Mpitoriteny 6
1 Eo ty haratiañe nitreako ambane’ i àndroy, toe mandrambañe am’ondatio,
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:
2 eo t’indaty nitoloran’ Añahare drala naho vara vaho asiñe, ie tsy po-draha irien-troke, fe tsy nitoloran’ Añahare ty haozarañe hahafikama’e, te mone hane’ ty ambahiny; hakafoahañe izay vaho areten-draty.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
3 Ndra te misamak’ anake zato indatiy, naho maro taoñe ty iaiña’e, ndra firefire, fe tsy enen-kasoa ty tro’e, naho tsy eo ty handeveñe aze, le hàmake t’ie niboloañe,
If a man begetteth a hundred [children], and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also [that] he hath no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
4 ho koake ty fiavi’e naho himoromoroñe ty fiengà’e, vaho ho kolopofe’ ty ieñe i tahina’ey;
For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5 le lia’e tsy ho isa’e i àndroy vaho hamoea’e; f’ie ty mitofa soa ta i raikey;
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
6 eka ndra te indroe veloñe arivo taoñe i raikey, ie tsy nanjo hasoa; tsy kila hikovovoke mb’an-toetse raike mb’eo hao?
Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 Hene ho am-palie’e avao ty fitoloña’ ondaty, te tsy eneñe i hatea-hane’ey.
All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 Aa inoñe ty mahazòke’ ty dagola i mahihitse? ino ty fitombo’ i rarakey, t’ie mahafitsontike añatrefa’ o veloñeo?
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Hamake ty onim-pihaino, te ami’ty fisalalan-troke; hakafoahañe ka izay vaho fimanean-tioke.
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 Ze hene eo le fa nitolorañe añarañe, le fa arofoanañe te inoñe ondatio, vaho tsy aze ty hifandietse amy maozatse te ama’ey.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11 Maro ty raha manovoñe o hakoahañeo, aa le ino ty tombo’e ho a ondatio?
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12 Ia ty mahafohiñe ze mahasoa ondatio ami’ty havelo’e, amo taoñe tsy ampeampe iveloma’e hoe evoñeo, ie mihelañe hoe talinjo avao? Fa ia ty hahatalily am’ondatio ty hanonjohy aze, ambane’ i àndroy?
For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
