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.
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before 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.
It is the same for all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, and to the clean and to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who swears is as he who fears an oath.
3 Zay 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 an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4 Fe manan-ko tamae’e ze mpiamo veloñeo, amy te hamak’ amboa veloñe ta te liona mate.
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living 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.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is 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.
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
7 Akia, ikamao an-kafaleañe ty mahakama’o, naho inomo am-pinembanemban-troke ty divai’o; fa nòn’ Añahare o fitoloña’oo.
Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
8 Ee te ho foty nainai’e o siki’oo, naho ko apo’o tsy ho an-doha’o eo ty solike.
Let your garments be always white, and do not let your head lack oil.
9 Mifalea, rekets’ i valy kokoa’oy amo haveloñeo, amo hene androm-piai’o mihelañe natolo’e azo ambane’ i àndroio, amy te zay ty anjara’o an-kaveloñe ao, naho amo tolon-draha ifanehafa’o ambane’ i androio.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
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 your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going. (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 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
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.
For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
13 Zao ka ty nitendrek’ ahy ho hihitse ambane’ i àndroy, le nijabajaba amako.
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
14 Teo ty rova kede ama’ ondaty tsy fire. Nivotrake eo amy zao ty mpanjaka ra’elahy, nañarikatoke naho nandranjy fanongañe jabajaba haname aze.
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great siege works against it.
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.
Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Aa le hoe raho, Ambone’ ty ozatse ty hihitse; fe sirikaeñe ty hihi’ i rarakey vaho tsy haoñeñe o enta’eo.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 Hamake ty saontsi’ i mahihitsey janjiñeñe am-pianjiñañe, ta ty tazatazam-pifehe amo dagolao.
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
18 Ambone’ o fialiañ’ alio ty hihitse, fe maharotsake ty hasoa maro ty mpanan-tahiñe raike.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
