Ecclesiastes 2
1 Nga sulela ngan suk mwe akpwaryeyu tuh ngan ku in etu kalmen engan. Tusruktu nga konauk lah ma se inge wangin pac sripa.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
2 Nga konauk lah israsr uh ma lusrongten, ac mwe akpwar uh wangin pac sripa.
I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why do you this:
3 Ke nga suk in akyokye lalmwetmet luk, nga sulela in akpwarye ikok ke wain, ngan sifacna pulakin lah mea lalfon. Nga tuh nunku mu ouiya se inge pa wo mwet uh in oru ke moul fototo lalos fin faclu.
And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as [with] wine, (though my heart guided [me] in wisdom, ) and [I desired] to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life.
4 Orekma na yohk nga orala tari. Nga musaela lohm puspis nu sik, ac yukwiya ima in grape sunuk.
I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
5 Nga yukwiya ima mwe intoe, oayapa ima in sak nukewa ma ku in mongo fahko kac.
I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit tree.
6 Nga pukanak lulu in kof in akoyohuye ima uh.
I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.
7 Nga moli mwet kohs puspis, mukul ac mutan, ac tulik natulos ma isusla inkul sik uh ma pac luk. Pisen cow ac sheep nutik pus liki kutena mwet saya su muta Jerusalem oemeet me.
I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 Tokosra lun mutunfacl nga leumi uh elos use silver ac gold ac ma saok puspis nu in nien fil ma saok luk. Mukul ac mutan elos on in akpwaryeyu, ac oasr mutan kulansap puspis kiuk fal nu ke lungse luk.
Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.
9 Pwaye, nga fulat ac pwengpeng liki kutena mwet su muta Jerusalem emeet me, ac lalmwetmet luk kolyu pacl nukewa.
So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.
10 Kutena ma su nga lungse, nga eis. Nga tia sifacna ikolyuwi nu ke kutena mwe pwar. Nga konkin ke ma nukewa nga orala, ac insewowo luk kac uh pa molo nu sik.
And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my portion of all my labor.
11 Na nga nunku ke ma nukewa nga orala, ac ke lupan kemkatu luk in orala, ac nga akilen lah wanginna sripa — ma nukewa ma lusrongten, oana ukweyen eng uh.
And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labor which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
12 Pwayeiya uh, sie tokosra el ac oru na ma tokosra meet lukel ah oru. Ouinge nga mutawauk nunku lah mea kalmac tuh sie mwet in lalmwetmet, ku in sununta, ku in lalfon.
Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it?
13 Na inge nga etu lah, “Lalmwetmet wo liki na lalfon, oana ke kalem uh wo liki lohsr.
And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.
14 Mwet lalmwetmet elos ku in liye acn elos fahsr nu we, a mwet lalfon uh tia ku.” Tusruktu nga etu pac lah ouiya sefanna pa soanekut kewa.
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.
15 Nga sifacna nunku, “Ma ac sikyak nu sin mwet lalfon uh ac sikyak pacna nu sik. Ouinge mwe mea ngan lalmwetmet?” Na nga sifacna topuk, “Wangi — nwanginna pwaye sripa.”
And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.
16 Wangin mwet esam mwet lalmwetmet uh, ac wangin mwet esam mwet lalfon. In len fahsru uh, kut nukewa ac fah mulkinyukla. Kut nukewa ac fah misa, mwet lalmwetmet ac mwet lalfon oana sie.
For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now [in] the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?
17 Ke ma inge wanginna kalmen moul nu sik, mweyen wanginna ma nga eis kac sayen mwe lokoalok mukena. Ma nukewa ma lusrongten. Oana ngan ukwe na eng uh.
So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
18 Orekma nukewa ma nga orala wanginna kalmeya nu sik, mweyen nga etu lah ac ma na lun mwet se ma aolyula,
And I hated the whole of my labor which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
19 na el ac ku in lalmwetmet, ku el ac ku in lalfon, su etu? Tusruktu el pa ac la ma nukewa ma nga kemkatu kac — ma nukewa ma lalmwetmet luk uh ase nu sik fin faclu. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten.
And who knows whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labor in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.
20 Ouinge nga auli lah nga arulana kemkatu kac.
so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labor wherein I had laboured under the sun.
21 Kom orekmakin lalmwetmet, etauk, ac pisrla lom nufon in orala sie ma, na kom ac filiya nu sin sie su tia wi orekma kac. Wanginna sripa, ac tia pac suwohs!
For there is [such] a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; [yet] this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.
22 Kom orekma ac fosrnga ke lusen moul lom nufon, ac mea nu sum kac?
For it happens to a man in all his labor, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labors under the sun.
23 Ke lusen na moul lom, ma nukewa kom oru use na inse fosrnga ac inse toasr. Finne ke fong, nunak lom koflana mongla ke nunkeya. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten.
For all his days [are days] of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
24 Ma se wo emeet mwet se in oru pa elan mongo ac nim ac insewowokin ma el kosrani. Ac nga akilen lah finne ma inge, ma tuku sin God me.
A man has nothing [really] good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul [as] good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 Su ku in mongo ku insewowokin moul lal God El fin tia sang nu sel?
For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
26 God El sang lalmwetmet, etauk, ac insewowo nu selos su oru lungse lal, a El oru tuh mwet koluk uh in orekma, kosrani, ac karinganang, tuh ma elos eis in ku in itukyang nu selos su oru ma lungse lal. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten. Oana ukweyen eng uh.
For [God] has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
