Kekahuna 8
1 O WAI ka mea i like me ka mea naauao? Owai ka mea i ike i ka hoakaka ana i ka olelo? Ka naanao o ke kanaka, oia ka mea e oluolu ai kona maka, a ua hala kona maka haaheo.
Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2 Ke ao aku nei au ia oe, e malama i ke kanawai o ke alii, no ka hoohiki ana i ke Akua.
I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.
3 Mai wikiwiki oe i kou hele ana mai kona alo aku: mai kupaa oe ma ka mea ino; no ka mea, ke hana la ia i na mea a pau loa ana i makemake ai.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatever pleaseth him.
4 Ma ka olelo a ke alii, aia no ka mana; a owai la ka mea e hiki ke olelo aku ia ia, Heaha kau i hana'i?
Where the word of a king [is], [there is] power: and who may say to him, what doest thou?
5 O ka mea malama i ke kanawai, aole ia e ike i ka mea ino; a o ka naau o ka mea akamai, ua ike ia i ka manawa a me ka hoopono.
He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6 No ka mea, aia no i na mea a pau he wa no, a me ka hoopono; a ua nui ke kaumaha maluna o ke kanaka.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.
7 No ka mea. aole ia i ike i ka mea e hiki mai ana; a o ka wa e hiki mai ai, owai la ka mea e hiki ke hai aku ia ia?
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8 Aohe kanaka e hiki ke malama i ka hanu a paa ia, aohe mea ikaika i ka la e make ai; aole hoi i hookuuia kekahi mai keia kaua aku; aole nae e hoopakele ka hewa i ka poe hewa.
[There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9 Ua ike au i keia mau mea a pau, a halalo kuu naau i na hana a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka la, aia i kekahi wa no e alii ai kekahi kanaka maluna o kekahi i mea e poino ai oia iho.
All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time in which one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 A pela no, ua ike au i ke kanuia o ka poe hewa, ua hele lakou iloko o kahi hemolele, a hoi mai, a ua poina lakou ma ke kulanakauhale, kahi a lakou i hana'i pela. He mea lapuwale keia.
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
11 No ka hooko koke ole ia mai o ka olelo hoahewa i ka hana ino; no ia mea, ua paa loa ka naau o na keiki a kanaka e hana hewa.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 Ina e hana ino ka mea hewa, pahaneri ka hana ana, a ua hooloihiia kona mau la, ua ike no au, ua pomaikai ka poe makau i ke Akua, ka poe makau imua ona.
Though a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and his [days] are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with them that fear God, who fear before him:
13 Aole e pomaikai ka mea hewa, aole nae ia e hooloihi i kona mau la, no ka mea, me he aka la ka mea i makau ole imua i ke alo o ke Akua.
But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14 Eia kekahi mea lapuwale i hanaia ma ka honua; aia no kekahi poe pono, a ua ili wale ia lakou e like me ka hana a ka poe hewa, a aia hoi ka poe hewa, ua ili wale ia lakou e like me ka hana a ka poe pono. I iho la au, he mea lapuwale keia.
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
15 Alaila, mahalo iho la au i ka olioli, no ka mea, aohe mea maikai i ke kanaka malalo iho o ka la i oi aku i ka ai ana, i ka inu, a me ka olioli; he mea mau keia ia ia no kana haua, i na la o kona ola ana a ke Akua i haawi mai ai ia ia malalo iho o ka la.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16 Alaila, haawi ae la au i ko'u naau e ike i ka naauao, a e ike hoi i ka mea i hanaia ma ka honua; no ka mea, aia no kekahi mea i pili ole ai kona mau maka i ka hiamoe i ka po a me ke ao:
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes: )
17 A ike iho la au i na hana a pau a ke Akua, no ka mea, aole hiki i ke kanaka ke hoomaopopo i na hana i hanaia malalo iho o ka la; oiaio hoi, ina e hooikaika ke kanaka e imi, aole nae i maopopo, ina e olelo ka mea naauao e ike ia, aole nae e hiki ia ia ke hoomaopopo aku.
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man may labor to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yes further; though a wise [man] thinketh to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
