Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is really a wise man, and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of a man, lighteth up his countenance, but, by defiance of countenance, one is disfigured.
O WAI ka mea i like me ka mea naauao? Owai ka mea i ike i ka hoakaka ana i ka olelo? Ka naanao o ke kanaka, oia ka mea e oluolu ai kona maka, a ua hala kona maka haaheo.
2 I [said], The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God.
Ke ao aku nei au ia oe, e malama i ke kanawai o ke alii, no ka hoohiki ana i ke Akua.
3 Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing, —for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do.
Mai wikiwiki oe i kou hele ana mai kona alo aku: mai kupaa oe ma ka mea ino; no ka mea, ke hana la ia i na mea a pau loa ana i makemake ai.
4 Where the word of a king is, there is power, —who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?
Ma ka olelo a ke alii, aia no ka mana; a owai la ka mea e hiki ke olelo aku ia ia, Heaha kau i hana'i?
5 He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing, —and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note.
O ka mea malama i ke kanawai, aole ia e ike i ka mea ino; a o ka naau o ka mea akamai, ua ike ia i ka manawa a me ka hoopono.
6 For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, —when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.
No ka mea, aia no i na mea a pau he wa no, a me ka hoopono; a ua nui ke kaumaha maluna o ke kanaka.
7 For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?
No ka mea. aole ia i ike i ka mea e hiki mai ana; a o ka wa e hiki mai ai, owai la ka mea e hiki ke hai aku ia ia?
8 No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war, —neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.
Aohe kanaka e hiki ke malama i ka hanu a paa ia, aohe mea ikaika i ka la e make ai; aole hoi i hookuuia kekahi mai keia kaua aku; aole nae e hoopakele ka hewa i ka poe hewa.
9 All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, —at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.
Ua ike au i keia mau mea a pau, a halalo kuu naau i na hana a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka la, aia i kekahi wa no e alii ai kekahi kanaka maluna o kekahi i mea e poino ai oia iho.
10 And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, [their graves], that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done, —even this, was vanity.
A pela no, ua ike au i ke kanuia o ka poe hewa, ua hele lakou iloko o kahi hemolele, a hoi mai, a ua poina lakou ma ke kulanakauhale, kahi a lakou i hana'i pela. He mea lapuwale keia.
11 Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedily—on this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness.
No ka hooko koke ole ia mai o ka olelo hoahewa i ka hana ino; no ia mea, ua paa loa ka naau o na keiki a kanaka e hana hewa.
12 Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;
Ina e hana ino ka mea hewa, pahaneri ka hana ana, a ua hooloihiia kona mau la, ua ike no au, ua pomaikai ka poe makau i ke Akua, ka poe makau imua ona.
13 but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow, —because he standeth not in awe before God.
Aole e pomaikai ka mea hewa, aole nae ia e hooloihi i kona mau la, no ka mea, me he aka la ka mea i makau ole imua i ke alo o ke Akua.
14 Here was a vain thing which was done upon the earth—that there were righteous men unto whom it happened according to the work of the lawless, and there were lawless men, unto whom it happened according to the work of the righteous, —I said, that, even this, was vanity.
Eia kekahi mea lapuwale i hanaia ma ka honua; aia no kekahi poe pono, a ua ili wale ia lakou e like me ka hana a ka poe hewa, a aia hoi ka poe hewa, ua ili wale ia lakou e like me ka hana a ka poe pono. I iho la au, he mea lapuwale keia.
15 Then extolled I, gladness, in that there was nothing better for a man, under the sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be glad, —since, that, should tarry with him in his toil, for the days of his life which God had given him under the sun.
Alaila, mahalo iho la au i ka olioli, no ka mea, aohe mea maikai i ke kanaka malalo iho o ka la i oi aku i ka ai ana, i ka inu, a me ka olioli; he mea mau keia ia ia no kana haua, i na la o kona ola ana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai ia ia malalo iho o ka la.
16 When I gave my heart, to know wisdom, and to consider the business that was done upon the earth, then surely, by day and by night, there was one who suffered not his eyes, to sleep.
Alaila, haawi ae la au i ko'u naau e ike i ka naauao, a e ike hoi i ka mea i hanaia ma ka honua; no ka mea, aia no kekahi mea i pili ole ai kona mau maka i ka hiamoe i ka po a me ke ao:
17 Then I considered all the work of God, that man could not find out the work that was done under the sun, inasmuch as man toileth in seeking and yet cannot find, —yea, even though the wise man should say he knoweth, yet can he not find it out.
A ike iho la au i na hana a pau a ke Akua, no ka mea, aole hiki i ke kanaka ke hoomaopopo i na hana i hanaia malalo iho o ka la; oiaio hoi, ina e hooikaika ke kanaka e imi, aole nae i maopopo, ina e olelo ka mea naauao e ike ia, aole nae e hiki ia ia ke hoomaopopo aku.
