Ecclesiastes 9
1 I have surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.
NO keia mau mea a pau, ua haawi au i ko'u naau e noonoo i keia. Aia no iloko o ka lima o ke Akua ka poe pono, a me ka poe naauao, a me ka lakou hana ana; aole ike kekahi kanaka i ke aloha, aole i ka inaina; aia na mea a pau imua o lakou.
2 All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.
Ua loaa i na kanaka a pau na mea like. Hookahi no hope i ka mea pono, a me ka mea hewa; i ka mea maikai, i ka mea maemae, a me ka mea maemae ole; i ka mea i mohai aku, a me ka mea i mohai ole aku. E like me ka mea maikai, pela no ka mea hewa; me ka mea hoohiki, pela no ka mea makau i ka hoohiki ana.
3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.
He mea pono ole keia ma na mea i hanaia malalo iho o ka la; aia hookahi hope i loaa mai i na kanaka a pau. Oiaio, o ka naau o na keiki a kanaka, ua piha i ka ino, aia no ka ulala iloko o ko lakou naau i ko lakou ola ana, alaila, [hele lakou] i ka make.
4 Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.
No ka mea, ua laua ka manao, no ka mea i huipuia me na mea ola a pau; no ka mea, ua oi aku ka ilio ola mamua o ka liona make.
5 For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.
No ka mea, ua ike ka poe ola e make auanei lakou; aka, o ka poe make, aole lakou i ike i kekahi mea, aole he uku i koe ia lakou; no ka mea, ua nalowale ko lakou mea i hoomanaoia'i.
6 Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.
O ko lakou aloha, a me ko lakou inaina, a me ko lakou huahua, ua pau ia mau mea; ua nele mau loa lakou i ka haawina ole, ma na mea a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka la.
7 Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.
E hele oe, e ai i kau berena, me ka oluolu, a e inu hoi i kou waina me ka naau olioli; no ka mea, ano, ua maliu mai ke Akua i kau hana ana.
8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vpon thine head.
I na manawa a pau e keokeo wale no kou kapa komo, aole hoi e hoonele i kou poo i ka aila ala.
9 Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.
E noho oluolu pu oe me ka wahine au i aloha'i i na la a pau o kou ola lapuwale ana, i haawiia mai ai ia oe malalo iho o ka la, i kou mau la lapuwale a pau loa; no ka mea, oia kou haawina i kou ola ana, a me ka hana ana hoi au i hana'i malalo iho o ka la.
10 All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest. (Sheol h7585)
O na mea a pau i loaa mai i kou lima e hana'i, e hana oe me kou ikaika; no ka mea, ma ka lua kupapau kahi au e hele aku nei, aole hana, aole noonoo, aole ike, aole naauao. (Sheol h7585)
11 I returned, and I sawe vnder the sunne that the race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor also riches to men of vnderstanding, neither yet fauour to men of knowledge: but time and chance commeth to them all.
Alaila, haliu ae la au a ike malalo iho o ka la, aole no ka poe mama ke kukini ana, aole hoi no ka poe ikaika ke kaua, aole no ka poe naauao ka berena, aole no ka poe akamai ka waiwai, aole hoi no ka poe maiau ke aloha; aka, o ka manawa, a me na mea hiki wale ke loaa i na kanaka a pau.
12 For neither doth man knowe his time, but as the fishes which are taken in an euill net, and as the birdes that are caught in the snare: so are the children of men snared in the euill time when it falleth vpon them suddenly.
No ka mea, aole ike ke kanaka i kona manawa; e like me na ia i hooheiia i ka upena ino, a e like me na manu i paheleia iloko o ke kipuka, pela no i paheleia'i na keiki a kanaka i ka wa ino, i haule koke ia maluna o lakou.
13 I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.
Eia ka mea naauao a'u i ike ai malalo iho o ka la, a he mea nui ia ia'u;
14 A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.
Aia ke kulanakauhale uuku, aole nui na kanaka maloko; a hiki mai kekahi alii nui, a hoopopilikia ia wahi, a kukulu iho i pa kaua nui e ku e aku i ua kulanakauhale la.
15 And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.
A ua loaa malaila he kanaka ilihune naauao, a ua hoopakele ia i ke kulanakauhale ma kona naauao, aka hoi, aole kekahi kanaka i hoomanao i ua kanaka ilihune la.
16 Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
Alaila, i iho la au, Ua oi aku ka naauao mamua o ka ikaika; aka hoi, ua hoowahawahaia ka naauao o ka mea ilihune, aole hoi i hooloheia kana olelo.
17 The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.
Ua loheia no na olelo a ka poe naauao ma kahi noho malu ai, mamua o ke kala ana o ka luna o ka poe naaupo.
18 Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ua oi aku ka naauao mamua o na mea kaua; aka hoi, ua hoohiolo ke kanaka hewa hookahi i ka maikai he nui wale.
