Mpitoriteny 9
1 Toe fonga rinambeko an-troko ao zao, le ho taroñeko te songa am-pitàn’ Añahare ao o vantañeo naho o mahihitseo vaho o fitoloña’eo; tsy fohi’ ondaty ke te fikokoañe ke falaiñañe ty hiatrefa’e.
I had my mind consider all this. Wise and good people and everything they do are in God's hands. Love or hate—who knows what will happen to them?
2 Kila ifetsahañe. Raike ty hizo i vantañey naho i tsereheñey, ho ami’ty soa, ami’ty malio naho ami’ty tsy malio; ho ami’ty mañenga soroñe naho ami’ty tsy misoroñe. Hambañe amy vantañey ty ho ami’ty mpanan-kakeo; vaho ho amy mifantay naho amy mihembam-pantay.
Yet we all share the same destiny—those who do right, those who do evil, the good, the religiously-observant and those that are not, those who sacrifice and those who don't. Those who do good are as those who sin, those who make vows to God are as those who don't.
3 Izay ty haloloañe anoeñe ambane’ i àndroy, te raik’ avao ty toli’ ie iaby. Mbore lifo-karatiañe ty arofo’ o ana’ i Dameo, vaho añ’ova’ iareo ao ty hadagolañe manitsike ty havelo’ iareo, ie añe le migodam-ban-kavilasy ao.
This is just so wrong—that everyone here on earth should suffer the same fate! On top of that, people's minds are filled with evil. They spend their lives thinking about stupid things, and then they die.
4 Fe manan-ko tamae’e ze mpiamo veloñeo, amy te hamak’ amboa veloñe ta te liona mate.
But the living still have hope—a live dog is better than a dead lion!
5 Fohi’ o veloñeo te hikenkañe, fe tsy mahapota-draha o fa nihomakeo; ie tsy hanan-tambe ka, fa motso ty fitiahiañe iareo.
The living are conscious of the fact that they're going to die, but the dead have no consciousness of anything. They don't receive any further benefit; they're forgotten.
6 Fa ho momoke ty fikokoa’ iareo naho ty falai’iareo, vaho ty fahimbaña’ iareo; le tsy hanañ’ anjara ka iereo amy ze anoeñe ambane’ i àndroy.
Their love, hate, and envy—it's all gone. They have no further part in anything that happens here on earth.
7 Akia, ikamao an-kafaleañe ty mahakama’o, naho inomo am-pinembanemban-troke ty divai’o; fa nòn’ Añahare o fitoloña’oo.
So go ahead and eat your food, and enjoy it. Drink your wine with a happy heart. That's what God intends that you should do.
8 Ee te ho foty nainai’e o siki’oo, naho ko apo’o tsy ho an-doha’o eo ty solike.
Always wear smart clothes and look good.
9 Mifalea, rekets’ i valy kokoa’oy amo haveloñeo, amo hene androm-piai’o mihelañe natolo’e azo ambane’ i àndroio, amy te izay ty anjara’o an-kaveloñe ao, naho amo tolon-draha ifanehafa’o ambane’ i androio.
Enjoy life with the wife that you love—the one God gave you—during all the days of this brief life, all these passing days whose meaning is so hard to understand as you work here on earth.
10 Ze tendreham-pità’o hanoeñe, le anò ami’ty haozara’o; amy te tsy amam-pitoloñañe ndra safiry ndra hilala ndra hihitse ty an-tsikeokeoke hañaveloa’o ao. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise. (Sheol h7585)
11 Nitreako indraik’ ambane’ i àndroy te tsy a i masìkay ty mifandriadriake, naho tsy a i fanalolahiy ty hotakotake, tsy a i mahihitsey ty mahakama, tsy a i mahilalay ty vara, vaho tsy a i mahimbañey ty isoke, fa songa ifetsahan’ andro naho toly.
I thought about other things that happen here on earth. Races are not always won by the fastest runner. Battles are not always decided by the strongest warrior. Also, the wise do not always have food, intelligent people do not always make money, and those who are clever do not always win favor. Time and chance affect all of them.
12 Toe tsy apota’ t’indaty ty namotoañañe aze. Hoe fiañe nizo an-karato raty, naho voroñe tsinepak’ am-pandri-bo, ty fiporengetañe ondaty amy andron-kekoheko ivovoa’ey.
You can't predict when your end will come. Just like fish caught in a net, or birds caught in a trap, so people are suddenly caught by death when they least expect it.
13 Zao ka ty nitendrek’ ahy ho hihitse ambane’ i àndroy, le nijabajaba amako.
Here's another aspect of wisdom that impressed me about what happens here on earth.
14 Teo ty rova kede ama’ ondaty tsy fire. Nivotrake eo amy zao ty mpanjaka ra’elahy, nañarikatoke naho nandranjy fanongañe jabajaba haname aze.
Once there was a small town with only a few inhabitants. A powerful king came and besieged the town, building great earth ramps against its walls.
15 Tendrek’ ama’e ao t’indaty mahihitse fe rarake, ie ty nandrombake i rovay amy hihi’ey, fe leo raike tsy nahatiahy indaty rarakey.
In that town lived a man who was wise, but poor. He saved the town by his wisdom. But no one remembered to thank that poor man.
16 Aa le hoe iraho, Ambone’ ty ozatse ty hihitse; fe sirikaeñe ty hihi’ i rarakey vaho tsy haoñeñe o enta’eo.
As I've always said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Yet the wisdom of that poor man was dismissed—people didn't pay attention to what he said.
17 Hamake ty saontsi’ i mahihitsey janjiñeñe am-pianjiñañe, ta ty tazatazam-pifehe amo dagolao.
It's better to listen to the calm words of a wise person than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Ambone’ o fialiañ’ alio ty hihitse, fe maharotsake ty hasoa maro ty mpanan-tahiñe raike.
It's better to have wisdom than weapons of war; but a sinner can destroy a lot of good.
