Mpitoriteny 5
1 Ambeno ty lia’o mb’añ’anjomban’ añahare mb’eo, harineo hijanjiñe’o, Hàmake izay ta te mañenga ty soro’ o seretseo, ie tsy apota’e te manao raty.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
2 Ko meke am-palie, naho ko malisa an-tro’o ty hisaontsy ndra inoñe aman’ Añahare: fa an-dindiñe ao t’i Andrianañahare, ihe an-tane atoy, aa le anò tsy ampeampe o enta’oo.
Be not rash with thy month, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 Mahavy nofy ty fimaneam-pitoloñañe; fe fohiñe ami’ty hamaron-tsaontsi’e ty feo’ i gegey.
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
4 Ihe mifanta aman’ Añahare, ko malaoñe hañavake; fa tsy ifalea’e ty dagola: ondroho i nifantà’oy.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
5 Hàmake t’ie tsy mifanta, ta te mifanta tsy mañavake.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 Ko metè’o hañakeo azo ty vava’o; le ko manao amy Irakey te nilosotse: fa ino ty hiviñeran’ Añahare amy feo’oy, handrotsaha’e o satan-taña’oo?
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7 Fa hakafoahañe ty halàko nofy naho ty hamaro saontsy: mone mañeveña aman’Añahare.
For [thus it cometh to pass] through the multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.
8 Ie isa’o ty famorekekeañe o rarakeo, naho ty fampitavanan-jo naho hatò ampariparitse añe, ko ilatsa’o: fa jilove’ i mpifelek’ azey ty mpifehe vaho ambone ka ty bei’iareo.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9 Amy te itraofa’ iabikey ty tombo’ i taney: toe mitoroñe i mpanjakay i tetekey.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
10 Tsy mahaeneñe ty mpitea-vola ty vola; vaho ty mpikoko firegoregoañe t’ie miegoego: hakafoahañe ka izay.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.
11 Ie mitobake ty havokarañe, maro ka o mampibotsek’ azeo: aa le ino ty tombo’e ho a i tompo’ey ta te ho sambae’e am-pihaino avao?
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
12 Mamy ty firota’ ty mpifanehake, ndra te kede ty kamae’e ndra te bey: fe tsy apo’e hirotse ty havontsiña’ i mpañalealey.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Eo ty haratiañe manivontivoñe nitreako ambane’ i àndroy, te mijoy ty mpañefoefo o vara ahaja’eo.
There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
14 Ie nikapaike i varay, amy te navaridì’e ami’ty tsy vara, le nahatoly ana-dahy f’ie an-tañam-polo.
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15 Hambañe amy niboaha’e an-kovin-drene’ey, t’ie hiboridañe ka te himpoly, ndra loli’e tsy ho tintinem-pità’e amy fitromaha’ey.
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 Haratiañe manivontivoñe ka izay, te manahake ty nitolia’e ty himpolia’e: aa le ino ty tombo’ ty fitromahañe hahazoañe tioke?
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?
17 Mikama añ’ieñe ao amo hene andro’eo, amy t’ie lako haemberañe naho hasilofañe vaho habosehañe.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.
18 Ingo, ty nitreako ho soa naho mañeva aze, t’ie mikama naho mitohoke vaho hifale ami’ty hasoa’ i tolon-draha itoloña’e ambane’ i àndroy amo andro tsy ampeampe iaiña’eo, o natolon’ Añahare azeo: fa izay ty anjara’e.
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
19 Naho ondaty nitoloran’ Añahare vara naho hanaña le nimea’e lily hikama naho handrambe anjara, vaho hirebek’ amy nifanehafa’ey; toe falalàn’ Añahare izay.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20 Le tsy beteke haereñere’e o andro iveloma’eo, amy t’ie ampitoloñen’ Añahare an-kafalean-troke.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
