Ikrisiasatis 7
1 Knare avu'ava'ma hu zamofo zago'amo'a, marerirfa mnanentake masavena agatere'ne. Vahe'ma fri knamo'a, vahe'ma kasente kna agatere'ne.
[Having] a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
2 Tahunte'ma vu knamo'a tusi ne'zama kreno neneno musema hu nompima vu'zana agatere'ne. Na'ankure maka vahera fri vaheke mani'nonanki, amnema mani'nona vahe'mota tagera okanisune.
It is better to go to a house where people are mourning [about someone who has died] than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
3 Asunku'ma hu'zamo, kiza zokago'ma hu'zana agatere'ne. Na'ankure asunku'ma hu'zamo'a, tagu'a tazeri ani higeta, ruzahu ruzahu avu'ava'ma hu'zana antahita keta nehune.
It is better to be sad than to be [always] laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
4 Knare antahi'zane vahe'mo'a vahe'ma fri'negeno'ma asunku'ma huno mania nontega agu'amo'a nemane. Hianagi neginagi antahi'zane vahe'mo'a musema nehaza nontega agu'amo'a nemane.
Wise [people] who go to where others are mourning think about [the fact that some day they also will] die, but foolish people [PRS] [do not think about that]; they are always [MTY] laughing.
5 Knare antahi'zane vahe'mo'ma hanave kema huno vahe'ma azeri fatgohu kema antahi'zamo, neginagi vahe'mo'ma zagame'ma nehia zama antahi'zana agatere'ne.
It is better to pay attention to [someone who is wise] you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
6 Neginagi vahe'mofo kiza zokago kemo'a, ne'zama kre'nea kavomofo henka kazigama ave'ave trazanuma tevema hugre'negeno'ma trage raragema hiaza nehie. Ama ana zamo'a agafa'a omnetfa hu'ne.
By [listening to] foolish people laughing we will not [learn any more than by listening to] the crackling of thorns [being burned] under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.
7 Vahe'ma knama amino azeri havizama hu'zamo'a, knare antahi'zane vahera azeri neginagi vahe nese. Anahu kna huno mago'zama huntenogu'ma, zagoma atesino masavema hu zamo'a, vahe'mofo agu'a azeri haviza nehie.
When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and [accepting] bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.
8 Eri'zama eri afinare'ma ate zamo, eri'zama eri agafama hu zana agateregeno, arimpa fru huno mani'neno avegama ante'zamo avufga rama hu'zana agatere'ne.
Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.
9 Ame'amara hunka krimpa oho. Na'ankure ame'ama'ma huno arimpama ahe zana neginagi vahe'mofo avu'ava me'ne.
Do not quickly (lose your temper/react to things angrily), because it is foolish people [SYN] who become very angry.
10 Nahigeno korapa'ma mani'nama e'noa knamo'a, menima mani'noa kna agatere'ne hunka kagenoka osuo. Na'ankure e'i knare antahi'zantetira kagenoka osugahane.
Do not say, “Things were a lot better [RHQ] previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.
11 Knare antahi'zanteti'ma erisanti'ma hare'zamo'a knare hu'neankino, nomani'zama maninka vanampina knare huno kaza hugahie.
Being wise is better than inheriting [valuable things]; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].
12 Zagomo'ma kazama nehiankna huno, knare antahi'zamo'a kazahugahie. Hianagi knare antahi'zamoke kagura vazigahie.
We are [sometimes] protected by being wise like we are [sometimes] protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better [than having a lot of money], [because] being wise prevents us from [doing foolish things that would] cause us to die.
13 Anumzamo'ma tro'ma hu'nea zantamina kenka antahinka huo. Hagi kazaki zantamima Agrama tro'ma hunte'nea zantamina, iza eri fatgo hugara hu'ne?
Think [carefully about] what God has done. Certainly no one can [RHQ] cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.
14 Maka zama hana zantmimo'ma knare'ma hania knafina, muse huo. Hianagi maka zamo'ma amuhoma hanigenka, kenka antahinkama hananana Anumzamoke knare knane, havi knanena negamie. E'ina hu'negu mago'mo'a okima fore'ma hania zana keno antahinora osu'ne.
