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 mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee 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 mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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 mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, mine heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 Nanao asa lehibe ho ahy aho, nanao trano, nanao tanim-boaloboka,
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5 nanao tanimboly sy saha aho ka namboly hazo fihinam-boa samy hafa karazana tao;
I made me 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 me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared:
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 menservants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that 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 gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many.
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 that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom 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.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour; and this was my portion from all my labour.
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 on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and a striving 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.
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness and folly; for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
13 Dia hitako fa ny fahendrena dia tsara’ noho ny fahadalana, toy ny fahatsaran ny mazava noho ny maizina.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth 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 walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth 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 said I in my heart, As it happeneth 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 was 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 remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as 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 wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving 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,
And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun: seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be 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.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom 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 turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured 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 labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. 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 hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth 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 [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh 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 labour. 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 that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
