Mpitoriteny 4
1 Dia hitako koa ny fampahoriana rehetra atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro; ary indro ny ranomason’ ny ampahorina, sady tsy nisy mpanony azy; ary loza no ataon’ ny tanan’ ny mpampahory azy, sady tsy nisy mpanony.
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
2 Ary ny maty izay efa maty ela dia nataoko ho sambatra noho ny velona izay mbola velona,
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
3 nefa tsara indray noho izy roa tonta aza ny tsy ary, izay tsy nahita ny ratsy atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro akory.
Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
4 Ary hitako ny fisasarana rehetra sy ny fahaizan-javatra rehetra, fa avy amin’ ny fifampialonan’ ny olona izany. Zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
5 Ny adala manohon-tanana ka homana ny tenany.
The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
6 Tsara ny eran-tànan’ ila misy fiadanana noho ny eran-tànan-droa misy fisasarana sady misambo-drivotra foana.
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
7 Ary izao koa no zava-poana hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro:
Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
8 Misy mitoetra irery ka tsy mana-namana, eny, tsy manan-janaka na rahalahy aza, nefa tsy misy farany ny fisasarany rehetra, ary ny masony tsy afa-po amin’ ny harena, hanaovany hoe: Ho an’ iza no isasarako sy tsy ampananako soa ny fanahiko? Zava-poana sy asa mahareraka koa izany.
It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
9 Tsara ny roa noho ny iray; fa misy valiny tsara ny fisasarany.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
10 Raha misy lavo izy, dia arenin’ ny namany; fa mahantra ny lavo izay tsy manana namana hanarina azy.
And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
11 Ary koa, raha miara-mandry ny roa, dia mafana izy; fa hatao ahoana no hampahafana ny irery?
So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?
12 Raha misy maharesy ny irery aza, ny roa tsy ho leony tsy akory; ary ny mahazaka telo olana tsy mora tapahina.
And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.
13 Aleo zatovo malahelo hendry toy izay mpanjaka antitra adala ka tsy laitra anarina intsony;
A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
14 fa avy ao an-tranomaizina no nivoahany hanjaka, na dia nateraka tamin’ alahelo tamin’ ny fanjakany aza izy.
Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.
15 Hitako ny miaina rehetra izay miriaria atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro manotrona ilay zazalahy dia ilay faharoa izay mitsangana handimby ny teo.
I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.
16 Tsy hita isa ny olona rehetra, dia izay rehetra anjakany; nefa izay any aoriana tsy mba hifaly aminy; fa zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.
There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
