Eclesiastes 2
1 Kinunak iti pusok, “Umayka itan, suutenka iti kinaragsak. Isu a ragsakem ti pakaragsakan. Ngem kitaem, daytoy ket apagbiit met laeng a pul-oy.
Come, then, I said in my heart, I will have a taste of joy, and thou shalt see what is good; but, behold, this also was vanity.
2 Kinunak maipapan iti panagkatawa, “Kinamaag daytoy!” ken maipapan iti ragsak, “Ania ti serserbina daytoy?”
Of laughter I said, It maketh one mad: and of joy, What doth this do?
3 Sinukimat ko iti pusok no kasanok a penneken dagiti tarigagayko babaen iti arak. Impalubosko nga iturongnak ti panunotko iti kinasirib uray no adda pay laeng kaniak ti kinamaag. Kayatko a maammoan ti nasayaat nga aramiden dagiti tattao iti baba ti langit kabayatan dagiti aldaw dagiti bibiagda.
I resolved in my heart to indulge my body with wine, while my heart guideth itself with wisdom; and to lay fast hold on folly, till I might see what it is that is good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life.
4 Naindaklan a banbanag dagiti naaramidak. Nangipatakderak kadagiti balbalay para iti bagik ken nagmulaak kadagiti kaubasan.
I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;
5 Nangaramidak kadagiti minuyongan ken parke para iti bagik; minulaak dagitoy iti amin a kita dagiti agbunga a kaykayo.
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit;
6 Nangkaliak kadagiti pagurnongan iti danum a mangsibog iti kabakiran a nagtuboan dagiti kaykayo.
I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees;
7 Gimmatangak kadagiti lallaki ken babbai a tagabu; addaanak kadagiti tagabu a naiyanak iti palasiok. Addaanak pay kadagiti dadakkel nga arban ken pangen iti dingwen, nga ad-adu ngem ti siasinoman nga ari nga immun-una a nagturay iti Jerusalem sakbay kaniak.
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem.
8 Nakaurnongak iti pirak ken balitok, kadagiti gameng dagiti ar-ari ken probprobinsia. Addaanak kadagiti lallaki ken babbai a kumakanta nga agpaay kaniak; babaen kadagiti adu nga as-assawa ken kakabkabbalay, inaramidko dagiti banbanag a makaparagsak iti siasinoman a lalaki iti rabaw ti daga.
I gathered unto myself also silver and gold, and the choice treasures of kings and of the provinces: I procured myself male singers and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men, wagons and chariots.
9 Isu a nagbalinak a nain-indaklan ken nabakbaknang ngem kadagiti amin nga immun-una ngem siak iti Jerusalem, ken nagtalinaed kaniak ti kinasiribko.
So was I great, and obtained more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 Aniaman a tinarigagayan dagiti matak, saanko nga impaidam kadagitoy. Saanko nga impaidam iti pusok ti aniaman a pakaragsakan, gapu ta agrag-o ti pusok iti amin a nagbannogak ket ragragsak ti gunggonak kadagiti amin a trabahok.
And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil.
11 Ket kinitak dagiti amin nga inaramid ti imak ken iti trabaho nga inaramidko, ngem kaskasdi met laeng nga alingasaw dagiti amin a banag ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin. Awan ti magunggona iti baba ti init.
But when I turned myself [to look] on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Ket timmalikudak a mangutob iti kinasirib, ken kasta met iti kinamauyong ken kinamaag. Ta ania ti maaramidan ti sumaruno nga ari a sumukat kalpasan ti ari, a saan pay a naaramid?
And then I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [only] that which [others] have done already.
13 Ket nangrugi a naawatak nga adda pangatiwan ti kinasirib iti kinamaag, kas ti lawag a nasaysayaat ngem iti sipnget.
But I saw indeed that wisdom hath the advantage over folly, as great as the advantage of light over darkness.
