Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, 'I have no pleasure in them.'
Ke ma inge, esam El su orekomla ke kom srakna fusr, meet liki len koluk uh tuku ac meet liki yac uh apkuranme ke kom fah fahk, “Nga tia engankin moul luk.”
2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
Pa ingan pacl se ma kalem lun faht, malem, ac itu uh fah mutawauk in ohkla, meet liki pukunyeng in af ac lohsreya faclu.
3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
In pacl sac, poum su tuh loangekom meet ac fah rarrar, ac niom su ku inge fah munasla. Wihsum su pueni ac fah tia ku in kontonauk mongo nom uh wo, ac atronmotom ac fah ohkla tia ku in liye.
4 And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.
Srem ac fah tia lohng wowon fin inkanek uh. Ac fah upa kom in lohng pusren mwe ilil wheat ke ac ilil uh, ku pursren mwe on ke ac sritalkinyuk, a on lun sie won sohksok ku in okaskomyak liki motul.
5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.
Kom ac fah langinging ke acn fulat, ac sensen in forfor. Aunsifom ac fah fiayai, na ac fah arulana upa kom in sifacna fahsr. Ac fah wanginla ma kom mwel. Kut ac som nu yen mongla na safla lasr, na ac fah oasr tung mwemelil inkanek uh.
6 While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.
Sein silver ac fah wotla, ac lam gold fah putatla ac fokelik; sucl ke lufin kof ac fah wotelik, ac sufa in kof ac fah fokfoki.
7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
Manosr ac fah folokla nu in fohk uh oana meet, ac momong lun moul fah folokyak nu yurin God, su ase nu sesr.
8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, “Lusrongten na lusrongten! Ma nukewa lusrongten!”
9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out — he made right many similes.
Tusruktu ke sripen yohk lalmwetmet lun Mwet Luti sac, el tia tui in luti mwet uh ke ma el etu. El lutlutkin soakas, ac srike in konauk na pwaye kalmac uh.
10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written [by] the upright, words of truth.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet sac el srike in sokak kas in akwoye, tusruktu kas ma el simusla arulana pwaye.
11 Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.
Kas lun mwet lalmwetmet uh oana soko sak kosroh ma mwet liaung sheep uh orekmakin in sang kifus sheep uh, ac soakas ma orekeni nu sie ac oanna nwe tok oana osra ma patputi ku. Soakas inge ituku sin El su Mwet Shepherd sefanna lasr.
12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
Wen nutik, oasr pac sie ma kom in arulana taran. Sim book uh sie orekma wangin safla kac, ac fin yokla lutlut lom kac, ac eisla kuiyom.
13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: — 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
Tukun ma inge nukewa, ma sefanna fal in fwack: Sunakin ac akfulatye God, ac akos ma nukewa El sapkin, mweyen pa inge sripa ma mwet uh orekla nu kac.
14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
God El ac nununku ma nukewa kut oru uh, finne wo ku koluk, ac finne ma orekla in lukma.
