Ecclesiastes 4
1 I thought some more about all the suffering that people are caused to experience on the earth [MTY]. I saw the tears of people who were (oppressed/treated cruelly) and who had no one to comfort/encourage them. Those who oppressed them had power, and there was absolutely no one who was able to comfort those who were being oppressed.
М-ам уйтат апой ла тоате асупририле каре се фак суб соаре; ши ятэ кэ чей апэсаць варсэ лакримь ши ну есте нимень сэ-й мынгые! Ей сунт прадэ силничией асуприторилор лор ши н-аре чине сэ-й мынгые!
2 [So] I thought that those who are already dead are more fortunate than those who are still alive.
Ши ам гэсит кэ морций каре ау мурит май ынаинте сунт май феричиць декыт чей вий, каре сунт ынкэ ын вяцэ.
3 And those who have not been born yet are more fortunate than those who are still alive and those who have died, [because] those who have not been born have not seen all the evil things that are done on the earth.
Дар май феричит декыт амындой, ам гэсит пе чел че ну с-а нэскут ынкэ, фииндкэ н-а вэзут тоате релеле каре се петрек суб соаре.
4 I also thought about all the hard work that people do and the skills that they have. And I thought about how they compete with each other because they are envious of others, [and I concluded that] this also is something that is not accomplishing anything useful, [like] chasing the wind.
Ам май вэзут кэ орьче мункэ ши орьче искусинцэ ла лукру ышь аре темеюл нумай ын пизма унуя асупра алтуя. Ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне ши гоанэ дупэ вынт.
5 Foolish people [refuse to work]; they sit idly, with their hands folded, [and do not work]. [So] they ruin themselves.
Небунул ышь ынкручишязэ мыниле ши ышь мэнынкэ ынсэшь карня луй.
6 [So I say], “It is better to be content with not having much money, than to work very hard and try to get a lot of money, which is [as useless as] chasing the wind.”
Май бине о мынэ плинэ де одихнэ, декыт амындой пумний плинь де трудэ ши гоанэ дупэ вынт.
7 I thought about something else that happens on the earth [MTY] that seems senseless.
Ам май вэзут о алтэ дешертэчуне суб соаре.
8 There are men who live alone; they do not have a wife or children or any brothers living with them; every day they work [very hard], without stopping, to get a lot of money, but they are never satisfied with the things that they have. They never ask [themselves], “Why am I working very hard to earn more money? Why am I not doing things that would cause me to be happy?” What they do also seems senseless.
Ун ом есте сингур-сингурел, н-аре нич фиу, нич фрате, ши тотушь мунка луй н-аре сфыршит, окий ну и се сатурэ ничодатэ де богэций ши ну се гындеште: „Пентру чине мунческ еу ши-мь липсеск суфлетул де плэчерь?” Ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне ши ун лукру рэу.
9 Having someone [work] with you is better than being by yourself [all the time]. If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.
Май бине дой декыт унул, кэч яу о платэ ку атыт май бунэ пентру мунка лор.
10 If you fall down, he can help you get up again. But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you, because there will be no one to help you stand up.
Кэч, дакэ се ынтымплэ сэ кадэ, се ридикэ унул пе алтул. Дар вай де чине есте сингур ши каде фэрэ сэ айбэ пе алтул каре сэ-л ридиче!
11 Similarly, if two people sleep together, they can keep each other warm. But someone who sleeps alone will certainly not [RHQ] be warm.
Тот аша, дакэ се кулкэ дой ымпреунэ, се ынкэлзеск унул пе алтул, дар кум аре сэ се ынкэлзяскэ дакэ е сингур?
12 Someone who is alone can easily be attacked and defeated by another person, but two people can help each other and (resist/defend themselves against) someone who attacks them. [Three people can defend themselves even more easily], [like] a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break [than a rope made from two cords].
Ши дакэ се скоалэ чинева асупра унуя, дой пот сэ-й стя ымпотривэ; ши фуния ымплетитэ ын трей ну се рупе ушор.
13 A young man who is poor but wise is a better person than a foolish old king who refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice.
Май бине ун копил сэрак ши ынцелепт декыт ун ымпэрат бэтрын ши фэрэ минте, каре ну ынцелеӂе кэ требуе сэ се ласе ындрумат;
14 It is possible for a young man like that to succeed and some day become king, even if his parents were poor or even if he was in prison some of the time.
кэч ел поате сэ ясэ дин темницэ ка сэ домняскэ, мэкар кэ поате кяр сэ се фи нэскут сэрак ын ымпэрэция челуй дин урмэ.
15 But then some other young man becomes king, and everyone (starts to support/is pleased with) him.
Ам вэзут пе тоць чей вий, каре умблэ суб соаре, ынконжурынд пе копилул каре авя сэ урмезе дупэ ымпэрат ши сэ домняскэ ын локул луй.
16 Large crowds of people crowd around him. But after a few years, they will reject him, [too]. So it is all senseless, [like] chasing after the wind.
Фэрэ сфыршит ера тот попорул ын фрунтя кэруя мерӂя ел. Ши тотушь чей че вор вени дупэ ел ну се вор букура де ел. Кэч ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне ши гоанэ дупэ вынт.
