Eclesiastes 8

1 Ania ti nasirib a tao? Maysa a tao daytoy a makaammo ti kaipapanan dagiti paspasamak iti biag. Parparaniagen ti kinasirib ti tao ti rupana ken mabaliwan ti kinaunget ti rupana.

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

2 Ballaaganka nga agtungpal kadagiti bilin ti ari gapu iti sapata ti Dios a salaknibanna isuna.

I [counsel thee], Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

3 Saanka nga agdardaras a pumanaw iti presensiana, ken saanka a tumakder a dumanggay iti maysa a banag a dakes, ta ar-aramiden ti ari ti aniaman a tartarigagayanna.

Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

4 Agturturay ti sao ti ari, isu a siasino ti mangibaga kenkuana, “Ania ti ar-aramidem?

Because the king’s word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

5 Siasinoman a mangsalsalimetmet kadagiti bilbilin ti ari ket liklikanna iti pannakadangran. Mabigbig ti puso ti nasirib a tao ti umiso a pagturongan ken tiempo ti panangaramid.

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

6 Ta adda ti umno a sungbat iti tunggal pasamak ken adda umno a tiempo ti panagsungbat, gapu ta adu ti pakariribukan ti tao.

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

7 Awan ti makaammo no ania ti sumaruno a dumteng. Siasino ti makaibaga no ania ti dumteng?

for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

8 Awan siasinoman nga addaan ti turay iti anges ti biag a mangpasardeng iti panagang-anges, ken awan iti makaituray iti aldaw ti pannakatayna. Awan ti maikkat manipud iti armada kabayatan ti pannakiranget, ken saan nga ispalen ti kinadangkes dagiti tagabuna.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in [that] war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

9 Naamirisko amin dagitoy; inusarko ti pusok iti amin a kita ti trabaho a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Adda iti tiempo a ti tao ket addaan iti pannakabalin nga agaramid iti kinadakes kadagiti dadduma.

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

10 Isu a nakitak ti nadangkes a silalatak a naitanem. Naiyapanda iti nasantoan a disso ken naitabon ken indaydayaw ida dagiti tattao iti siudad a nangaramidanda kadagiti kinadakes. Awan met laeng serserbina daytoy.

And withal I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave]; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

11 No saan a maaramid a dagus ti dusa maibusor iti dakes a krimen, aw-awisenna dagiti puso dagiti tattao nga agaramid iti kinadakes.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 Uray no agaramid iti dakes ti managbasol iti maminggasut a daras ket agbiag latta isuna iti atiddug a tiempo, ngem ammok a nasayaatto ti mapasamak kadagiti mangraraem iti Dios, dagiti mangidaydayaw iti presensiana kadakuada.

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

13 Ngem saanto a nasayaat ti mapasamak iti nadangkes a tao; saanto a mapaatiddug ti biagna. Kasla aglablabas nga aniniwan dagiti aldawna gapu ta saanna nga idaydayaw ti Dios.

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

14 Adda pay ti kasla awan serserbina nga alingasaw—maysa pay a banag a maar-aramid iti rabaw ti daga. Mapaspasamak dagiti banbanag kadagiti nalinteg a tattao a kas mapaspasamak kadagiti nadangkes a tattao ken mapaspasamak dagiti banbanag kadagiti nadangkes a tattao a kas mapaspasamak dagitoy kadagiti nalinteg a tattao. Ibagak a daytoy ket awan met laeng serserbina nga alingasaw.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

15 Isu nga isingasingko ti kinaragsak, gapu ta awan ti nasaysayaat a banag para iti tao iti baba ti init ngem ti mangan ken uminom ken agragsak. Ti kinaragsak ti mangkuyog kenkuana iti trabahona iti amin nga al-aldaw ti biagna nga inted ti Dios kenkuana iti baba ti init.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him in his labour [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

16 Idi inusarko ti pusok a mangammo iti kinasirib ken tapno maawatak dagiti trabaho a maar-aramid iti rabaw ti daga, masansan a maar-aramid ti trabaho nga awan ti turog iti rabii ken iti aldaw,

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes: )

17 kalpasanna pinanunotko dagiti amin nga aramid ti Dios, ken saan a maawatan dayta a tao ti trabaho a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Uray no kasano ti panagbannog ti tao a mangbiruk kadagiti sungbat, saanna a masarakan dagitoy. Uray no patien ti masirib a tao a nalabit nga ammona, saanna a pudno nga ammo.

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.