Ecclesiastes 9
1 Nga nunak yohk ke ma inge nukewa ke pacl na loeloes, ac nga liye lah God pa nununku mukuikui lun mwet lalmwetmet ac mwet suwoswos, finne nu ke lungse lalos ac srunga lalos. Wangin sie mwet etu lah mea oan meeto.
I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.
2 Oana sie ma nukewa. Lumah sefanna ac tuku nu sin mwet suwoswos ac mwet sesuwos, nu sin mwet wo ac nu sin mwet koluk, nu sin mwet alu ac nu sin mwet tia alu, nu sin mwet orek kisa ac mwet tia orek kisa. Ma su sikyak nu sin sie mwet wo ac sikyak pacna nu sin sie mwet koluk. Sie mwet su orek wulela nu sin God el oapana mwet se ma tia orek wulela nu sin God.
But all things in the future remain uncertain, because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious, to the good and to the bad, to the pure and to the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices. As the good are, so also are sinners. As those who commit perjury are, so also are those who swear to the truth.
3 Saflaiyen moul lun mwet nukewa ac oana sie, ac ma se inge tiana suwohs. Ke lusenna moul lun mwet uh, nunak lalos sessesla ke nunak koluk ac wel, na elos misa.
This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell. (questioned)
4 Tusruktu kutena mwet su moul inmasrlon ma moul uh, oasr finsrak yorolos. Soko kosro ngalngul ma moul, wo liki soko lion ma misa.
There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 Aok, mwet moul etu lah elos ac misa, a mwet misa wangin ma elos etu. Wangin mwe usru elos ac sifil eis. Mulkinyukla na pwaye elos.
For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Lungse lalos, srunga lalos, kena lalos, nufonna welulos na misa. Ac fah tia sifilpa oasr ma kunalos ke kutena ma su sikyak fin faclu.
Likewise, love and hatred and envy have all perished together, nor have they any place in this age and in the work which is done under the sun.
7 Ouinge kom in kang mongo nom ac engan. Nim wain nimom ke inse pwar. God El nuna oaki in ouinge.
So then, go and eat your bread with rejoicing, and drink your wine with gladness. For your works are pleasing to God.
8 Pacl nukewa kom in naweyukla ac akmusrala in fal nu ke pacl in engan.
Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.
9 Engankin moul lom yurin mutan kiom su kom lungse, ke lusenna moul lusrongten ma God El sot nu sum fin faclu. Engankin kais sie len lusrongten inge, mweyen pa na ingan ma kom ac eis ke orekma kemkatu nukewa lom.
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun.
10 Kutena ma kom oru, oru ke kuiyom mweyen ac fah wangin mukuikui, wangin nunak, wangin etauk, wangin lalmwetmet in facl sin mwet misa, tuh pa ingan acn se kom ac som nu we uh. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying. (Sheol h7585)
11 Oasr sie pac ma nga akilen ke moul lasr faclu: mwet mui uh tia eis kutangla pacl nukewa, ac mwet pulaik uh tia eis kutangla ke mweun pacl nukewa. Mwet lalmwetmet uh tia eis kasrpalos pacl nukewa, mwet usrnguk uh tia kasrup pacl nukewa, ac mwet ma fas ke orekma tia eis wal fulat pacl nukewa. Ma ongla ouiya uh sikyak nu sin mwet nukewa.
I turned myself toward another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skillful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.
12 Kom tia ku in etu lah pacl lom uh ac tuku ngac. Oana won ma sremla ke sruhf in kitin pacl na, ku oana ik ma sremla ke kwa, kut ac sremla pac ke sie pacl na koluk ma kut tiana etu kac.
Man does not know his own end. But, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.
13 Oasr pac sie ma nga liye, sie mwe srikasrak na wo ke nunkeyen lalmwetmet uh sin mwet faclu.
This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun, and I have examined it intensely.
14 Oasr sie siti srisrik ma mwet na pu muta we. Na sie tokosra na ku tuku mweuni acn sac. El kuhlusya ac akoo in fokolak pot uh ac utyak.
There was a small city, with a few men in it. There came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and built fortifications all around it, and the blockade was completed.
15 Oasr sie mukul wi muta in acn sac. El sukasrup, tuh el lalmwetmet, ac el ku na in molela siti sac. Tusruktu wanginna mwet lohang nu sel.
And there was found within it, a poor and wise man, and he freed the city through his wisdom, and nothing was recorded afterward of that poor man.
16 Nga fahk pacl nukewa lah lalmwetmet uh wo liki ku, tusruktu wangin mwet nunku mu mwet sukasrup ku in lalmwetmet, pwanang elos tiana lohang nu ke ma mwet sukasrup uh fahk.
And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it, then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt, and his words are not heeded?
17 Wo in porongo pusra fisrasr lun sie mwet lalmwetmet, liki pusren wowoyak lun sie mwet kol inmasrlon mwet lalfon.
The words of the wise are heard in silence, more so than the outcry of a prince among the foolish.
18 Yohk ma wo tuku ke lalmwetmet liki na kufwen mwe mweun, tusruk sie mwet koluk el ku in forteya ma wo puspis.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war. And whoever offends in one thing, shall lose many good things.
