Ecclesiastes 8
1 [I will tell you about] those who are truly wise [RHQ] with the result that they can explain why everything happens. Being wise enables people to be happy [MTY] and enables them to smile.
Ia ty manahake i mahihitsey? Ia ty maharendreke ty ango’e? Mahaloeloe ty lahara’ ondaty ty hihitse, vaho mampiova ty hagàm-binta’e.
2 You solemnly promised God that you would obey what the king commands, so do that.
Mañòk’ azo iraho hiambeñe ty taro’ i mpanjakay ty amy nifantà’o aman’ Añaharey.
3 Do not quickly disobey the king. And do not join those who want to rebel against him, because the king will do what he wants to do.
Ko malisa mienga amy fañatrefañe azey; le ko mifahatse ami’ty raha raty, amy te anoe’e ze satrie’e.
4 We need to obey what the king says more than we need to obey what anyone else says; no one can say to the king, “(Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.) [RHQ]”
Aa kanao manandily ty saontsi’ i mpanjakay, ia ty hanao ama’e ty hoe: Ino o anoe’oo?
5 If you obey what the king commands, he will not harm you. [So] be wise, and know the correct/right time to do things and the right way to do them.
Tsy ifetsahan-dilo ty mañamben-dily, amy te mahatsakore ty andro naho ty lily ty arofo mahihitse.
6 Although people experience many troubles/difficulties, there is a right/correct time to do things, and there is a right/correct way [to do them].
Kila manañe ty andro’e naho ty lili’e; ndra te mavesatse am’ ondatio ty haemberañe.
7 No one knows what will happen in the future, so there is no one [RHQ] who can tell us what is going to happen.
Kanao tsy fohiñe ty ho avy; ia ty mahatalily aze te inoñe ty hifetsake.
8 We cannot control the wind, and we cannot control when we will die. Soldiers are not permitted to go home during a battle, and evil people will not be saved by [doing what is] evil.
Tsy a’ ondaty ty lily hanebañe ty fitiofa’ i tiokey; naho tsy anaña’e lily i androm-pikoromaha’ey; tsy eo ty famotsorañe amo alio; vaho tsy mahafipoliotse ami’ty haratiañe o mitoloñe ama’eo.
9 I thought about all those things, and I thought about all [HYP] the other things that happen on this earth. I saw that [sometimes] people cause those whom they control to suffer.
Fonga nitreako, naho nitoloñe’ ty troko ze hene fitoloñañe ambane’ i àndroy atoy; ie nanan-dily amy t’indaty t’indaty vaho nijoia’e.
10 I also saw that [sometimes] after evil [people] die, they are highly honored at their funerals by the people in the cities where they had done [evil] deeds. It seemed to be difficult to understand why that happens.
Nitreako ka ty fileveña’ o tsereheñeo, ie fa nimoake naho nienga i toetse miavakey, ie nandikofañe amy rova nanoeñe zaiy; hakoahañe ka izay.
11 If evil people are not immediately punished, it causes [other] people [SYN] to [also] want to do evil things.
Naho tsy andilova’ ty zaka aniany ty sata raty, le mañatsake ty tro’ o ana’ ondatio ty hanao raty;
12 But even if sinful people commit 100 crimes, and [even if they] live for a long time, I know that things will go better for those who greatly respect and revere God.
aa ndra te mitolon-kanao raty in-jato ty mpanan-tahiñe, vaho mihamaro avao o andro’eo—mbe apotako te hanintsiñe o mañeveñe aman’ Añahareo, o miambane añatrefa’eo;
13 [I also know] that things will not go well go for those who are evil, because they do not revere God. Shadows [do not last a long time]. Similarly [SIM], evil people will not live a long time.
fe po-panintsiñañe ty tsereheñe, naho tsy hihalava hoe talinjo o andro’eo, ami’ty tsy fañeveña’e aman’Añahare.
14 Another thing that [sometimes] happens on this earth is that bad things happen to righteous people, and good things happen to evil people. It is difficult to understand why that happens.
Eo ty hakafoahañe fanoeñe ambone’ ty tane toy; te eo ty mifetsak’ amo vaño ze mañeva ty sata’ o ratio; vaho eo te mizo i ratiy ty sazò’ ty fitoloña’ o vantañeo—hoe iraho: Hakoahañe ka zao.
15 [So] I decided that I would recommend that people be happy while they are alive, because the best thing that people can do here on this earth is to eat and drink and be happy. Enjoying doing those things will help people while they do their work, all the time that God has given to them to remain alive here on the earth.
Aa le nonjoneko ty haravoañe, amy te tsy ambane’ i àndroy etoy ty hahasoa ondaty ta te mikama naho minoñe vaho mifale, fa irezay ty ho mpipitek’ ama’e amy fitoloña’ey amo hene andro natolon’ Añahare aze hiveloma’e ambane’ i androio.
16 I thought about being wise and about people who work very hard, working day and night and not taking time to sleep.
Ie napoko an-troko ty handrèndreke hihitse, hahatreava’e o fitoloñañe fanoeñe an-tane atoio—ndra te eo ty tsy mirotse handro ndra haleñe o fihaino’eo,
17 Then I thought about everything [HYP] that God has done, and I realized that no one can understand everything that happens here on this earth. Truly, people are not able to fully understand everything [that God understands], even if they try hard to do that. Even if wise people claim that they understand it all, they cannot.
le hene nioniko o fitoloñan’ Añahareo, le tsapako te tsy lefe tsikaraheñe o fitoloñañe nanoeñe ambane’ i àndroio; ndra te imanea’ ondatio pay, tsy ho isa’e; vaho ndra te hanoe’ i mahihitsey ty hoe: “Fa fohiko!”, mbe lia’e tsy niisa’e.
