Eclesiastes 2
1 Kinunak iti pusok, “Umayka itan, suutenka iti kinaragsak. Isu a ragsakem ti pakaragsakan. Ngem kitaem, daytoy ket apagbiit met laeng a pul-oy.
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.
2 Kinunak maipapan iti panagkatawa, “Kinamaag daytoy!” ken maipapan iti ragsak, “Ania ti serserbina daytoy?”
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 Sinukimat ko iti pusok no kasanok a penneken dagiti tarigagayko babaen iti arak. Impalubosko nga iturongnak ti panunotko iti kinasirib uray no adda pay laeng kaniak ti kinamaag. Kayatko a maammoan ti nasayaat nga aramiden dagiti tattao iti baba ti langit kabayatan dagiti aldaw dagiti bibiagda.
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 Naindaklan a banbanag dagiti naaramidak. Nangipatakderak kadagiti balbalay para iti bagik ken nagmulaak kadagiti kaubasan.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 Nangaramidak kadagiti minuyongan ken parke para iti bagik; minulaak dagitoy iti amin a kita dagiti agbunga a kaykayo.
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
6 Nangkaliak kadagiti pagurnongan iti danum a mangsibog iti kabakiran a nagtuboan dagiti kaykayo.
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 Gimmatangak kadagiti lallaki ken babbai a tagabu; addaanak kadagiti tagabu a naiyanak iti palasiok. Addaanak pay kadagiti dadakkel nga arban ken pangen iti dingwen, nga ad-adu ngem ti siasinoman nga ari nga immun-una a nagturay iti Jerusalem sakbay kaniak.
I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8 Nakaurnongak iti pirak ken balitok, kadagiti gameng dagiti ar-ari ken probprobinsia. Addaanak kadagiti lallaki ken babbai a kumakanta nga agpaay kaniak; babaen kadagiti adu nga as-assawa ken kakabkabbalay, inaramidko dagiti banbanag a makaparagsak iti siasinoman a lalaki iti rabaw ti daga.
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9 Isu a nagbalinak a nain-indaklan ken nabakbaknang ngem kadagiti amin nga immun-una ngem siak iti Jerusalem, ken nagtalinaed kaniak ti kinasiribko.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 Aniaman a tinarigagayan dagiti matak, saanko nga impaidam kadagitoy. Saanko nga impaidam iti pusok ti aniaman a pakaragsakan, gapu ta agrag-o ti pusok iti amin a nagbannogak ket ragragsak ti gunggonak kadagiti amin a trabahok.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Ket kinitak dagiti amin nga inaramid ti imak ken iti trabaho nga inaramidko, ngem kaskasdi met laeng nga alingasaw dagiti amin a banag ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin. Awan ti magunggona iti baba ti init.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
12 Ket timmalikudak a mangutob iti kinasirib, ken kasta met iti kinamauyong ken kinamaag. Ta ania ti maaramidan ti sumaruno nga ari a sumukat kalpasan ti ari, a saan pay a naaramid?
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
13 Ket nangrugi a naawatak nga adda pangatiwan ti kinasirib iti kinamaag, kas ti lawag a nasaysayaat ngem iti sipnget.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 Us-usaren ti nasirib a tao ti matana a mangkita iti papananna, ngem magmagna ti maag iti kasipngetan, numan pay ammok nga agpada a gasat ti nakasagana para iti tunggal maysa.
The wise man’s eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Ket kinunak iti pusok, “Aniaman a mapaspasamak iti maag ket mapasamakto met kaniak. Isu nga ania ti pagdumaanna no kasta unay ti kinasiribko?” Inkeddengko iti pusok, “Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng.”
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
16 Ta ti nasirib a tao, kas iti maag, ket saan a malaglagip iti atiddug a panawen. Kadagiti dumteng nga al-aldaw, amin dagita a banbanag ket nabayagen a nalipatan. Matay ti nasirib a tao a kas met iti maag a matay.
For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
17 Isu a ginurak ti biag gapu ta dakes para kaniak dagiti amin a trabaho a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Daytoy ket gapu ta alingasaw amin a banbanag ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Kinagurak amin a naaramidko a nagbannogak iti baba ti init gapu ta masapul nga ibatik dagitoy iti tao a sumaruno kaniak.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 Ket siasino ti makaammo no nasiribto isuna wenno maag? Ngem isunanto ti amo kadagiti amin a banag iti baba ti init a naaramidan iti bannog ken kinasiribko. Alingasaw met laeng daytoy.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
20 Ngarud, nangrugi a maupay ti pusok kadagiti amin a trabaho nga inaramidko iti baba ti init.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21 Ta mabalin nga adda ti agtrabaho nga addaan iti kinasirib, pannakaammo ken kinalaing, ngem ibatinanto dagiti amin a banbanag nga adda kenkuana iti maysa a tao a saan pulos a nagtrabaho iti aniaman kadagitoy. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng ken nakabutbuteng unay a pasamak.
For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
22 Ta ania ti magunggona ti tao nga agtrabtrabaho iti kasta unay ken mangpadpadas iti amin a puso a mangleppas kadagiti aramidna iti baba ti init?
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 Inaldaw a nasakit ken narigat ti trabahona, isu a saan a makainana ti kararuana iti rabii. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng.
For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 Awan ti nasaysayaat para iti siasinoman ngem ti laeng mangan, uminom ken mapnek iti aniaman a nasayaat iti trabahona. Nakitak a naggapu iti ima ti Dios daytoy a kinapudno.
[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
25 Ta siasino ti makapangan wenno maaddaan iti aniaman a kita ti ragsak nga awan iti Dios?
For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
26 Ta iti siasinoman a makaay-ayo kenkuana, ited ti Dios ti kinasirib, pannakaammo ken rag-o. Nupay kasta, itedna iti managbasol ti trabaho iti panagurnong ken panagidulin tapno itedna iti maysa a tao a makaay-ayo iti Dios. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.
For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
