mitsangana handimby ny teo.
16 there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter do not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and distress of spirit.
Tsy hita isa ny olona rehetra, dia izay rehetra anjakany; nefa izay any aoriana tsy mba hifaly aminy; fa zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.