14 Us-usaren ti nasirib a tao ti matana a mangkita iti papananna, ngem magmagna ti maag iti kasipngetan, numan pay ammok nga agpada a gasat ti nakasagana para iti tunggal maysa.
The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them.
15 Ket kinunak iti pusok, “Aniaman a mapaspasamak iti maag ket mapasamakto met kaniak. Isu nga ania ti pagdumaanna no kasta unay ti kinasiribko?” Inkeddengko iti pusok, “Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng.”
Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity.
16 Ta ti nasirib a tao, kas iti maag, ket saan a malaglagip iti atiddug a panawen. Kadagiti dumteng nga al-aldaw, amin dagita a banbanag ket nabayagen a nalipatan. Matay ti nasirib a tao a kas met iti maag a matay.
For there is no recollection of the wise any more than of the fool for ever: seeing that which hath long ago been will, in the days that are coming, all be forgotten. And how doth the wise die equally with the fool!
17 Isu a ginurak ti biag gapu ta dakes para kaniak dagiti amin a trabaho a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Daytoy ket gapu ta alingasaw amin a banbanag ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.
Therefore I hated life; because I felt displeased with the work that is wrought under the sun; for all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
18 Kinagurak amin a naaramidko a nagbannogak iti baba ti init gapu ta masapul nga ibatik dagitoy iti tao a sumaruno kaniak.
Yea, I hated also all my toil with which I had toiled under the sun; because I should have to leave it unto the man that will be after me.
19 Ket siasino ti makaammo no nasiribto isuna wenno maag? Ngem isunanto ti amo kadagiti amin a banag iti baba ti init a naaramidan iti bannog ken kinasiribko. Alingasaw met laeng daytoy.
And who knoweth, whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have full sway over all my toil wherein I have toiled, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. Also this is vanity.
20 Ngarud, nangrugi a maupay ti pusok kadagiti amin a trabaho nga inaramidko iti baba ti init.
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to give up thinking of all the toil wherewith I had toiled under the sun.
21 Ta mabalin nga adda ti agtrabaho nga addaan iti kinasirib, pannakaammo ken kinalaing, ngem ibatinanto dagiti amin a banbanag nga adda kenkuana iti maysa a tao a saan pulos a nagtrabaho iti aniaman kadagitoy. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng ken nakabutbuteng unay a pasamak.
For there is many a man whose toil is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with energy; yet to a man that hath not toiled therefore must he give it as his portion. Also this is vanity and a great evil.
22 Ta ania ti magunggona ti tao nga agtrabtrabaho iti kasta unay ken mangpadpadas iti amin a puso a mangleppas kadagiti aramidna iti baba ti init?
For what doth a man obtain of all his toil, and of the torture of his heart, wherewith he toileth under the sun?
23 Inaldaw a nasakit ken narigat ti trabahona, isu a saan a makainana ti kararuana iti rabii. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng.
For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is [mingled with] his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Also this is vanity.
24 Awan ti nasaysayaat para iti siasinoman ngem ti laeng mangan, uminom ken mapnek iti aniaman a nasayaat iti trabahona. Nakitak a naggapu iti ima ti Dios daytoy a kinapudno.
It is not a good thing [inherent] in man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy happiness for his toil. Also this have I seen, that it cometh out of the hand of God.
25 Ta siasino ti makapangan wenno maaddaan iti aniaman a kita ti ragsak nga awan iti Dios?
For who can well eat, or who can enjoy earthly things more than I?
26 Ta iti siasinoman a makaay-ayo kenkuana, ited ti Dios ti kinasirib, pannakaammo ken rag-o. Nupay kasta, itedna iti managbasol ti trabaho iti panagurnong ken panagidulin tapno itedna iti maysa a tao a makaay-ayo iti Dios. Daytoy ket alingasaw met laeng ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.
For to a man who is good in his presence [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth employment, to gather up and to bring together, that he may give it to him that is good before God. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
