Eclesiastes 7
1 Nasaysayaat ti napintas a nagan ngem ti nangina a pabanglo, ken ti aldaw ti pannakatay ket nasaysayaat ngem ti aldaw ti pannakaiyanak.
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 Nasaysayaat iti mapan iti balay iti ladladingit ngem iti balay iti ramrambak, ta umay ti panagladangit kadagiti amin a tattao iti pagpatinggaan ti biag, isu a masapul nga ipapuso dagiti sibibiag a tattao daytoy.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 Nasaysayaat ti ladingit ngem ti katawa, ta kalpasan ti kinaliday ti rupa ket dumteng ti kinaragsak ti puso.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 Ti puso ti masirib ket adda iti balay iti ladladingit, ngem adda ti puso dagiti maag iti balay iti ramrambak.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Nasaysayaat ti dumngeg iti panangtubngar iti masirib ngem ti dumngeg iti kanta dagiti maag.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 Ta kasla iti panagrissat dagiti mapupuoran a sisiit iti sirok ti banga, kasta met ti katawa dagiti maag. Maiyarig met laeng daytoy iti alingasaw.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Awan duadua a ti panagkusit ket pagbalinenna a maag ti maysa a masirib a tao, ken dadaelen ti pasuksok ti pusona.
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Nasaysayaat ti panagleppas ti maysa a banag ngem ti rugrugi; ken nasaysayaat dagiti tattao a naanus ti espirituda ngem dagiti natangsit ti espirituda.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Saankayo a dagus a makapungtot iti espirituyo, ta agnanaed ti pungtot kadagiti puso dagiti maag.
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Saanyo a kunaen, “Apay a nasaysayaat dagiti naglabas nga aldaw ngem kadagitoy? Ta saan a gapu iti kinasirib a dinamagyo daytoy.
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Ti kinasirib ket nasayaat a kas kadagiti napapateg a banbanag a tinawidtayo manipud kadagiti kapuonantayo. Mangipapaay daytoy iti pagimbagan para kadagiti makakita iti init.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 Ta mangipapaay iti salaknib ti kinasirib kas iti kuarta a makaipaay iti salaknib, ngem ti pagimbagan iti pannakaammo ket mangmangted ti kinasirib iti biag iti siasinoman nga addaan iti daytoy.
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Utobem dagiti aramid ti Dios: Siasino ti makalinteg ti aniaman a banag nga inaramidna a killo?
Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 No nasayaat dagiti tiempo, agbiagka a siraragsak iti dayta a kinasayaat, ngem no saan a nasayaat dagiti tiempo, utobem daytoy: impalubos ti Dios nga umadda iti agpada a tiempo. Iti daytoy a rason, awanto ti makaammo ti aniaman a banag a dumteng kalpasanna.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 Nakitak dagiti adu a banbanag kabayatan dagiti awan kaipapananna nga al-aldawko. Adda dagiti mapukaw a nalinteg a tattao iti laksid dagiti kinalintegda ken adda dagiti nadangkes a tattao nga agbibiag iti atiddug iti laksid kadagiti kinadakesda.
All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 Saanka nga aginsisingpet, a masirib iti bukodmo a panagkita. Apay koma a dadaelem ti bagim?
Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Saanka unay nga agbalin a nadangkes wenno maag. Apay koma a matayka sakbay ti naituding a tiempom?
Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Nasayaat a salimetmetam koma daytoy a kinasirib, ken saanmo koma nga ikkaten dagiti imam manipud iti kinalinteg. Ta ti tao nga agbutbuteng iti Dios ket maaramidnanto dagiti amin a pagrebbenganna.
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 Nabilbileg ti kinasirib iti masirib a tao, ngem ti sangapulo a mangiturturay iti siudad.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 Awan ti nalinteg a tao ditoy rabaw ti daga nga agar-aramid iti nasayaat ken saanen pulos nga agbasbasol.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Saanka a dumngeg kadagiti amin a sasao a maibalbalikas, gapu ta amangan no mangngegmo ti adipenmo a mangilunod kenka.
Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 Kasta met, ammom iti bagim nga iti bukodmo a puso ket masansan nga inlunodmo dagiti dadduma.
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 Napaneknekak amin dagitoy babaen iti kinasirib. Kinunak, “Agbalinak a masirib,” ngem nakarkaro daytoy ngem ti kabaelak.
All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 Adayo ti kinasirib ken kasta unay ti kinaunegna. Siasino ti makasarak iti daytoy?
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 Intalyawko ti pusok nga agadal ken agsukimat ken agbiruk iti kinasirib ken kadagiti pannakaipalawag ti kinapudno ken tapno maawatan a ti dakes ket kinakuneng ken ti kinamaag ket kinamauyong.
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 Naduktalak a ti napapait ngem iti patay ket ti siasinoman a babai a ti pusona ket napno kadagiti silo ken iket, ken dagiti imana ket kawar. Makalibas kenkuana ti siasinoman a makaay-ayo iti Dios, ngem maalananto dagiti managbasol.
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 “Panunotenyo ti naduktalak,” kinuna ti Manursuro. Naynayunak ti mangdukduktal iti sabali pay tapno makabirukak iti pannakaipalawag iti kinapudno.
“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Daytoy ti birbirukek pay laeng, ngem saanko a nasarakan daytoy. Nakasakarak iti maysa a nalinteg a lalaki kadagiti rinibo, ngem awan ti nabirukak kadakuada a babai.
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man amongst a thousand, but I have not found a woman amongst all those.
29 Naduktalak laeng daytoy: a pinarsua ti Dios a nalinteg ti sangkataoan, ngem pimmanawda nga agbirbiruk kadagiti adu a kinarigat.
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
