Ecclesiastes 9
1 I tretide alle these thingis in myn herte, to vndirstonde diligentli. Iust men, and wise men ben, and her werkis ben in the hond of God; and netheles a man noot, whether he is worthi of loue or of hatrede.
Na ko tenei katoa he mea whakaaro na toku ngakau, ara kia ata tirotirohia tenei katoa; ko te hunga tika, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, me a ratou mahi, kei roto i te ringa o te Atua: e kore te tangata e mohio he aroha ranei, he kino ranei; kei to rat ou aroaro nga mea katoa.
2 But alle thingis ben kept vncerteyn in to tyme to comynge; for alle thingis bifallen euenli to a iust man and to a wickid man, to a good man and to an yuel man, to a cleene man and to an vnclene man, to a man offrynge offryngis and sacrifices, and to a man dispisynge sacrifices; as a good man, so and a synnere; as a forsworun man, so and he that greetli swerith treuthe.
He rite tonu te panga mai o nga mea katoa ki nga tangata katoa; kotahi tonu te mea e pa ana ki te tangata tika, ki te tangata kino; ki te pai, ki te ma, ki te poke; ki te tangata i te patunga tapu, ki te tangata kahore nei ana patunga tapu: ko te tangata pai rite tonu ki te tangata hara, ko te tangata e oati ana, ki te tangata e wehi ana i te oati.
3 This thing is the worste among alle thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne, that the same thingis bifallen to alle men; wherfor and the hertis of the sones of men ben fillid with malice and dispisyng in her lijf; and aftir these thingis thei schulen be led doun to hellis.
He he tenei i roto i nga mea katoa e meatia ana i raro i te ra, kotahi tonu te mea e pa ana ki te katoa; ko te ngakau ano hoki o nga tama a te tangata ki tonu i te kino; kei roto hoki te haurangi i o ratou ngakau i a ratou e ora ana; a muri iho k a riro ratou ki nga tupapaku.
4 No man is, that lyueth euere, and that hath trist of this thing; betere is a quik dogge than a deed lioun.
Ko te tangata hoki e tuhono ana ki te hunga ora katoa ka whai tumanakohanga: pai atu hoki te kuri ora i te raiona mate.
5 For thei that lyuen witen that thei schulen die; but deed men knowen no thing more, nether han meede ferthere; for her mynde is youun to foryetyng.
E mohio ana hoki te hunga ora tera ratou e mate: ko nga tupapaku ia, kahore o ratou mohio ki tetahi mea, kahore ake hoki he utu i a ratou; ka warewaretia hoki te mahara ki a ratou.
6 Also the loue, and hatrede, and enuye perischiden togidere; and thei han no part in this world, and in the werk that is don vndur the sunne.
Ko to ratou aroha hoki, ko to ratou riri, ko to ratou hae, kua kore noa ake; kahore hoki he wahi i a ratou a ake ake, o nga mea katoa e meatia ana i raro i te ra.
7 Therfor go thou, iust man, and ete thi breed in gladnesse, and drynke thi wiyn with ioie; for thi werkis plesen God.
Haere, kainga tau kai i runga i te hari, inumia hoki tau waina i runga i te ngakau hari; no te mea kua manako noa ke te Atua ki au mahi.
8 In ech tyme thi clothis be white, and oile faile not fro thin heed.
I nga wa katoa kia ma ou kakahu: kaua hoki e whakakahoretia te hinu mo tou mahunga.
9 Vse thou lijf with the wijf which thou louest, in alle the daies of lijf of thin vnstablenesse, that ben youun to thee vndur sunne, in al the tyme of thi vanyte; for this is thi part in thi lijf and trauel, bi which thou trauelist vndur the sunne.
Kia ora tou ngakau i tou hoa wahine e aroha na koe i nga ra katoa o tou oranga horihori, i homai nei ki a koe i raro i te ra, i nga ra katoa o tou horihori: ko te wahi hoki tena mou i tenei ao, i tou mauiui ano hoki e mauiui na koe i raro i te ra.
10 Worche thou bisili, what euer thing thin hond mai do; for nether werk, nether resoun, nethir kunnyng, nether wisdom schulen be at hellis, whidir thou haastist. (Sheol h7585)
Ko nga mea katoa e kitea e tou ringa kia mahia, kia puta tou uaua ki te mahi; kahore hoki he mahi, kahore he tikanga, kahore he matauranga, kahore he whakaaro nui i te reinga, i te wahi ka haere atu na koe ki reira. (Sheol h7585)
11 I turnede me to another thing, and Y siy vndur sunne, that rennyng is not of swift men, nethir batel is of stronge men, nether breed is of wise men, nether richessis ben of techeris, ne grace is of crafti men; but tyme and hap is in alle thingis.
I hoki ahau, a i kite ahau i raro i te ra, ehara i te mea ko te hunga tere e puta i te oma, ko te hunga marohirohi ranei e toa i te pakanga, ko te hunga whakaaro nui ranei e whiwhi i te taro, ko te hunga mohio ranei e whiwhi i te taonga, ko te h unga tohunga ranei e manakohia, engari na te wa, na te tupono noa, i homai ki a ratou katoa.
12 A man knowith not his ende; but as fischis ben takun with an hook, and as briddis ben takun with a snare, so men ben takun in yuel tyme, whanne it cometh sudeynli on hem.
Kahore hoki te tangata e mohio ki te wa mona: he rite ki nga ika e haoa ana ki te kupenga nanakia, ki nga manu hoki e mau ana i te mahanga, he pera ano hoki nga tama a te tangata, e mahangatia ana i te wa whakarihariha, ina puta whakarere mai ki a ratou.
13 Also Y siy this wisdom vndur the sunne, and Y preuede it the mooste.
I kitea ano e ahau te whakaaro nui penei i raro i te ra, a he mea nui ki ahau:
14 A litil citee, and a fewe men ther ynne; a greet kyng cam ayens it, and cumpasside it with palis, and he bildide strengthis bi cumpas; and bisegyng was maad perfit.
Tera tetahi pa iti, me ona tangata torutoru i roto; na ka haere mai tetahi kingi nui ki te tu i reira, whakapaea ana e ia, hanga ana e ia etahi pourewa nunui hei tatau atu ki reira.
15 And a pore man and a wijs was foundun ther ynne; and he delyuerede the citee bi his wisdom, and no man bithouyte aftirward on that pore man.
Na i kitea tetahi tangata rawakore, whakaaro nui, i roto, a nana, na tona whakaaro nui, ka ora te pa; otiia kihai tetahi tangata i mahara ki taua tangata rawakore.
16 And Y seide, that wisdom is betere than strengthe; hou therfor is the wisdom of a pore man dispisid, and hise wordis ben not herd?
Na ko taku kianga ake, Engari rawa te whakaaro nui i te kaha: heoi whakahaweatia iho nga whakaaro nui o te rawakore, kihai hoki ana kupu i whakarangona.
17 The wordis of wise men ben herd in silence, more than the cry of a prince among foolis.
Ko nga kupu a te hunga whakaaro nui, he mea ata korero, e rangona nuitia ake ana i te hamama a te rangatira o nga wairangi.
18 Betere is wisdom than armuris of batel; and he that synneth in o thing, schal leese many goodis.
Pai ake te whakaaro nui i nga rakau o te riri: otiia kotahi noa te tangata hara, he nui tana pai e takakino ai.
