Mpitoriteny 4
1 Aa le niharaharaeko indraike ze forekekeñe iaby ambane’ i àndroy: hehe ty ranomaso’ o forekekeñeo, ie tsy amam-pañohò; naho am-pità’ o mpamorekekeo ty hafatrarañe; f’ie tsy amam-pañimba.
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
2 Aa le nandrenge o vilasy fa nihomakeo iraho, ambone’ o veloñe mbe amañ’aiñeo.
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
3 Eka, lombolombo i roe rey ty mbe lia’e tsy eo, ie mbe tsy nahaoniñe ty sata-raty anoeñe ambane’ i àndroy.
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
4 Nitreako indraike te o fitoloñañe iabio naho ze tolon-draha mahatafetetse, le voka’ ty fifampitsikiriha’ ondaty naho i rañe’ey. Hakafoahañe naho fañeañan-tioke ka zao.
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
5 Mamihim-pitañe ty dagola, vaho abotse’e ty nofo’e.
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
6 Hàmake ty fianjiñañe mahapea-pitàñe, ta ty fitàn-droe pea fitromahañe naho fañeañan-tioke.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
7 Nenteako indraike o hakafoahañe ambane’ i àndroy.
Again, I saw futility under the sun.
8 Teo ty raike tsy amam-paha-roe; toe tsy nanañ’ anake, tsy aman-drahalahy: fe tsy mbia tsy heneke o fitoloña’eo; vaho tsy mahaene-pihaino’e ty vara; Tsie, hoe re, Ia ze o itoloñako zao, malorè ty fiaiko tsy hanjo ty soa? hakafoahañe ka zao mbore fifanehafañe mahaore.
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
9 Hàmake te roe ta t’ie raike; amy te soa fitombo ty fitoloña’ iareo.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
10 Ie mikorovoke ty raike, honjone’ i rañe’ey; fe feh’ohatse te mikorovoke ty bangìñe tsy manañ’ ila hampitroatse aze.
For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
11 Tovo izay, ie mitrao-pandreañe ty roe le mafana: fa ino ty hampafana aze t’ie raike?
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 Mete hiambotraha’ t’indaty ty raike ie miereñereñe, fe hijohañe hiatrek’ aze ty roe; tsy rofondrofoteñe aniany ty taly telo-randra.
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
13 Ndra kitra’e ajalahy rarake mahihitse ta t’ie mpanjaka antetse gege tsy mañaoñe hatahata.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
14 Toe niboak’am-balabey ao re ho mpanjaka; ie nirarake te nitoly am-pifehea’e ao.
For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
15 Nitreako te niarimboe’ ze hene veloñe ambane’ i àndroy, i ajalahy tsinara valoha’ey, i handimbe azey,
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
16 naho te tsifotofoto ondaty am-boriza’e ao, f’ie tsy ho loho onjone’ o manonjohy azeo. Toe hakafoahañe ka zao vaho fañeañan-tioke.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
