Mpitoriteny 2
1 Hoe iraho an-troko ao, Antao arè, hitsoek’ azo an-kafaleañe, hahatrea ty soa. Te mone, hakafoahañe avao.
I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.
2 Hoe iraho ty amo fiankahafañeo, Hagegeañe! naho ty amo hafaleañeo, Ino ty atao’e?
Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: “Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?”
3 Kinodebe’ ty ereñereko ty hañonkòñe ty troko ami’ty divay, ie nitehafen-kihitse ty fitsakoreako; naho ty hangazoñako o hadagolàñeo ampara’ te hahatreavako ze mahasoa o ana’ ondatio, hitoloña’e ambanen-dikerañe atoa amo andron-kaveloma’e tsy ampe’ ampeo.
I decided in my heart to withdraw my flesh from wine, so that I might bring my mind to wisdom, and turn away from foolishness, until I see what is useful for the sons of men, and what they ought to do under the sun, during the number of the days of their life.
4 Nitratrañaheko o fitoloñakoo; nandranjy anjomba ho ahy, vaho namboleako tetem-bahe;
I magnified my works. I built houses for myself, and I planted vineyards.
5 Namboarako goloboñe naho ala-vondro, vaho namboleako ze hene karazan-katae mamoa-voa.
I made gardens and orchards. And I planted them with trees of every kind.
6 Nihaliako antara hanondrahako o hatae mitiry amy alaio.
And I dug out fishponds of water, so that I might irrigate the forest of growing trees.
7 Nivily ondevo lahy naho ampela, naho nanañe ondevo terak’ an-trañoko ao; toe nanam-piharo troke naho mpirai-lia maro te amy ze hene taoloko e Ierosalaime ao.
I obtained men and women servants, and I had a great family, as well as herds of cattle and great flocks of sheep, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 Natontoko amako ka ty volafoty naho ty volamena naho ty vara’ o mpanjaka naho tane fehekoo; nahazoako mpibeko lahilahy naho ampela, vaho ze mahanembanembañe ty tro’ o ana’ ondatio: sakeza tsifotofoto.
I amassed for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings and governors. I chose men and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, bowls and pitchers for the purpose of pouring wine.
9 Aa le nitoabotse, nandikoareko ze hene taoloko e Ierosalaime ao; vaho nifahatse amako i hihikoy.
And I surpassed in opulence all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also persevered with me.
10 Tsy eo ty nitanako amo masokoo ze hene naina’e; tsy nikalañeko ami’ty troko ze atao finembanembàñe, fa nahafale ty troko o fitoloñako iabio, izay ty nanambe ahy amo hene tolon-drahakoo.
And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors.
11 Ie amy zao hinaraharako ze hene nanoen-tañako naho o fifanehafañe nanoekoo, le ingo fonga hakafoahañe, naho fañeañan-tioke, fa tsy aman-tombo’e ty ambane’ i àndroy.
But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun.
12 Aa le nitolike raho hañarahara ty hihitse naho ty hadagolàñe naho ty hagegeañe; fa inom-bao ty hanoe’ ze manonjohy i mpanjakay? Ts’ino naho tsy o fa noeñeo avao.
I continued on, so as to contemplate wisdom, as well as error and foolishness. “What is man,” I said, “that he would be able to follow his Maker, the King?”
13 Nizoeko amy zao te likoare’ ty hihitse ty hadagolàñe manahake ty andikoara’ ty hazavàñe ty ieñe.
And I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness, so much so that they differ as much as light from darkness.
14 Añambone’e eo ty fihaino’ o mahihitseo, fe mañavelo añ’ieñe ao ty dagola. Nirendreko amy zao te raik’ avao ty toly mifetsak’am’ iereo iaby.
The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.
15 Aa hoe iraho am-batako, Ze mifetsak’ amy dagolay ty hidoñe amako kañe; aa vaho inom-barè ty maha-loho mahihitse ahy? le hoe iraho an-troko ao, hakafoahañe ka ie iaby izay.
And I said in my heart: “If the death of both the foolish and myself will be one, how does it benefit me, if I have given myself more thoroughly to the work of wisdom?” And as I was speaking within my own mind, I perceived that this, too, is emptiness.
16 Toe tsy eo ty tsy ho modo fitiahiañe ty mahihitse naho i dagola, songa ho haliño amo andro mbe ho avio. sindre hivetrake ty dagola naho i mahihitse.
For there will not be a remembrance in perpetuity of the wise, nor of the foolish. And the future times will cover everything together, with oblivion. The learned die in a manner similar to the unlearned.
17 Aa le nalaim-piaiñe iraho, fa nahangoae ahy ze fonga fanoeñe ambane’ i àndroy, fa hene kafoake, fañeañan-tioke avao.
And, because of this, my life wearied me, since I saw that everything under the sun is evil, and everything is empty and an affliction of the spirit.
18 Eka, nihejeko ze fonga fitoloñako nifanehafako ambane’ i àndroy, ie tsy mete tsy hene hengako am’indaty manonjohy ahiy.
Again, I detested all my efforts, by which I had earnestly labored under the sun, to be taken up by an heir after me,
19 Ia ty mahafohiñe, ke t’ie ondaty mahihitse, he dagola? Fe fonga ho fehe’e o nifanehafako naho nisafirie’ ty hihiko ambane’ i androio. Kafoake ka izay.
though I know not whether he will be wise or foolish. And yet he will have power over my labors, in which I have toiled and been anxious. And is there anything else so empty?
20 Aa le nitolike iraho, nadoko hioremeñe ty troko amo hene tolon-draha nitoloñeko ambane’ i androio,
Therefore, I ceased, and my heart renounced further laboring under the sun.
21 Eo t’indaty nitoloñe an-kihitse naho hilala naho fahimbañañe, vaho atolo’e amy tsy nitoloñe ama’ey i anjara’ey. Hakafoahañe naho haloloañe!
For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.
22 Ino ty ho azo’ ondaty amo fifanehafa’e iabio naho amo fimanean-tro’e nitoloña’e ambane’ i androio?
For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?
23 Fa amo hene andro’eo, le fonga atsa-panaintaiñañe naho hasosorañe o fitoloña’eo; tsy mitofa o fitsakorea’eo ndra te haleñe. Kafoake ka izay.
All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?
24 Tsy eo ty mahasoa ondatio ta te mikama naho minoñe vaho manao an-tro’e te soa o fitoloña’eo. Izay ka ty nitreako boak’am-pitàn’ Añahare,
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.
25 amy te ia ty hikama naho ia ty hifale mandikoatse ahy?
So who will feast and overflow with delights as much as I have?
26 Toe toloran’ Añahare hihitse naho hilala vaho hafaleañe ze no’e am-pivazohoa’e eo; f’ie ami’ty mpanao hakeo ro ampitoloña’e fanontonañe naho fampitoboroñañe, hanolora’e amo noron’ Añahareo. Toe hakoahañe ka izay, fañeañan-tioke.
God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.
