Ecclesiastes 8
1 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 hardness of his face is changed.
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.
2 I [counsel thee], Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ke ao aku nei au ia oe, e malama i ke kanawai o ke alii, no ka hoohiki ana i ke Akua.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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.
4 For the king’s word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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?
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:
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.
6 for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
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.
7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
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?
8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
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.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.
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.
10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave]; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.
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.
11 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.
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.
12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
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.
13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
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.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto 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.
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.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.
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.
16 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),
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:
17 then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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.
