Kekahuna 6
1 A IA no ka mea pono ole a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, a he mea nui la maluna o na kanaka.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2 O ke kanaka ka mea a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i ka waiwai nona, a me ka lako me ka hanohano; aole nele iki kona uhane i na mea ana e makemake ai, aka hoi, aole i ae mai ke Akua e ai ia i keia mau mea, aka, ua aiia kana e ka malihini. He mea lapuwale keia, a he mea ino hoi.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh 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 Ina i loaa i ke kanaka na keiki hookahi haneri, a ola ia i na makahiki he nui loa, aole okana mai na la o kona mau makahiki, aole nae i maona kona uhane i ka maikai, aole hoi ona wahi e kanuia'i; ke hai aku nei au, ua oi aku ka maikai o ke keiki oiliwale i kona.
If a man begetteth an 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 No ka mea, ua puka mai oia ma ka lapuwale, a hele aku la ia ma ka pouli, a ua uhiia kona inoa i ka pouli.
For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5 Aole hoi ia i nana i ka la, aole oia i ike iki, ua oi aku ko ia nei oluolu i ko ia la.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6 Oia, ina e ola ia i na makahiki hookahi tausani ke paluaia, aole hoi oia i ike i ka maikai. Aole anei e hele na mea a pau i kahi hookahi?
Yea, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 O na hana a pau a ke kanaka, na kona waha iho no ia, aole nae i maona kona opu.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 Ma na mea hea i oi aku ai ka mea naauao mamua o ka mea naaupo? Heaha ka mea i loaa i ka ilihune, ka mea i ike i ka hele ana imua o ka poe ola?
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Ua oi aku ka maikai o ka ike maka ana mamua o ka hele ana'ku o ka manao. He mea lapuwale keia, a me ka luhi hewa.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 O ka mea i hala aku nei, ua kapaia kona inoa, a o ke kanaka hoi ua ikeia oia, aole hiki ia ia ke ku e i ka mea mana mamua ona.
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 Nolaila, ua mahuahua ka lapuwale ma na mea he nui loa; a pehea la e pono ai ke kanaka?
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12 No ka mea, owai ka mea i ike i ka mea e pono ai ke kanaka i kona ola ana, i na la a pau o kona ola lapuwale ana i hoopau ai me he aka la; a owai hoi ka mea nana e hai aku i ke kanaka i na mea e hiki mai ana mahope ona malalo iho o ka la?
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?