When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters.
15 Agafa'a omane nomanizama mani'na e'nofina, ama tare'za ke'noe. Fatgo avu'ava'ma nehaza vahe'mo'za ame hu'za nefrizageno, kefo avu'ava'ma nehaza vahe'mo'za, zazate maniza nevu'za kefo avu'avara hu'za nevaze.
During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die [while they are still young], and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in [spite of] their continuing to be wicked.
16 Hagi fatgo avu'ava zana agaterenka fatgo vahetfa manisue hunka nosunka, knare antahi'zane vahera agaterena, knare antahi'zane vahetfa manisue hunka osuo. Na'ankure e'inahu kavukva zamo'a, kazeri haviza hugahie.
[So] do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, [because if you think those things], you will destroy yourself.
17 Kagra kefo avu'ava'ene vahera agaterenka kefo avu'ava zana nehunka, neginagi vahera oso. Nahanigenka kagra kasefa vahera mani'nenka ame'amara hunka frigahane?
If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
18 Anantarega koro kema antahino amage'ma ante'zamo knarera hu'ne. Na'ankure Anumzamofoma koroma hunteno, amage'ma ante zana anantarega avu'avazampi ne-e.
Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
19 Mago knare antahi'zane ne'mofo hankavemo'a, 10ni'a ugagota kva vahetmima rankuma'ma kegavama hu'naza vahe'mokizmi hankavea agatere'ne.
If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
20 Magore huno ama mopafina fatgo huno'ma mani'neno kumi'ma osu vahera omani'ne.
There is no one in this world who [always] does what is right and who never sins.
21 Ana maka nanekema vahe'mo'zama hanaza nanekea kagesa antenka ontahio, aru eri'za vahekamo huhaviza hugante'nia naneke antahigahane.
Do not pay attention [IDM] to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
22 Na'ankure aru vahe'ma hu havizama hunentana zana, kagra kenka antahinka hu'nane.
You know that you have also cursed other people.
23 Ama ana maka zana knare antahizanteti refko hu'na kete'na amanage nagra'agura hu'noe, knare antahi'zane vahe mani'nue hu'na huanagi, nagra knarera osu'noe.
I said [to myself] that I would use my wisdom to study all the things [that I have written about], but I was not able to do it successfully.
24 Knare antahi'zamo'a afete me'neankino, hakeno'ma eri'amo'a tusi amuho hu'ne.
Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.
25 Maka kaziga knare antahi'zankura hake'na vano nehu'na, nagafare maka zana fore huno me'ne hu'na hakenaku antahintahia retro hu'noe. Nagafare vahe'mo'za kefo avu'avara nehu'za neginagi avu'avara nehaze hu'na ke'na antahi'na hunaku nagesa antahi'noe.
But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly.
26 Mago zama ke'na eri fore'ma huana, mago'ma kefo zantfa huno fri'zama agatere'neana, a'nemofo krifumo'e. A'nemofo agu'amo'a krifugna hu'neankino, fru fru azamo'a vahe'ma kinama hunentea seni nofi kna hu'ne. Anumzamo'ma musema nehiazama nehia vahe'mo'a, ana akura koro fregahie. Hianagi kumi'ma nehia vahe'mofona, kati higeno aze'nerie.
[One thing I learned was that] (allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married) is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is [as dangerous as] a trap [MET]. [If you allow her to put] her arms [around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with] chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women.
27 Rempima humi ne'mo'a huno, maka zamofo agafa'ama hakena erifore'ma hunakura, mago mago zamofo agafa'a hakena ketere hu'noe.
This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
28 Anama hake'nama nevu'na mago zana onke'noanagi, 1 tauseni'a vahepina, fatgo avu'ava'ene nera magoke ke'noe. Hianagi magore hu'na fatgo avu'ava'ene ara onketfa hu'noe.
and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find [all that I was searching for]. [But] one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 [people] I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
29 Magoke zama ke'na erifore'ma huana amane, Anumzamo'a fatgo vahe tro hunte'neanagi, vahe'mo'a rama'a kankamu retro huno kefo avu'avara nehie.
[But] I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
