Ecclesiastes 7
1 Sie elah wo el wo liki ono keng yohk molo; ac len in misa lom wo liki len in isusla lom.
A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
2 Wo in som nu ke sie lohm ma oasr tung ac mwemelil we liki in som nu ke sie lohm ma mwet uh orek kufwa we, mweyen fal mwet moul uh in esam lah misa uh soanekut nukewa.
It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.
3 Asor wo liki israsr — sahp ac oru kom ngetnget in asor, tusruktu ac akyokye etauk lom uh.
Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.
4 Mwet se su nunku ke mwe engan pacl nukewa el sie mwet lalfon. Sie mwet lalmwetmet el nunku ke misa.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.
5 Kas in kai sin sie mwet lalmwetmet, wo liki kas in kaksak lun mwet lalfon.
Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.
6 Pacl se sie mwet lalfon el israsr, oana ke kokul uh ac kisassasla in sie e. Wanginna kalmeya.
For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
7 Sie mwet lalmwetmet fin kutasrik nu sin sie pac mwet, el orekma oana mwet lalfon. Kom fin eis molin eyeinse, kom sifacna akkolukyekomla.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.
8 Sie ma aksafyeyukla, wo liki sie ma tufahna mutawauk. Mongfisrasr uh wo liki inse fulat.
The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.
9 Nimet sa in mulat — sie ma lalfon pa in koko sripen mulat.
Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
10 Nikmet siyuk, “Efu ku ma meet ah wo liki na ma pacl inge uh?” Tiana kusen siyuk lalmwetmet se.
Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.
11 Mwet nukewa su moul enenu in lalmwetmet. Mweyen lalmwetmet uh wo oana ke sie mwet el usrui ma wo.
Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
12 Lalmwetmet ac fah asot nu sum inse misla oana mani uh. Lalmwetmet uh karingin moul lom, na pa inge ma wo ke etauk uh.
For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
13 Nunku ke ma God El orala. Sie mwet ac aksuwosyela fuka sie ma God El akkihyela?
Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
14 Ke pacl ma nukewa wo nu sum uh, engankin; ac ke pacl ma upa uh sikyak, esam lah God El supu kewana pacl in engan ac pacl upa; kom koflana etu lah mea ac sikyak tok.
In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.
15 Nga liye tari ma nukewa ke moul lusrongten luk. Oasr mwet sa na misa elos finne oru ma suwohs. Ac oasr mwet moul paht na elos finne oru ma koluk.
I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
16 Ke ma inge nik kom arulana orek suwohs ku orek lalmwetmet — mwe mea kom in sifacna unikomi?
Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?
17 Tusruktu nik kom arulana eiskomyang in oru ma koluk ku oru ma lalfon — efu ku kom in misa meet liki pacl fal lom?
Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?
18 Karinginkomyang liki ouiya inge kewa. Kom fin akfulatye God, kom ac nuna sun wo ouiya.
It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.
19 Lalmwetmet uh ac akwoye sie mwet yohk liki na ma mwet kol singoul ku in oru nu ke sie siti.
Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.
20 Wangin sie mwet fin faclu oru ma suwohs pacl nukewa ac tiana orala sie tafongla.
Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
21 Nik kom lohang nu ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh fahk uh — sahp kom ac lohngak ke mwet kulansap lom el kaskas akkolukye kom,
Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.
22 ac kom sifacna etu lah kom fahk kas in akkolukye mwet pacl puspis.
For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
23 Nga orekmakin lalmwetmet luk in srike ma inge nukewa. Nga wotela na ku sik ngan lalmwetmet, tusruktu loesla likiyu.
All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.
24 Sie mwet ac konauk fuka lah mea kalmen moul uh? Arulana loalla nu sesr ac upala kut in kalem kac.
It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?
25 Tusruktu nga eisyuyang nu ke etauk ac lutlut; nga tuh sulela nga in suk lalmwetmet ac top nu ke mwe siyuk luk, ac in etu lupan koluk ac lalfon lun nikin uh.
I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,
26 Oasr ma nga konauk mwen liki na misa uh, pa mutan se su lungse lal uh oana sie sruhf ku sie nwek. Paol ac sruokkomi oana soko sein. Sie mukul su oru ma lungse lun God el ku in kaingla liki mutan sac, a funu sie mukul koluk, mutan sac ac sruokilyana.
And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27 Na Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, nga kais kutu srisrik na konauk ma inge ke nga suk top nu ke mwe siyuk luk uh.
Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:
28 Nga suk kutu pac top saya tuh wangin ma nga konauk. Nga konauk mukul sefanna inmasrlon tausin su nga ku in lulalfongi, ac tia siefanna mutan nga ku in lulalfongi.
And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.
29 Pa inge ma nga lotela: God El orekutla suwohs ac pwaye, ac kut sifacna oru kut in arulana fohsak.
Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions.
