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.
But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole [is] before them.
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.
The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.
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 among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it — unto 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.
But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the 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 die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been 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 also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been 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 with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy 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.
At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy 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.
See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it [is] thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at 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)
All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going. (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 have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them 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 even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these [are] the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
13 Eia ka mea naauao a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, a he mea nui ia ia'u;
This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is 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.
A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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.
and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not 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, 'Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' —
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 words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over 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.
Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
