Mpitoriteny 8
1 Ia ty manahake i mahihitsey? Ia ty maharendreke ty ango’e? Mahaloeloe ty lahara’ ondaty ty hihitse, vaho mampiova ty hagàm-binta’e.
The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.
2 Mañòk’ azo iraho hiambeñe ty taro’ i mpanjakay ty amy nifantà’o aman’ Añaharey.
I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.
3 Ko malisa mienga amy fañatrefañe azey; le ko mifahatse ami’ty raha raty, amy te anoe’e ze satrie’e.
Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
4 Aa kanao manandily ty saontsi’ i mpanjakay, ia ty hanao ama’e ty hoe: Ino o anoe’oo?
And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?
5 Tsy ifetsahan-dilo ty mañamben-dily, amy te mahatsakore ty andro naho ty lily ty arofo mahihitse.
He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.
6 Kila manañe ty andro’e naho ty lili’e; ndra te mavesatse am’ ondatio ty haemberañe.
There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
7 Kanao tsy fohiñe ty ho avy; ia ty mahatalily aze te inoñe ty hifetsake.
Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
8 Tsy a’ ondaty ty lily hanebañe ty fitiofa’ i tiokey; naho tsy anaña’e lily i androm-pikoromaha’ey; tsy eo ty famotsorañe amo alio; vaho tsy mahafipoliotse ami’ty haratiañe o mitoloñe ama’eo.
It is not in man’s power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
9 Fonga nitreako, naho nitoloñe’ ty troko ze hene fitoloñañe ambane’ i àndroy atoy; ie nanan-dily amy t’indaty t’indaty vaho nijoia’e.
All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 Nitreako ka ty fileveña’ o tsereheñeo, ie fa nimoake naho nienga i toetse miavakey, ie nandikofañe amy rova nanoeñe zaiy; hakoahañe ka izay.
I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
11 Naho tsy andilova’ ty zaka aniany ty sata raty, le mañatsake ty tro’ o ana’ ondatio ty hanao raty;
For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.
12 aa ndra te mitolon-kanao raty in-jato ty mpanan-tahiñe, vaho mihamaro avao o andro’eo—mbe apotako te hanintsiñe o mañeveñe aman’ Añahareo, o miambane añatrefa’eo;
But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.
13 fe po-panintsiñañe ty tsereheñe, naho tsy hihalava hoe talinjo o andro’eo, ami’ty tsy fañeveña’e aman’Añahare.
But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
14 Eo ty hakafoahañe fanoeñe ambone’ ty tane toy; te eo ty mifetsak’ amo vaño ze mañeva ty sata’ o ratio; vaho eo te mizo i ratiy ty sazò’ ty fitoloña’ o vantañeo—hoe iraho: Hakoahañe ka zao.
There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.
15 Aa le nonjoneko ty haravoañe, amy te tsy ambane’ i àndroy etoy ty hahasoa ondaty ta te mikama naho minoñe vaho mifale, fa irezay ty ho mpipitek’ ama’e amy fitoloña’ey amo hene andro natolon’ Añahare aze hiveloma’e ambane’ i androio.
Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
16 Ie napoko an-troko ty handrèndreke hihitse, hahatreava’e o fitoloñañe fanoeñe an-tane atoio—ndra te eo ty tsy mirotse handro ndra haleñe o fihaino’eo,
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.
17 le hene nioniko o fitoloñan’ Añahareo, le tsapako te tsy lefe tsikaraheñe o fitoloñañe nanoeñe ambane’ i àndroio; ndra te imanea’ ondatio pay, tsy ho isa’e; vaho ndra te hanoe’ i mahihitsey ty hoe: “Fa fohiko!”, mbe lia’e tsy niisa’e.
And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.
