Mpitoriteny 9
1 Fa ireto dia nalatsako tato am-poko sady nodinihiko avokoa: ny marina sy ny hendry mbamin’ ny asany dia samy eo an-tànan’ Andriamanitra avokoa; ary koa, na ho fitiavana, na ho fankahalana, dia samy tsy fantatry ny olombelona; fa zavatra mbola ho avy aminy avokoa izany rehetra izany.
For I gave my mind to all this, even to search out all this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God, and yet neither his love nor hatred doth any man know. All is before them.
2 Mitovy avokoa ny manjo ny olombelona rehetra; eny, zavatra iray ihany no manjo ny marina sy ny meloka, ny tsara fanahy sy ny madio ary ny tsy madio, ny mamono zavatra hatao fanatitra sy ny tsy mamono zavatra hatao fanatitra; mitovy ihany ny amin’ ny tsara fanahy sy ny amin’ ny mpanota, ary ny amin’ ny mianiana sy ny amin’ izay tsy sahy hianiana.
All [[cometh to them]] as to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 Izao no fahoriana amin’ izay rehetra atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro: Zavatra iray ihany no manjo ny olombelona rehetra, sady feno ratsy ny fon’ ny zanak’ olombelona, ka fahadalana no ao am-pony amin’ ny andro iainany, ary nony afaka izany, dia ho any amin’ ny maty izy.
This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down to the dead.
4 Fa izay rehetra isan’ ny velona dia mbola hantenaina; fa ny amboa velona no tsara noho ny liona maty.
For who is there that is excepted? With all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 Fa fantatry ny velona fa ho faty izy; fa ny maty kosa tsy mba mahalala na inona na inona, ary tsy manana valim-pitia intsony izy; fa hadino ny fahatsiarovana azy.
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, and there is no more to them any advantage, for their memory is forgotten.
6 Na ny fitiavany, na ny fankahalany, na ny fialonany, dia samy efa levona ela sady tsy manana anjara intsony mandrakizay amin’ izay atao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro izy.
Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they a portion any more for ever in any thing which taketh place under the sun.
7 Mandehana, hano amin’ ny fifaliana ny haninao, ary sotroy amin’ ny fo falifaly ny divainao, fa efa nankasitrahan’ Andriamanitra ela ny asanao.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a cheerful heart; for long since hath God been pleased with thy works.
8 Aoka ho fotsy mandrakariva ny fitafianao, ary aoka tsy ho diso menaka ny lohanao.
Let thy garments be always white, and let not fragrant oil be wanting upon thy head.
9 Miravoravoa amin’ ny vady malalanao amin’ ny andronao rehetra mandalo foana, izay efa nomeny anao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro, dia ny andronao rehetra mandalo foana; fa izany no anjaranao amin’ ny andro iainanao sy amin’ ny fisasarana izay isasaranao atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro.
Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy vain life which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy vain days. For this is thy portion in life, and in thy labor with which thou weariest thyself under the sun.
10 Izay rehetra azon’ ny tananao atao dia ataovy amin’ ny herinao; fa tsy misy asa, na hevitra, na fahalalana, na fahendrena, any amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita izay alehanao. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-world, whither thou goest. (Sheol h7585)
11 Ary hitako atỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro indray fa tsy ho an’ ny haingan-tongotra ny fihoarana, ary tsy ho an’ ny mahery ny ady, ary tsy ho an’ ny hendry ny hanina, ary tsy ho an’ ny mazava saina ny harena, ary tsy ho an’ ny manam-pahalalana ny fitia; fa ny fotoana sy ny sampona dia samy mahazo azy rehetra.
I turned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of knowledge; but time and chance happen to them all.
12 Fa tsy fantatry ny olona ny androny; fa toy ny hazandrano azon’ ny harato fahitan-doza izy, ary toy ny voron-kely izay voan’ ny fandrika, dia voafandrika toy izany ny zanak’ olombelona amin’ ny andro mahory, raha mahavoa azy tampoka izany.
For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13 Izao koa no fahendrena efa hitako tatỳ ambanin’ ny masoandro, ka dia nataoko ho lehibe izany:
This also have I seen; even wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
14 Nisy vohitra kely sady vitsy olona, dia avy ny mpanjaka lehibe anankiray ka namely sy nanao fahirano azy ary nanao manda lehibe hamelezany azy.
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
15 Ary nisy lehilahy malahelo hendry hita teo, koa nahavonjy ny tanàna tamin’ ny fahendreny ralehilahy, nefa tsy nisy olona mba nahatsiahy ilay malahelo.
Now there was found within it a wise poor man; and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Koa hoy izaho: Aleo fahendrena toy izay hery; kanjo hamavoina ny fahendren’ ny malahelo, ary ny teniny tsy mba henoina.
Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 Ny tenin’ ny hendry izay re amin’ ny mangingina dia mahery noho ny fitreron’ izay mpanapaka adala.
The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.
18 Aleo fahendrena toy izay fiadiana; ary ny mpanota iray mahasimba ny soa be.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war. But one offender destroyeth much good.
