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.
Iza no toy ny hendry? Ary iza no mahalala izay anton-javatra? Ny fahendren’ ny olona mahamiramirana ny tarehiny, ary voaova ny fahadontoan’ ny endriny.
2 I [said], The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God.
Hoy izaho: Tandremo ny didin’ ny mpanjaka noho ny efa nianianana tamin’ Andriamanitra.
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.
Aza malaky miala eo anatrehany; aza mikikitra amin’ ny fanaovan-dratsy; fa na inona na inona sitrany dia azony atao avokoa;
4 Where the word of a king is, there is power, —who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?
fa ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka dia misy hery, ka iza no mahazo manao aminy hoe: Inona no ataonao?
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.
Izay mitandrina ny didy tsy mba mikambana amin’ ny fanaovan-dratsy; ary ny fon’ ny hendry dia mahalala fotoana sy fitsarana;
6 For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, —when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.
fa samy manana ny fotoany sy ny fitsarana azy avy ny hevitra rehetra, satria efa be ny heloky ny olona.
7 For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?
Fa tsy mahafantatra izay ho avy izy; fa iza no hampahafantatra azy izay hihaviany?
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.
Tsy misy olona manan-kery hahatana ny ainy, na manan-kery ny amin’ ny andro hahafatesana; ary tsy misy fahafahana amin’ ny ady, ary ny ratsy fanahy tsy ho voavonjin’ ny faharatsiany.
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.
Izany rehetra izany dia efa hitako avokoa tamin’ ny nampiasako ny foko nandinika ny asa rehetra atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro. Misy andro anapahan’ ny olona ny namany ka ampidirany loza aminy.
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.
Ary tamin’ izany dia hitako ny ratsy fanahy nalevina ka tafiditra; fa izay nanao ny marina kosa dia lasa niala tamin’ ny fitoeran’ ny masìna ka nohadinoina tao an-tanàna; zava-poana koa izany.
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.
Saingy tsy tanterahina vetivety ny famaliana ny ratsy atao, dia izany no ikirizan’ ny fon’ ny zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny fanaovan-dratsy.
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;
Eny, fa na dia manao ratsy injato aza ny mpanota ka ela velona ihany, dia fantatro kosa fa hisy soa ho an’ izay matahotra an’ Andriamanitra, dia izay matahotra eo anatrehany.
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.
Fa tsy hisy soa ho an’ ny ratsy fanahy; fa ho toy ny aloka izy ka tsy haharitra ela, satria tsy matahotra eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra.
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.
Izao koa no zava-poana izay atao atỳ ambonin’ ny tany: Misy olo-marina iharan’ izay tokony ho valin’ ny asa ratsy; ary misy olo-meloka mahazo izay tokony ho valin’ ny asa marina; hoy izaho: Zava-poana koa izany.
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.
Dia noderaiko ny fifaliana, satria tsy misy mahasoa ny olona atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro afa-tsy ny mihinana sy ny misotro ary ny miravoravo, ka hisy izany amin’ ny fisasarany mandritra ny andro hiainany, izay nomen’ Andriamanitra azy atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro.
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.
Raha nampiasaiko ny foko hahalala fahendrena sy hahita ny raharaha atao atỳ ambonin’ ny tany (fa misy tsy mahita torimaso na andro na alina),
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.
dia hitako avokoa ny asan’ Andriamanitra, fa tsy takatry ny sain’ ny olona ny asa atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro; koa na dia mikely aina hitady izany aza ny olona, tsy ho hitany; eny, na ny hendry aza no manao hahafantatra izany, dia tsy ho azony fantarina akory.
