Mpitoriteny 2
1 Hoy izaho anakampo: Aoka mba hizahako toetra amin’ ny hafaliana ianao, ka dia mifalia amin’ ny fahitana ny fahafinaretana; kanjo, indro, zava-poana koa izany.
I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2 Hoy izaho, miantso ny fihomehezana: Fahadalana, ary ny fifaliana hoe: Mahefa inona?
I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 Nisaina tato am-poko hamalifaly ny nofoko tamin’ ny divay aho (ny foko anefa mbola hitondra azy amin’ ny fahendrena ihany) ary hitana ny fahadalana, mandra-pahitako izay tsara ho an’ ny zanak’ olombelona ka tokony hataony atỳ ambanin’ ny lanitra amin’ ny andro vitsy iainany.
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
4 Nanao asa lehibe ho ahy aho, nanao trano, nanao tanim-boaloboka,
I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5 nanao tanimboly sy saha aho ka namboly hazo fihinam-boa samy hafa karazana tao;
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 nanao kamory aho handemana ny ala be zana-kazo;
I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
7 nahazo ankizilahy sy ankizivavy aho sady nanana ompikely; ary nanana fananana be aho, dia omby sy ondry aman’ osy mihoatra noho izay rehetra talohako teto Jerosalema.
I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 Nihary volafotsy sy volamena koa aho ary fanaka tsara fananan’ ny mpanjaka sy izay avy amin’ ny tany samy hafa; ary nahazo mpihiralahy sy mpihiravavy aho mbamin’ izay mahafinaritra ny zanak’ olombelona, dia vady sy vaditsindrano betsaka.
I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.
9 Dia efa nisandratra mihoatra noho izay rehetra talohako teto Jerosalema aho; ary ny fahendreko anefa dia mbola tato amiko ihany.
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
10 Ary na inona na inona nirin’ ny masoko dia tsy nisy narovako taminy; tsy nisakana ny foko tamin’ izay mety ho fifaliana aho; fa nahazo hafaliana avy tamin’ ny fisasarako rehetra ny foko; ary izany no anjarako avy tamin’ ny fisasarako rehetra.
Whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
11 Kanefa nitodika aho nandinika ny asa rehetra nataon’ ny tanako sy ny fisasarana izay nisasarako, ka, indreo, zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana izany rehetra izany, fa tsy nisy nahasoa tatỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro.
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Ary nitodika aho hijery ny fahendrena sy ny fahaverezan-tsaina ary ny fahadalana; fa inona no hataon’ ny olona izay handimby ny mpanjaka? Izay efa natao hatramin’ ny ela ihany.
I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 Dia hitako fa ny fahendrena dia tsara’ noho ny fahadalana, toy ny fahatsaran ny mazava noho ny maizina.
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 Ny mason’ ny hendry dia eo an-dohany; fa ny adala kosa mandeha amin’ ny maizina; nefa hitako fa mitovy ihany ny manjo azy roa tonta.
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Dia hoy izaho anakampo: Mitovy amin’ ny manjo ny adala ihany ny manjo ahy, koa nahoana ary no nanan-tombom-pahendrena aho? Dia hoy izaho anakampo: zava-poana koa izany.
Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 Fa samy tsy misy fahatsiarovana mandrakizay na ny hendry na ny adala; fa amin’ ny andro ho avy dia samy ho hadino ela izy. Indrisy! samy ho faty na ny adala na ny hendry.
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
17 Dia efa halako ny aina, satria nataoko ho ratsy ny asa atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro; fa zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana izy rehetra.
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18 Eny, efa halako ny fisasarako rehetra izay nisasarako tatỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro, fa havelako ho an’ ny olona izay handimby ahy izany,
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 ary iza no mahalala na ho hendry na ho adala izy? Nefa izy no ho tompon’ izay rehetra nisasarako sy nataoko tamin’ ny fahendreko tatỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro. Zava-poana koa izany.
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Dia nitodika aho hampamoy ny foko amin’ ny fahakiviana ny amin’ ny fisasarana rehetra izay nisasarako tatỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro.
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 Fa misy olona izay misasatra amin’ ny fahendrena sy ny fahalalana ary ny fahaizana, nefa ny olona izay tsy nisasatra tamin’ izany akory no tsy maintsy hamelany azy ho lovany. Zava-poana sy faharatsiana lehibe koa izany.
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 Fa inona no azon’ ny olona amin’ ny fisasarany rehetra sy amin’ ny fikatsahan’ ny fony, izay nisasarany tatỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro?
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
23 Fa ny androny rehetra dia fanaintainana avokoa, ary ny fisasarany dia fahasorisorena; eny, na dia amin’ ny alina aza dia tsy manam-pitsaharana ny fony. Zava-poana koa izany.
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
24 Tsy misy mahasoa ny olona mihoatra noho ny mihinana sy misotro ary ny mampahafinaritra ny tenany amin’ ny fisasarany. Izany koa aza dia efa hitako fa avy amin’ ny tànan’ Andriamanitra
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 (fa iza no mahalany, ary iza no mahazo manaram-po mihoatra noho izaho?).
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 Fa ny olona izay ankasitrahan’ Andriamanitra dia omeny fahendrena sy fahalalana ary fifaliana; fa ny mpanota kosa ampiasainy hanangona sy hamory, mba hisy homeny izay ankasitrahan’ Andriamanitra. Zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
