Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ndani angafanane ndi munthu wanzeru? Ndani angadziwe kutanthauzira zinthu? Nzeru imabweretsa chimwemwe pa nkhope ya munthu ndipo imasintha maonekedwe ake awukali.
2 Keep the king's command, because of the oath to God.
Ine ndikuti, mvera lamulo la mfumu, chifukwa unalumbira pamaso pa Mulungu.
3 Do not be hasty to go out of his presence. Do not persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
Usafulumire kuchoka pamaso pa mfumu. Usawumirire chinthu choyipa, pakuti mfumu idzachita chilichonse chomwe imasangalatsidwa nacho.
4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
Popeza mawu a mfumu ali ndi mphamvu, ndani anganene kwa mfumuyo kuti, “Kodi mukuchita chiyani?”
5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
Aliyense amene amamvera lamulo lake sadzapeza vuto lililonse, ndipo munthu wanzeru amadziwa nthawi yoyenera ndi machitidwe ake.
6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
Pakuti pali nthawi yoyenera ndiponso machitidwe a chinthu chilichonse, ngakhale kuti mavuto ake a munthu amupsinja kwambiri.
7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Popeza palibe munthu amene amadziwa zamʼtsogolo, ndani angamuwuze zomwe zidzachitika mʼtsogolo?
8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Palibe munthu amene ali ndi mphamvu yolamulira mpweya wa moyo kuti athe kuwusunga, choncho palibe amene ali ndi mphamvu pa tsiku la imfa yake. Nkhondo sithawika; tsono anthu ochita zoyipa, kuyipa kwawoko sikudzawapulumutsa.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
Zonsezi ndinaziona pamene ndinalingalira mu mtima mwanga, zonse zimene zimachitika pansi pano. Ilipo nthawi imene ena amalamulira anzawo mwankhanza.
10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from the holy place. They went and were praised in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
Kenaka, ndinaona anthu oyipa akuyikidwa mʼmanda, iwo amene ankalowa ndi kumatuluka mʼmalo opatulika ndipo ankatamandidwa mu mzindawo pamene ankachita zimenezi. Izinso ndi zopandapake.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Pamene chigamulo cha anthu opalamula mlandu chikuchedwa, mitima ya anthu imadzaza ndi malingaliro ochita zolakwa.
12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
Ngakhale munthu woyipa apalamule milandu yambirimbiri, nʼkumakhalabe ndi moyo wautali, ine ndikudziwa kuti anthu owopa Mulungu zinthu zidzawayendera bwino, omwe amapereka ulemu pamaso pa Mulungu.
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
Koma popeza oyipa saopa Mulungu zinthu sizidzawayendera bwino, ndipo moyo wawo sudzakhalitsa monga mthunzi.
14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
Palinso chinthu china chopanda phindu chomwe chimachitika pa dziko lapansi: anthu olungama amalangidwa ngati anthu osalungama. Pamene oyipa amalandira zabwino ngati kuti ndi anthu abwino.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Nʼchifukwa chake ndikuti munthu azikondwerera moyo, pakuti munthu alibe chinanso chabwino pansi pano choposa kudya, kumwa ndi kumadzikondweretsa. Akamatero, munthuyo adzakhala ndi chimwemwe pa ntchito yake masiku onse a moyo wake amene Mulungu wamupatsa pansi pano.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
Pamene ndinayikapo mtima wanga kuti ndidziwe nzeru ndi kuonetsetsa ntchito za munthu pa dziko lapansi, osapeza tulo usana ndi usiku,
17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
pamenepo ndinaona zonse zimene Mulungu anazichita. Palibe munthu amene angathe kuzimvetsa zonse zimene zimachitika pansi pano. Ngakhale munthu ayesetse kuzifufuza, sangathe kupeza tanthauzo lake. Ngakhale munthu wanzeru atanena kuti iye amadziwa, sangathe kuzimvetsetsa zinthuzo.
