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 my heart, “Come now, I will test you with happiness. So enjoy pleasure.” But look, this also was just a temporary breeze.
2 Kinunak maipapan iti panagkatawa, “Kinamaag daytoy!” ken maipapan iti ragsak, “Ania ti serserbina daytoy?”
I said about laughter, “It is crazy,” and about pleasure, “What use is 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 explored in my heart how to gratify my desires with wine. I let my mind guide me with wisdom although I was still holding on to folly. I wanted to find out what is good for people to do under heaven during the days of their lives.
4 Naindaklan a banbanag dagiti naaramidak. Nangipatakderak kadagiti balbalay para iti bagik ken nagmulaak kadagiti kaubasan.
I accomplished great things. I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.
5 Nangaramidak kadagiti minuyongan ken parke para iti bagik; minulaak dagitoy iti amin a kita dagiti agbunga a kaykayo.
I built for myself gardens and parks; I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
6 Nangkaliak kadagiti pagurnongan iti danum a mangsibog iti kabakiran a nagtuboan dagiti kaykayo.
I created pools of water to water a forest where trees were grown.
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 purchased male slaves and female slaves; I had slaves born in my palace. I also had large herds and flocks of livestock, much more than any king who ruled before me in Jerusalem.
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 also accumulated for myself silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces. I got male and female singers for myself—the delights of the children of humanity—and many concubines.
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 became greater and wealthier than all who were before me in Jerusalem, and 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.
Whatever my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, because my heart rejoiced in all my labor and pleasure was my reward for all my work.
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 deeds that my hands had accomplished, and on the work that I had done, but again, everything was vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind. There was no profit under the sun in it.
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?
Then I turned to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. For what can the next king do who comes after the king, which has not already been done?
13 Ket nangrugi a naawatak nga adda pangatiwan ti kinasirib iti kinamaag, kas ti lawag a nasaysayaat ngem iti sipnget.
Then I began to understand that wisdom has advantages over folly, just as light is better than 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 uses his eyes in his head to see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness, although I know the same event happens to all of them.
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 I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool, will also happen to me. So what difference does it make if I am very wise?” I concluded in my heart, “This too is only vapor.”
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 the wise man, like the fool, is not remembered for very long. In the days to come everything will have been long forgotten. The wise man dies just like the fool dies.
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.
So I detested life because all the work done under the sun was evil to me. This was because everything is vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
18 Kinagurak amin a naaramidko a nagbannogak iti baba ti init gapu ta masapul nga ibatik dagitoy iti tao a sumaruno kaniak.
I hated all my accomplishments for which I had worked under the sun because I must leave them behind to the man who comes 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.
For who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over everything under the sun that my work and wisdom have built. This also is vapor.
20 Ngarud, nangrugi a maupay ti pusok kadagiti amin a trabaho nga inaramidko iti baba ti init.
Therefore my heart began to despair over all the work under the sun that I did.
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 might be someone who works with wisdom, with knowledge, and skill, but he will leave everything he has to a man who has not made any of it. This also is vapor and a great tragedy.
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 profit does the person gain who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors 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.
Every day his work is painful and stressful, so at night his soul does not find rest. This also is vapor.
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 anyone than to simply eat and drink and be satisfied with what is good in his work. I saw that this truth comes from God's hand.
25 Ta siasino ti makapangan wenno maaddaan iti aniaman a kita ti ragsak nga awan iti Dios?
For who can eat or who can have any kind of pleasure apart from God?
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 to anyone who pleases him, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. However, to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and storing up so that he may give it away to someone who pleases God. This also amounts to vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
