Ecclesiastes 7
1 Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
Ambone’ ty fahosotse sarotse ty tahinañe soa; naho ty androm-pihomahañe, ta ty andro nisamahañe.
2 Better to go to a house of mourning, Than to go to a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living lays [it] to his heart.
Hàmake t’ie mb’an-traño fandalàñe ta te mb’añ’anjomba fisabadidahañe, fa izay ty figadoña’ ze kila ondaty, ee te hapo’ ty veloñe an-tro’e ao izay.
3 Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becomes better.
Ambone’ ty fiankahafañe ty haemberañe; fa mete ho fale ty arofo ndra te lonjetse ty laharañe.
4 The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
Añ-anjombam-pandalàñe ao ty arofo’ o mahihitseo, le an-trañom-piankahafañe ao ty tro’ o dagolao.
5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,
Hàmake t’ie mijanjiñe ty fañendaha’ ty mahihitse, ta te mitsanoñe ty sabo’ o mineñeo.
6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.
Hambañe ami’ty fipipiham-patike ambane’ valàñe eo, ty fitohafa’ i dagola; hakoahañe ka izay.
7 Surely oppression makes the wise mad, And a gift destroys the heart.
Toe mampinè’ ty mahihitse ty famorekekeañe, vaho mamorek’ arofo ty vokàñe.
8 Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
Ambone’ ty fifotoran-draha ty figadoña’e, le ambone’ ty troke misenge ty arofo mahaliñe.
9 Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools rests.
Ko malisa ho viñetse añ’arofo irehe, amy te mimoneñe am-banian-dagola ao ty habosehañe.
10 Do not say, “What was it, That the former days were better than these?” For you have not asked wisely of this.
Ko manao ty hoe, Ino ty nahasoa o andro taoloo te amo henanekeo? toe tsy aman-kihitse i ontane’o zay.
11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
Raha soa te mitraoke an-kihitse ty lova, toe tombo’ o mahaisake i androio.
12 For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defense, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She revives her possessors.
Manahake ty fañarova’ ty vara ty fañambena’ i hihitsey; fe ty hasoa’ o hilalao, arova’ i hihitsey ty fiai’ o manañ’ azeo.
13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
Haraharao ty fitoloñan’ Añahare; ia ty mahay mañity ty nimengoha’e.
14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of calamity consider: God has also made this alongside of that, To the intent that man does not find anything after him.
Mifalea añ’andro vokatse, vaho mitsakorea añ’andron-kankàñe; songa nanoen’ Añahare itoy naho iroy, soa tsy ho oni’ ondaty ndra inoñ’ inoñe amo hanonjohy azeo.
15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrongdoer prolonging [himself] in his wrong.
Hene nitreako amo haveloko koakey; eo t’indaty vaño mihomak’ amy havantaña’ey, eo ka ty lo-tsereke mañalava andro amy haratia’ey.
16 Do not be over-righteous, nor show yourself too wise, why are you desolate?
Ko loho vantañe; ko losore’o ty hihitse; Ino ty hampiantoa’o ty vata’o?
17 Do not do much wrong, neither be a fool, why do you die within your time?
Ko loho tsereheñe, naho ko manao gege; ino ty hivetraha’o aolo’ ty andro’o?
18 [It is] good that you lay hold on this, and also, do not withdraw your hand from that, for whoever is fearing God goes out with them all.
Soa re te fahara’o iroy, vaho tsy asita’o itoy, fa horihe’ ty mañeveñe aman’ Añahare i roe rey.
19 The wisdom gives strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Mampaozatse ty mahihitse ambone’ ty mpifehe folo an-drova ao, ty hihitse.
20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that does good and does not sin.
Fa toe tsitantane t’indaty vañoñe mitolon-kavantañañe le lia’e tsy mandilatse.
21 Also to all the words that they speak do not give your heart, that you do not hear your servant reviling you.
Aa le ko loho haoñe’o ze fonga enta saontsieñe, tsy mone ho janji’o mamatse azo ty mpitoro’o;
22 For many times also has your heart known that you yourself have also reviled others.
amy te beteke, fohi’ ty vata’o te ihe namatse ty ila’e.
23 All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, “I am wise,” and it [is] far from me.
Fa hene nitsoheako an-kihitse, le hoe iraho: Ho paiako ty hihitse, fe nihànkañe amako.
24 Far off [is] that which has been, and deep, deep, who finds it?
Tsietoitane añe naho miheotse o raha fa nifetsakeo, ia ty hahatendreke aze?
25 I have turned around, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and the madness of foolishness.
Natoliko ty troko handrèndreke naho hitsikarake vaho hikodebe ty hihitse naho ty lengo’ o rahao, naho ty hahafohinako ty haratia’ ty hadagolàñe, vaho ty hanè’ o hagegeañeo;
26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
le nitreako te mafaitse te ami’ty havilasy ty rakemba amam-pandrike, ie harato ty tro’e, naho silisilim-pandrohizañe o taña’eo; hiponiora’ ty mahafale an’ Andrianañahare; fe ho tsepahe’e ty mpanan-tahiñe.
27 See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
Ingo, itoy ty nitreako, hoe ty mpañoke, ie tovoñañe ami’ty raha raike ty ila’e, hamoliliañ’ aze;
28 (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
ie nitolom-pipay ty troko, fe mbe mboe tsy naharendreke; fa nahatrea ondaty raik’ ami’ty arivo iraho, fe tsy nahatrea rakemba raik’ amy rezay iaby.
29 See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they have sought out many inventions.
Inao, te zao avao ty nitreako, te nanoen’ Añahare mahity t’indaty, f’ie mikitro-draha maro.
