Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ke ma inge, esam El su orekomla ke kom srakna fusr, meet liki len koluk uh tuku ac meet liki yac uh apkuranme ke kom fah fahk, “Nga tia engankin moul luk.”
2 or ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:
Pa ingan pacl se ma kalem lun faht, malem, ac itu uh fah mutawauk in ohkla, meet liki pukunyeng in af ac lohsreya faclu.
3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
In pacl sac, poum su tuh loangekom meet ac fah rarrar, ac niom su ku inge fah munasla. Wihsum su pueni ac fah tia ku in kontonauk mongo nom uh wo, ac atronmotom ac fah ohkla tia ku in liye.
4 and the door shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
Srem ac fah tia lohng wowon fin inkanek uh. Ac fah upa kom in lohng pusren mwe ilil wheat ke ac ilil uh, ku pursren mwe on ke ac sritalkinyuk, a on lun sie won sohksok ku in okaskomyak liki motul.
5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and the caper-berry shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Kom ac fah langinging ke acn fulat, ac sensen in forfor. Aunsifom ac fah fiayai, na ac fah arulana upa kom in sifacna fahsr. Ac fah wanginla ma kom mwel. Kut ac som nu yen mongla na safla lasr, na ac fah oasr tung mwemelil inkanek uh.
6 or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;
Sein silver ac fah wotla, ac lam gold fah putatla ac fokelik; sucl ke lufin kof ac fah wotelik, ac sufa in kof ac fah fokfoki.
7 and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
Manosr ac fah folokla nu in fohk uh oana meet, ac momong lun moul fah folokyak nu yurin God, su ase nu sesr.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, “Lusrongten na lusrongten! Ma nukewa lusrongten!”
9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Tusruktu ke sripen yohk lalmwetmet lun Mwet Luti sac, el tia tui in luti mwet uh ke ma el etu. El lutlutkin soakas, ac srike in konauk na pwaye kalmac uh.
10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet sac el srike in sokak kas in akwoye, tusruktu kas ma el simusla arulana pwaye.
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are [the words of] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.
Kas lun mwet lalmwetmet uh oana soko sak kosroh ma mwet liaung sheep uh orekmakin in sang kifus sheep uh, ac soakas ma orekeni nu sie ac oanna nwe tok oana osra ma patputi ku. Soakas inge ituku sin El su Mwet Shepherd sefanna lasr.
12 And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Wen nutik, oasr pac sie ma kom in arulana taran. Sim book uh sie orekma wangin safla kac, ac fin yokla lutlut lom kac, ac eisla kuiyom.
13 [This is] the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty] of man.
Tukun ma inge nukewa, ma sefanna fal in fwack: Sunakin ac akfulatye God, ac akos ma nukewa El sapkin, mweyen pa inge sripa ma mwet uh orekla nu kac.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
God El ac nununku ma nukewa kut oru uh, finne wo ku koluk, ac finne ma orekla in lukma.
