Ecclesiastes 9
1 I thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls [what happens to] everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether [others] will love them or whether they will hate them.
Na da amo dawa: i liligi bu bagadewane dawa: lalu, agoane dawa: i. Gode da bagade dawa: su amola moloidafa dunu ilia hamobe huluane ouligisa. Amola ilia asigi hou amola higasu hou huluane ouligisa. Dunu afae da ema fa: no doaga: mu hou hamedafa dawa:
2 [But we know that some time in the future] we will all die; it does not matter whether we act righteously or wickedly, whether we are good or whether we are bad, whether we are acceptable for [worshiping God] or whether [we have done things to cause us to be] unacceptable; it does not matter if we offer sacrifices [to God] or if we do not; it does not matter if we do what we have promised God that we will do or if we do not; [we all die]. The same thing will happen to good people and to sinful people, to those who solemnly promise [to do things for God] and to those who are afraid to make such promises.
Be amo da osobo bagade hou hame afadenesa. Hobea misunu hou da defele moloidafa dunu amola wadela: i hamosu dunu, noga: i dunu amola wadela: i dunu, Gode Ea hou lalegagui amola hame lalegagui, gobele salasu hamobe dunu amola gobele salasu hame hamobe, ilima defele doaga: sa. Hou da moloidafa dunuma doaga: be da hou amo da wadela: i hamosu dunuma doaga: be, amo hame baligisa. Hou da dunu amo da sia: ilegebeba: le doaga: be, da hou amo sia: hame ilegesu dunuma doaga: be, hame baligisa.
3 It seems wrong that the same thing happens to everyone on this earth: Everyone dies [EUP]. Furthermore, people’s inner beings are full of evil. People do foolish things while they are alive, and then they die and join those who are already dead.
Fa: no misunu hou da dunu huluanedafa ilima defele doaga: be. Amola amo hou da hou eno osobo bagadega diala defele, defea hame gala. Osobo bagade dunu da esalebeba: le, ilia asigi dawa: su da wadela: i hou amola doulasi hou amoga nabai gala. Amalalu, ilia da hedolowane bogosa.
4 While we are alive, we confidently expect [that good things will happen to us]. [We despise] dogs, but it is better to be a dog that is alive than to be a [majestic] lion that is dead.
Be nowa da osobo bagadega esalea, da dafawane hamoma: beyale dawa: su fonobahadi gala. Wa: me esalebe da laione wa: me bogoi ea hou baligisa.
5 We who are alive know that [some day] we will die, but dead people do not know anything. Dead people do not receive any more rewards, and people soon forget them.
Dafawane! Esalebe dunu da ilia fa: no da bogomu amo dawa: Be bogoi dunu da dawa: mu hamedei. Ilia da noga: i bidi eno lamu hamedei. Eno dunu da ili dafawane gogolesa.
6 [While they were alive], they loved [some people], they hated [some people], they envied [some people], but that all ends when they die. They will never again be a part of anything that happens here on the earth.
Ilia asigi hou, higasu hou amola ilia hanai hou da ili galu bogoi dagoi. Ilia da osobo bagade hamobe liligi amoga bu hamedafa gilisimu.
7 [So I say], be joyful [DOU] while you eat your food and drink your wine, because that is what God wants you to do.
Defea! Hamoma! Dia ha: i manu hahawane moma! Dia waini hano hahawane moma! Gode da amo da defea dawa: sa.
8 Wear nice [MTY] clothes and make your face look nice.
Eso huluane fedege agoane, abula ahia: iai salima amola dia dialuma da: iya susuligi sogadigima!
9 Enjoy living with your wife whom you love, all during the time that God has given to you to be alive here on this earth. And even though it is difficult to understand why many things happen, enjoy doing the work that you do here on this earth.
Gode da dima udigili esalusu iabe, amo ganodini, di amola dia sasagesu uda ali hahawane esaloma! Hamedei eso huluane amoga, hahawane ba: mu. Bai dia esalusu amoga di da amo dabe fawane lamu.
10 Whatever you are able to do, do it with all your energy, because [some time you will die], and in the place of the dead where you are going, no one works or plans to do anything or knows anything or is wise. (Sheol h7585)
Dia hawa: hamosea, gasa fili hamoma! Bai di bogoi sogebi doaga: sea, hawa: hamomu amola asigiga dawa: mu amola bagade dawa: su hou huluane bu hamedafa ba: mu. Amola di da bogoi soge amogawi masunu. (Sheol h7585)
11 I have seen something else here on the earth: The person who runs fastest does not [always] win the race, the strongest soldiers do not [always] win the battle, the wisest people do not [always] have food, the smartest people do not [always] become rich, and people who have studied a lot are not [always] (honored/treated very specially) by others; we cannot [always] control what things will happen to us and where they will happen.
Na da eno liligi dawa: i. Osobo bagadega, hehenasu bagade dawa: dunu da eso huluane hame baligisa, amola beda: hamedei dunu da eso huluane gegesu ganodini hame hasala. Bagade dawa: su dunu da eso huluane ilia labe defele, muni hame laha. Bagade dawa: su dunu da eso huluane bagade gaguiwane hame ba: sa. Amola hawa: hamosu dawa: dunu da eso huluane ouligisu hou hamoma: ne hame heda: sa. Dunu huluane da se nabasu ba: sa.
12 No one knows when he will die [EUP]; fish are cruelly caught in a net, and birds are caught in snares/traps; similarly [SIM], people experience disasters at times when they do not expect them to happen.
Dia bogomu eso dima manebe, amo di hame dawa: Sio saniga sa: i agoai amola menabo segega dabe agoai, ninia wadela: i eso amoga ninia hame dawa: i, saniga sa: i dagoi ba: mu.
13 Once I saw something that a wise man did that impressed me.
Na da eno liligi ba: i. Amo da ado digisu amo osobo bagade dunu da bagade dawa: su hou agoane ba: sa.
14 There was a small town, where only a few people lived. The army of a great king came to that town and surrounded it. They built dirt ramps up against the walls in order to climb up and attack the town.
“Moilai fonobahadi dialebe ba: i. Amo ganodini, dunu bagahame fawane esalebe ba: i. Gasa bagade hina bagade dunu da amo moilai doagala: i. Ea dadi gagui da moilai sisiga: le, gagoi gadelale sa: imusa: momagei.
15 In that town there was a man who was poor but very wise. Because of doing what that man [suggested], the town was saved; but people [soon] forgot about him.
Hame gagui dunu afae da amogai esalu. E da bagade dawa: beba: le, amo moilai gaga: musa: dawa: defele galu. Be dunu afaega da amo ea hame dawa: digi.”
16 So I realized that although being wise is better than being strong, if you are poor, no one will appreciate what you do, and people will soon forget what you said.
Na da eso huluane agoane sia: su. Bagade dawa: su hou da gasa baligisa. Be dunu huluane da hame gagui dunu da dawa: su gala amo hame dawa: sa. Amola ilia da hame gagui dunu ea fada: i sia: hame naba.
17 Speaking quietly what is [very] wise is [much] more sensible than a king shouting to foolish people.
Bagade dawa: su dunu ea asaboi sia: nabimu da defea. Be ouligisu dunu da gagaoui dunu ilia gilisili sia: fasu ganodini, amo ea wesu nabimu da defea hame.
18 Being wise is more useful than [a lot of] weapons; but if you do one foolish thing, [it is possible that] because of doing that, you will ruin all the good things that you have done.
Bagade dawa: su hou ea hamobe da gegesu liligi ilia hamobe baligisa. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu afae da hou noga: iwane bagohame wadela: lesimusa: dawa:
