Eclesiastes 4

1 Maminsan manen pinanunotko ti maipapan kadagiti amin a panangidadanes a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Kitaem dagiti lua dagiti naidadanes a tattao. Awan ti mangliwliwa kadakuada. Ti kinabileg ket adda iti ima dagiti mangidaddadanes kadakuada, ngem awan ti mangliwliwa kadagiti naidadanes a tattao.

And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

2 Isu a kabkablaawak dagiti natayen a tattao, dagidiay natayen, saan a dagiti agbibiag, dagidiay sibibiag pay laeng.

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

3 Nupay kasta, nagasgasat pay ngem kadakuada ti saan pay a nagbiag, ti saan pay a nakakita iti aniaman a kinadakes a maar-aramid iti baba ti init.

and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 Ket nakitak nga amin a kinagaed ken amin a batido a trabaho ket nakaigapuan ti panangapal ti kaaruba ti maysa a tao. Alingasaw met laeng daytoy ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

5 Agdalikepkep ti maag ken saan nga agtrabtrabaho, isu a ti bukodna a lasag ti taraonna.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 Ngem nasaysayaat ti sangarakem a gunggona iti naulimek a trabaho ngem ti dua a rakem a gunggona iti trabaho a panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

7 Ket napanunotko pay ti maipapan iti nakarkaro nga awan serserbina, ti apagbiit nga agpukaw nga alingasaw iti baba ti init.

And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

8 Adda ti kita ti tao nga agbibiag nga agmaymaysa. Awan a pulos ti kaduana, awan anakna a lalaki wenno kabsatna a lalaki. Awan pulos ti pagpatinggaan dagiti amin a trabahona, ken saan a mapmapnek dagiti matana iti panaggungun-od iti kinabaknang. Agsidsiddaaw isuna, “Siasino ti agnumar iti pagbanbannogak ken pangpawpawilak iti bagik iti ragsak?” Alingasaw met laeng daytoy, saan a napintas a pagteng.

There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

9 Nasaysayaat ti dua a tao nga agtrabaho ngem ti agmaymaysa; makaurnongda a dua iti nasayaat a bayad ti nagbannoganda.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 Ta no matumba ti maysa, mabalin a bangunen ti maysa pay ti gayyemna. Nupay kasta, panagladingit ti sumursurot iti agmaymaysa no matumba isuna no awan ti siasinoman a mangbangon kenkuana.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!

11 Ken no agabay nga agidda ti dua, mabalin a bumarada, ngem kasano a pumudot ti agmaymaysa?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

12 Ti tao nga agmaymaysa ket maparukma, ngem kabaelan a sarangten ti dua a tao ti panangraut, ken saan a nalaka a mapugsat ti tali nga adda tallo a linabagna.

And if a [man] overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Nasaysayaat ti agbalin a nakurapay ngem masirib a baro ngem ti nataengan ken maag nga ari a saannan nga ammo ti dumngeg kadagiti ballaag.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

14 Pudno daytoy uray no ti maysa a baro ket agbalin nga ari manipud iti pagbaludan, wenno uray no naiyanak isuna a marigrigat iti pagarianna.

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

15 Nupay kasta, nakitak ti tunggal maysa a sibibiag ken magmagna iti aglawlaw iti baba ti init a papaiturayanda dagiti bagbagida iti sabali pay a baro a timmakder a kas ari.

I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.

16 Awan ti pagpatinggaan dagiti amin a tattao a mangayat nga agtulnog iti baro nga ari, ngem saan nga agbayag ket adu kadakuada ti saanen a mangdayaw kenkuana. Pudno, daytoy a kasasaad ket alingasaw, ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.

[There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.