Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is a wise man? Who knows what the events in life mean? Wisdom in a man causes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ndiani akafanana nomunhu akachenjera? Ndiani anoziva tsananguro yezvinhu? Uchenjeri hunobwinyisa chiso chomunhu uye hunoshandura kuomarara kwechiso.
2 I advise you to obey the king's command because of God's oath to protect him.
Ndinoti, teerera murayiro wamambo, nokuti wakaita mhiko pamberi paMwari.
3 Do not hurry out of his presence, and do not stand in support of something wrong, for the king does whatever he desires.
Usakurumidza kubva pamberi pamambo. Usamiririra zvinhu zvakaipa, nokuti iye achaita chinhu chipi zvacho chinomufadza.
4 The king's word rules, so who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
Sezvo shoko ramambo riri pamusoro pamashoko ose, ndiani angati kwaari, “Munoiteiko?”
5 Whoever keeps the king's commands avoids harm. A wise man's heart recognizes the proper course and time of action.
Ani naani zvake achateerera murayiro wake haangawani chinomukuvadza, uye mwoyo wakachenjera uchaziva nguva yakafanira namaitiro akafanira.
6 For every matter there is a correct response and a time to respond, because the troubles of man are great.
Nokuti kune nguva yakafanira namaitiro akafanira pazvinhu zvose, kunyange nhamo yomunhu ichimuremera zvikuru.
7 No one knows what is coming next. Who can tell him what is coming?
Sezvo pasina munhu anoziva ramangwana, ndiani angamuzivisa zvichauya?
8 No one is ruler over his breath so as to stop the breath, and no one has power over the day of his death. No one is discharged from the army during a battle, and wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves.
Hakuna munhu ane simba pamusoro pemhepo kuti aitonge; saizvozvowo hakuna munhu ane simba pamusoro pezuva rokufa kwake. Sezvo kusinawo munhu anoregedzeswa kurwa panguva yehondo, saizvozvowo zvakaipa hazvingaregedzi uyo anozviita.
9 I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt.
Zvose izvi ndakazviona, pandakaisa pfungwa dzangu pane zvose zvinoitwa pasi pezuva. Pane nguva yokuti mumwe munhu anenge ane simba pamusoro pavamwe, asi achizvikuvadza pachake.
10 So I saw the wicked buried publicly. They were taken from the holy area and buried and were praised by people in the city where they had done their wicked deeds. This also is uselessness.
Zvino ndakaonazve vakaipa vachivigwa mumakuva, vose vaisiuya nokuenda kubva kunzvimbo tsvene uye vachirumbidzwa muguta mavaiitira izvi. Naizvozviwo hazvina maturo.
11 When a sentence against an evil crime is not executed quickly, it entices the hearts of human beings to do evil.
Kana mhosva ikarega kukurumidza kutongwa, mwoyo yavanhu ichazara nezvirongwa zvokuita zvakaipa.
12 Even though a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives a long time, yet I know that it will be better for those who respect God, for those who stand before him and show him respect.
Kunyange munhu akaipa akapara mhosva dzinosvika zana agorarama nguva refu, ndinoziva kuti zvichava nani kuna vanhu vanotya Mwari, avo vanokudza Mwari.
13 But it will not go well for a wicked man; his life will not be prolonged. His days are like a fleeting shadow because he does not honor God.
Asi nokuti vakaipa havatyi Mwari, hazvizovanakira, uye mazuva avo haangarebi somumvuri.
14 There is another useless vapor—something else that is done on the earth. Things happen to righteous people as they happen to wicked people, and things happen to wicked people as they happen to righteous people. I say that this also is useless vapor.
Pane chimwezve chinhu chisina maturo chinoitika panyika: Vanhu vakarurama vanoitirwa zvakafanira kuitirwa vakaipa, uye vanhu vakaipa vanowana zvakafanira kuwanikwa navakarurama. Naizvozviwo ndinoti hazvina maturo.
15 So I recommend happiness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and drink and to be happy. It is happiness that will accompany him in his labor for all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
Saka ndinokurudzira vanhu kuti vafadzwe noupenyu, nokuti hapana chinhu chiri nani kumunhu pasi pezuva kupfuura kudya nokunwa nokufara. Ipapo mufaro uchamutevera mubasa rake mazuva ose oupenyu hwaakapiwa naMwari pasi pezuva.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to understand the work that is done on the earth, work often done without sleep for the eyes at night or in the day,
Pandakaisa pfungwa dzangu kuti ndizive uchenjeri nokuongorora mabasa omunhu panyika, maziso ake asingawani hope usiku namasikati,
17 then I considered all of God's deeds, and that man cannot understand the work that is done under the sun. No matter how much a man labors to find the answers, he will not find them. Even though a wise man might believe he knows, he really does not.
ipapo ndakaona zvose zvakaitwa naMwari. Hapana munhu angazvinzwisisa zvinoitika pasi pezuva. Hazvinei kuti munhu anoedza sei kuzvitsvaka, munhu haangagoni kuziva zvazvinoreva. Kunyange munhu akachenjera akati anozviziva haangakwanisi kunyatsozvinzwisisa.
