Kekahuna 1
1 O NA olelo a ke kahuna, a ke keiki a Davida, oia ke alii ma Ierusalema.
word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
2 Lapuwale o na lapuwale, wahi a ke kahuna; lapuwale o na lapuwale, pau loa na mea i ka lapuwale.
vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
3 Heaha ka uku i ke kanaka i ka hana a pau ana i hana'i malalo iho o ka la?
what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
4 Hele aku la kekahi hanauna, a hele mai la kekahi hanauna; aka, ua mau no ka honua.
generation to go: went and generation to come (in): come and [the] land: country/planet to/for forever: enduring to stand: stand
5 Puka mai ka la, a napoo ka la, a wikiwiki aku la ia ma kona wahi i puka mai ai.
and to rise [the] sun and to come (in): come [the] sun and to(wards) place his to long for to rise he/she/it there
6 Puhi aku la ka makani i ke kukulu hema, a huli mai la ia i ke kukulu akau; huli ae la ia io, a io; a hoi hou ka makani i kona wahi i puhi ai.
to go: walk to(wards) south and to turn: turn to(wards) north to turn: surround to turn: surround to go: walk [the] spirit: breath and upon around him to return: return [the] spirit: breath
7 Kahe aku la na muliwai a pau i ke kai, aole nae i piha ke kai; i kahi a lakou i kahe mai ai, malaila lakou e hoi hou aku ai.
all [the] torrent: river to go: walk to(wards) [the] sea and [the] sea nothing he full to(wards) place which/that [the] torrent: river to go: walk there they(masc.) to return: return to/for to go: walk
8 He mea luhi na olelo a pau, aole hiki i ke kanaka ke hai aku; aole i ana ka maka i ka ike ana, aole hoi i piha ka pepeiao i ka lohe ana.
all [the] word: thing weary not be able man: anyone to/for to speak: speak not to satisfy eye to/for to see: see and not to fill ear from to hear: hear
9 O na mea mamua, oia na mea e hiki mai ana; a o na mea i hanaia, oia na mea e hanaia mahope aku nei: aohe mea hou malalo iho o ka la.
what? which/that to be he/she/it which/that to be and what? (which/that to make: do *L(abh)*) he/she/it which/that to make: do and nothing all new underneath: under [the] sun
10 No kekahi mea e hiki anei ke olelo mai, Eia! he mea hou keia? he mea no ia i ka wa kahiko mamua loa o kakou.
there word: thing which/that to say to see: behold! this new he/she/it already to be to/for forever: antiquity which to be from to/for face: before our
11 Aole i hoomanaoia mai na mea kahiko; a o na mea e hiki mai ana, aole e hoomanaoia ia mau mea e ka poe mahope aku.
nothing memorial to/for first: previous and also to/for last which/that to be not to be to/for them memorial with which/that to be to/for last
12 Owau o ke kahuna, ua noho au i alii maluna o ka Iseraela ma Ierusalema.
I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
13 Ua haawi au i ko'u naau e imi, a e huli me ka noeau i na mea a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka lani. He mea kaumaba loa keia a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i na keiki a kanaka e hana'i.
and to give: put [obj] heart my to/for to seek and to/for to spy in/on/with wisdom upon all which to make: do underneath: under [the] heaven he/she/it task bad: harmful to give: put God to/for son: child [the] man to/for be occupied in/on/with him
14 Ua ike au i na mea a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka lani, aia hoi, he mau mea lapuwale ia a pau a me ka luhi hewa.
to see: see [obj] all [the] deed: work which/that to make: do underneath: under [the] sun and behold [the] all vanity and longing spirit: breath
15 O na mea kekee, aole ia e hoopololeiia; a o ka mea nele, aole hiki ke helu aku.
to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
16 Ua kukakuka au me ko'u naau iho, a i iho la, Ka! ua hookiekieia'ku au, a ua hoonui au i ka naauao mamua o na mea a pau ma Ierusalema; a ua hoomaopopo aku ko'u naau i ka noeau, a me ka ike.
to speak: speak I with heart my to/for to say I behold to magnify and to add wisdom upon all which to be to/for face: before my upon Jerusalem and heart my to see: examine to multiply wisdom and knowledge
17 A haawi au i ko'u naau e ike i ka naauao, a e ike no hoi i ka uhauha, a me ka lapuwale; a ike iho la au, he mea luhi hewa ia.
and to give: put [emph?] heart my to/for to know wisdom and to know madness and folly to know which/that also this he/she/it striving spirit: breath
18 No ka mea, ma ka naauao nui, malaila ke kaumaha; a o ka mea i hoonui i ka ike, hoonui no ia i ka eha.
for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
