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.
Then I turned and saw all the oppressions which take place under the sun; and, behold, there were the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors there was violence, and they had no comforter.
2 Isu a kabkablaawak dagiti natayen a tattao, dagidiay natayen, saan a dagiti agbibiag, dagidiay sibibiag pay laeng.
Therefore I praised the dead, who have been long ago 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.
Yea, better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work which 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 labor, and all success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after 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 hand full of quietness, than both hands full of weariness and striving after wind.
7 Ket napanunotko pay ti maipapan iti nakarkaro nga awan serserbina, ti apagbiit nga agpukaw nga alingasaw iti baba ti init.
Then I turned and saw other 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 who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. “For whom, then [[saith he]], do I labor and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!
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 labor.
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 his fellow up; but woe to him who is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to help 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 heat; but how can one be warm alone?
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 an enemy prevail against one, 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 child poor but wise, than a king old and foolish, who will no more 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 prison cometh forth such a one to reign; for in his own kingdom he was born a poor man.
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 that all the living, who walk under the sun, were with the child who stood 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 was no end to all the people before whom he went forth; yet they that come afterwards shall not rejoice in him. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
