Mangangaral 8
1 Sino ang gaya ng pantas na lalake? at sinong nakakaalam ng kahulugan ng isang bagay? Ang karunungan ng tao ay nagpapasilang ng kaniyang mukha, at ang katigasan ng kaniyang mukha ay nababago.
Who is like the wise? and who knoweth [as well] the explanation of a thing? a man's wisdom enlighteneth his face, and the boldness of his face will be lessened.
2 Ipinapayo ko sa iyo, ingatan mo ang utos ng hari, at siya'y dahil sa sumpa ng Dios.
I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that which regardeth the oath [to him taken] by God.
3 Huwag kang magmadaling umalis sa kaniyang harapan; huwag kang mamalagi sa masamang bagay: sapagka't kaniyang ginagawa ang anomang kaniyang kalugdan.
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; engage not in an evil thing; for whatsoever pleaseth him, can he do;
4 Sapagka't ang salita ng hari ay may kapangyarihan; at sinong makapagsasabi sa kaniya, Anong ginagawa mo?
Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—
5 Ang nagiingat ng utos ay hindi makakaalam ng masamang bagay; at ang puso ng pantas ay nagbubulay ng panahon at kahatulan:
Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart knoweth both time and the just consequence.
6 Sapagka't sa bawa't panukala ay may kapanahunan at kahatulan; sapagka't ang karalitaan ng tao ay malaki sa kaniya:
Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man [resteth] heavily upon him.
7 Sapagka't hindi niya nalalaman ang mangyayari; sapagka't sinong makapagsasaysay sa kaniya, kung paanong mangyayari?
For he knoweth not that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
8 Walang tao na may kapangyarihan sa diwa upang pumigil ng diwa; ni walang kapangyarihan siya sa kaarawan ng kamatayan; at walang dahilan sa pakikipagpunyaging yaon: ni maililigtas siya ng kasamaan, na taglay niya.
No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise it.
9 Lahat ng ito ay nakita ko, at inihilig ko ang aking puso sa bawa't gawa, na nagawa sa ilalim ng araw: may panahon na ang isa ay may kapangyarihan sa isa sa kaniyang kapahamakan.
All this have I seen, and directed my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when one man ruleth over another to his own injury.
10 At gayon din nakita ko ang masama na nakalibing, at nagsidating sa hukay; at silang nagsigawa ng matuwid ay nagsialis sa dakong banal, at nalimutan sa bayan: ito man ay walang kabuluhan.
Then also did I see the wicked buried, who had gone to their rest; but those who had acted correctly had to go away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. Also this is vanity.
11 Sapagka't ang hatol laban sa masamang gawa ay hindi isinasagawa agad, kaya't ang puso ng mga anak ng mga tao ay lubos na nangalalagak sa paggawa ng kasamaan.
Because the punishment against evil deeds is not executed speedily, therefore is the heart of the sons of men filled up in them to do evil.
12 Bagaman ang makasalanan ay gumawa ng kasamaan na makaisang daan, at humaba ang kaniyang buhay, gayon ma'y tunay, na talastas ko, na ikabubuti nilang nangatatakot sa Dios, na nangatatakot sa harap niya:
But let a sinner do evil a hundred times, and [God] withhold long his punishment from him; still do I truly know for certain that it will be well with those that fear God, because they are afraid of him;
13 Nguni't hindi ikabubuti ng masama, ni hahaba man ang kaniyang buhay na parang isang anino; sapagka't siya'y hindi natatakot sa harap ng Dios.
And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.
14 May walang kabuluhan na nangyayari sa lupa; na may mga matuwid na tao na kinapapangyarihan ng ayon sa gawa ng masama; muli, may mga masamang tao na kinapapangyarihan ng ayon sa gawa ng matuwid; aking sinabi, na ito man ay walang kabuluhan.
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
15 Nang magkagayo'y pinuri ko ang kalayawan, sapagka't ang tao ay walang maiging bagay sa ilalim ng araw, kundi ang kumain, at uminom, at magsaya: sapagka't tatahang kasama niya sa kaniyang gawa lahat ng mga kaarawan ng kaniyang buhay na ibinigay ng Dios sa kaniya sa ilalim ng araw.
Therefore do I praise joyfulness, that there is nothing better for man under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful; for this will adhere to him in his toil, during the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.—
16 Nang aking ikiling ang aking puso upang makaalam ng karunungan, at upang makakita ng gawain na ginagawa sa lupa: (sapagka't may hindi nakakakita ng tulog ng kahit araw o gabi man ng kaniyang mga mata: )
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men:
17 Namasdan ko nga ang lahat ng gawa ng Dios, na hindi matalastas ng tao ang gawa na ginagawa sa ilalim ng araw: sapagka't sikaping mainam man ng tao na hanapin, ay hindi rin masusumpungan; oo, bukod dito, bagaman isipin ng pantas na maalaman hindi rin niya masusumpungan.
Then did I see [in] the whole work of God, that a man is not able to find out the work that is done under the sun; inasmuch as though a man were to toil to seek for it, he would yet not find it; and even if the wise were to think to know it, he would yet not be able to find it.
