Ecclesiastes 9
1 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 be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
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.
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
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.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea 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.
Izay 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.
4 For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Fe manan-ko tamae’e ze mpiamo veloñeo, amy te hamak’ amboa veloñe ta te liona mate.
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Fohi’ o veloñeo te hikenkañe, fe tsy mahapota-draha o fa nihomakeo; ie tsy hanan-tambe ka, fa motso ty fitiahiañe iareo.
6 As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
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.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
Akia, ikamao an-kafaleañe ty mahakama’o, naho inomo am-pinembanemban-troke ty divai’o; fa nòn’ Añahare o fitoloña’oo.
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack ointment.
Ee te ho foty nainai’e o siki’oo, naho ko apo’o tsy ho an-doha’o eo ty solike.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.
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.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (Sheol h7585)
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)
11 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 favour to men of skill; but fame and chance happeneth to them all.
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.
12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes 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 falleth suddenly upon them.
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.
13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
Zao ka ty nitendrek’ ahy ho hihitse ambane’ i àndroy, le nijabajaba amako.
14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Teo ty rova kede ama’ ondaty tsy fire. Nivotrake eo amy zao ty mpanjaka ra’elahy, nañarikatoke naho nandranjy fanongañe jabajaba haname aze.
15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Tendrek’ ama’e ao t’indaty mahihitse fe rarake, ie ty nandrombake i rovay amy hihi’ey, fe leo raike tsy nahatiahy indaty rarakey.
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Aa le hoe raho, Ambone’ ty ozatse ty hihitse; fe sirikaeñe ty hihi’ i rarakey vaho tsy haoñeñe o enta’eo.
17 The words of the wise [spoken] in quiet are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Hamake ty saontsi’ i mahihitsey janjiñeñe am-pianjiñañe, ta ty tazatazam-pifehe amo dagolao.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ambone’ o fialiañ’ alio ty hihitse, fe maharotsake ty hasoa maro ty mpanan-tahiñe raike.
