Kekahuna 9
1 NO keia mau mea a pau, ua haawi au i ko'u naau e noonoo i keia. Aia no iloko o ka lima o ke Akua ka poe pono, a me ka poe naauao, a me ka lakou hana ana; aole ike kekahi kanaka i ke aloha, aole i ka inaina; aia na mea a pau imua o lakou.
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
2 Ua loaa i na kanaka a pau na mea like. Hookahi no hope i ka mea pono, a me ka mea hewa; i ka mea maikai, i ka mea maemae, a me ka mea maemae ole; i ka mea i mohai aku, a me ka mea i mohai ole aku. E like me ka mea maikai, pela no ka mea hewa; me ka mea hoohiki, pela no ka mea makau i ka hoohiki ana.
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
3 He mea pono ole keia ma na mea i hanaia malalo iho o ka la; aia hookahi hope i loaa mai i na kanaka a pau. Oiaio, o ka naau o na keiki a kanaka, ua piha i ka ino, aia no ka ulala iloko o ko lakou naau i ko lakou ola ana, alaila, [hele lakou] i ka make.
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
4 No ka mea, ua laua ka manao, no ka mea i huipuia me na mea ola a pau; no ka mea, ua oi aku ka ilio ola mamua o ka liona make.
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
5 No ka mea, ua ike ka poe ola e make auanei lakou; aka, o ka poe make, aole lakou i ike i kekahi mea, aole he uku i koe ia lakou; no ka mea, ua nalowale ko lakou mea i hoomanaoia'i.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
6 O ko lakou aloha, a me ko lakou inaina, a me ko lakou huahua, ua pau ia mau mea; ua nele mau loa lakou i ka haawina ole, ma na mea a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka la.
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
7 E hele oe, e ai i kau berena, me ka oluolu, a e inu hoi i kou waina me ka naau olioli; no ka mea, ano, ua maliu mai ke Akua i kau hana ana.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
8 I na manawa a pau e keokeo wale no kou kapa komo, aole hoi e hoonele i kou poo i ka aila ala.
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
9 E noho oluolu pu oe me ka wahine au i aloha'i i na la a pau o kou ola lapuwale ana, i haawiia mai ai ia oe malalo iho o ka la, i kou mau la lapuwale a pau loa; no ka mea, oia kou haawina i kou ola ana, a me ka hana ana hoi au i hana'i malalo iho o ka la.
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
10 O na mea a pau i loaa mai i kou lima e hana'i, e hana oe me kou ikaika; no ka mea, ma ka lua kupapau kahi au e hele aku nei, aole hana, aole noonoo, aole ike, aole naauao. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom. (Sheol h7585)
11 Alaila, haliu ae la au a ike malalo iho o ka la, aole no ka poe mama ke kukini ana, aole hoi no ka poe ikaika ke kaua, aole no ka poe naauao ka berena, aole no ka poe akamai ka waiwai, aole hoi no ka poe maiau ke aloha; aka, o ka manawa, a me na mea hiki wale ke loaa i na kanaka a pau.
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
12 No ka mea, aole ike ke kanaka i kona manawa; e like me na ia i hooheiia i ka upena ino, a e like me na manu i paheleia iloko o ke kipuka, pela no i paheleia'i na keiki a kanaka i ka wa ino, i haule koke ia maluna o lakou.
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
13 Eia ka mea naauao a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, a he mea nui ia ia'u;
I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
14 Aia ke kulanakauhale uuku, aole nui na kanaka maloko; a hiki mai kekahi alii nui, a hoopopilikia ia wahi, a kukulu iho i pa kaua nui e ku e aku i ua kulanakauhale la.
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
15 A ua loaa malaila he kanaka ilihune naauao, a ua hoopakele ia i ke kulanakauhale ma kona naauao, aka hoi, aole kekahi kanaka i hoomanao i ua kanaka ilihune la.
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
16 Alaila, i iho la au, Ua oi aku ka naauao mamua o ka ikaika; aka hoi, ua hoowahawahaia ka naauao o ka mea ilihune, aole hoi i hooloheia kana olelo.
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
17 Ua loheia no na olelo a ka poe naauao ma kahi noho malu ai, mamua o ke kala ana o ka luna o ka poe naaupo.
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
18 Ua oi aku ka naauao mamua o na mea kaua; aka hoi, ua hoohiolo ke kanaka hewa hookahi i ka maikai he nui wale.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
