Eclesiastes 1
1 Dagitoy dagiti sasao ti Manursuro, ti kaputotan ni David ken ari iti Jerusalem.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Ibagbaga ti Manursuro daytoy. “Kas iti alingasaw ti angep, kas iti pul-oy ti angin, mapukaw dagiti amin a banbanag, nga agibati iti adu a saludsod.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 Ania ti gungguna a magun-od ti sangkataoan manipud kadagiti amin a trabaho a pagbanbanoganda iti baba ti init?
What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
4 Lumabas ti maysa a henerasion, ket umay ti sabali a henerasion, ngem agtalinaed ti daga iti agnanayon.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.
5 Agsingising ti init ken lumnek daytoy ket dagus nga agsubli manen iti lugar a pagsingsingisinganna.
The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
6 Agpul-oy ti angin a paabagatan ken agrikus nga agpaamianan, agrikrikus a kankanayon iti dalanna ket agsubsubli manen.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.
7 Agay-ayus amin dagiti karayan iti baybay, ngem saan pulos a mapunno ti baybay. Iti lugar a pagturturungan dagiti karayan, sadiay manen ti papananda.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.
8 Makabannog amin a banbanag, ket awan ti siasinoman a makailawlawag iti daytoy. Saan a mapnek ti mata kadagiti makitkitana wenno mapno ti lapayag kadagiti mangmangngegna.
All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Aniaman dagiti napalabas ket isunto ti mapasamak ken aniaman dagiti naaramiden ket isunto ti maaramid. Awan iti barbaro iti baba ti init.
The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Adda kadi iti aniaman a mabalin a maibaga, 'Kitaem, barbaro daytoy'? Aniaman nga adda ket addan iti nabayagen a panawen, kabayatan dagiti tawtawen a nabayagen a napalabas sakbay kadatayo.
Is there any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.
11 Kasla awan ti makalagip kadagiti banbanag a napasamak idi un-unana a tiempo. Ken dagiti banbanag a naud-udi a napasamak ken dagiti mapasamakto iti masakbayan ket saanto met laeng siguro a malagip.”
There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.
12 Siak ti Manursuro, ket nagturayak a kas ari iti Israel idiay Jerusalem.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.
13 Inusarko ti panunotko a mangadal ken mangsukimat babaen iti kinasirib dagiti amin a banbanag a maar-aramid iti baba ti langit. Dayta a panagsukimat ket makabannog a trabaho nga inted ti Dios kadagiti annak dagiti tattao a pakakumikomanda.
And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.
14 Nakitak amin dagiti aramid a maar-aramid iti baba ti init ket kitaenyo, maiyarigda amin iti alingasaw ken panangpadas a mangpastor iti angin.
I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
15 Saan a mailinteg ti killo! Saan a mabilang dagiti mapukpukaw!
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 Nagsaoak iti pusok, a kunak, “Kitaem, nakagun-odak iti ad-adu a kinasirib ngem kadagiti amin nga immun-una ngem siak ditoy Jerusalem. Nakakitan ti panunotko iti adu a kinasirib ken pannakaammo.”
I communed with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge.”
17 Isu nga inusarko ti pusok tapno maammoak ti kinasirib ken kasta met ti kinamauyong ken kinamaag. Naawatak a daytoy ket panangpadas met laeng a mangpastor iti angin.
And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
18 Ta iti kinawadwad iti kinasirib, ad-adda iti pannakaupay, ken ti tao a manaynayunan ti pannakaammona, ad-adda ti panagladingit.
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
