Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
Knare avu'ava'ma hu zamofo zago'amo'a, marerirfa mnanentake masavena agatere'ne. Vahe'ma fri knamo'a, vahe'ma kasente kna agatere'ne.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
Tahunte'ma vu knamo'a tusi ne'zama kreno neneno musema hu nompima vu'zana agatere'ne. Na'ankure maka vahera fri vaheke mani'nonanki, amnema mani'nona vahe'mota tagera okanisune.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Asunku'ma hu'zamo, kiza zokago'ma hu'zana agatere'ne. Na'ankure asunku'ma hu'zamo'a, tagu'a tazeri ani higeta, ruzahu ruzahu avu'ava'ma hu'zana antahita keta nehune.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Knare antahi'zane vahe'mo'a vahe'ma fri'negeno'ma asunku'ma huno mania nontega agu'amo'a nemane. Hianagi neginagi antahi'zane vahe'mo'a musema nehaza nontega agu'amo'a nemane.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Knare antahi'zane vahe'mo'ma hanave kema huno vahe'ma azeri fatgohu kema antahi'zamo, neginagi vahe'mo'ma zagame'ma nehia zama antahi'zana agatere'ne.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Neginagi vahe'mofo kiza zokago kemo'a, ne'zama kre'nea kavomofo henka kazigama ave'ave trazanuma tevema hugre'negeno'ma trage raragema hiaza nehie. Ama ana zamo'a agafa'a omnetfa hu'ne.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Vahe'ma knama amino azeri havizama hu'zamo'a, knare antahi'zane vahera azeri neginagi vahe nese. Anahu kna huno mago'zama huntenogu'ma, zagoma atesino masavema hu zamo'a, vahe'mofo agu'a azeri haviza nehie.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Eri'zama eri afinare'ma ate zamo, eri'zama eri agafama hu zana agateregeno, arimpa fru huno mani'neno avegama ante'zamo avufga rama hu'zana agatere'ne.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ame'amara hunka krimpa oho. Na'ankure ame'ama'ma huno arimpama ahe zana neginagi vahe'mofo avu'ava me'ne.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
Nahigeno korapa'ma mani'nama e'noa knamo'a, menima mani'noa kna agatere'ne hunka kagenoka osuo. Na'ankure e'i knare antahi'zantetira kagenoka osugahane.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Knare antahi'zanteti'ma erisanti'ma hare'zamo'a knare hu'neankino, nomani'zama maninka vanampina knare huno kaza hugahie.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Zagomo'ma kazama nehiankna huno, knare antahi'zamo'a kazahugahie. Hianagi knare antahi'zamoke kagura vazigahie.
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
Anumzamo'ma tro'ma hu'nea zantamina kenka antahinka huo. Hagi kazaki zantamima Agrama tro'ma hunte'nea zantamina, iza eri fatgo hugara hu'ne?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Maka zama hana zantmimo'ma knare'ma hania knafina, muse huo. Hianagi maka zamo'ma amuhoma hanigenka, kenka antahinkama hananana Anumzamoke knare knane, havi knanena negamie. E'ina hu'negu mago'mo'a okima fore'ma hania zana keno antahinora osu'ne.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
Agafa'a omane nomanizama mani'na e'nofina, ama tare'za ke'noe. Fatgo avu'ava'ma nehaza vahe'mo'za ame hu'za nefrizageno, kefo avu'ava'ma nehaza vahe'mo'za, zazate maniza nevu'za kefo avu'avara hu'za nevaze.
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Hagi fatgo avu'ava zana agaterenka fatgo vahetfa manisue hunka nosunka, knare antahi'zane vahera agaterena, knare antahi'zane vahetfa manisue hunka osuo. Na'ankure e'inahu kavukva zamo'a, kazeri haviza hugahie.
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Kagra kefo avu'ava'ene vahera agaterenka kefo avu'ava zana nehunka, neginagi vahera oso. Nahanigenka kagra kasefa vahera mani'nenka ame'amara hunka frigahane?
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
Anantarega koro kema antahino amage'ma ante'zamo knarera hu'ne. Na'ankure Anumzamofoma koroma hunteno, amage'ma ante zana anantarega avu'avazampi ne-e.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Mago knare antahi'zane ne'mofo hankavemo'a, 10ni'a ugagota kva vahetmima rankuma'ma kegavama hu'naza vahe'mokizmi hankavea agatere'ne.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
Magore huno ama mopafina fatgo huno'ma mani'neno kumi'ma osu vahera omani'ne.
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Ana maka nanekema vahe'mo'zama hanaza nanekea kagesa antenka ontahio, aru eri'za vahekamo huhaviza hugante'nia naneke antahigahane.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
Na'ankure aru vahe'ma hu havizama hunentana zana, kagra kenka antahinka hu'nane.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
Ama ana maka zana knare antahizanteti refko hu'na kete'na amanage nagra'agura hu'noe, knare antahi'zane vahe mani'nue hu'na huanagi, nagra knarera osu'noe.
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
Knare antahi'zamo'a afete me'neankino, hakeno'ma eri'amo'a tusi amuho hu'ne.
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
Maka kaziga knare antahi'zankura hake'na vano nehu'na, nagafare maka zana fore huno me'ne hu'na hakenaku antahintahia retro hu'noe. Nagafare vahe'mo'za kefo avu'avara nehu'za neginagi avu'avara nehaze hu'na ke'na antahi'na hunaku nagesa antahi'noe.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
Mago zama ke'na eri fore'ma huana, mago'ma kefo zantfa huno fri'zama agatere'neana, a'nemofo krifumo'e. A'nemofo agu'amo'a krifugna hu'neankino, fru fru azamo'a vahe'ma kinama hunentea seni nofi kna hu'ne. Anumzamo'ma musema nehiazama nehia vahe'mo'a, ana akura koro fregahie. Hianagi kumi'ma nehia vahe'mofona, kati higeno aze'nerie.
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
Rempima humi ne'mo'a huno, maka zamofo agafa'ama hakena erifore'ma hunakura, mago mago zamofo agafa'a hakena ketere hu'noe.
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
Anama hake'nama nevu'na mago zana onke'noanagi, 1 tauseni'a vahepina, fatgo avu'ava'ene nera magoke ke'noe. Hianagi magore hu'na fatgo avu'ava'ene ara onketfa hu'noe.
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Magoke zama ke'na erifore'ma huana amane, Anumzamo'a fatgo vahe tro hunte'neanagi, vahe'mo'a rama'a kankamu retro huno kefo avu'avara nehie.
