Eclesiastes 4

1 Maminsan manen pinanunotko ti maipapan kadagiti amin a panangidadanes a maar-aramid iti baba ti init. Kitaem dagiti lua dagiti naidadanes a tattao. Awan ti mangliwliwa kadakuada. Ti kinabileg ket adda iti ima dagiti mangidaddadanes kadakuada, ngem awan ti mangliwliwa kadagiti naidadanes a tattao.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and look, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

2 Isu a kabkablaawak dagiti natayen a tattao, dagidiay natayen, saan a dagiti agbibiag, dagidiay sibibiag pay laeng.

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

3 Nupay kasta, nagasgasat pay ngem kadakuada ti saan pay a nagbiag, ti saan pay a nakakita iti aniaman a kinadakes a maar-aramid iti baba ti init.

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 Ket nakitak nga amin a kinagaed ken amin a batido a trabaho ket nakaigapuan ti panangapal ti kaaruba ti maysa a tao. Alingasaw met laeng daytoy ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

5 Agdalikepkep ti maag ken saan nga agtrabtrabaho, isu a ti bukodna a lasag ti taraonna.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

6 Ngem nasaysayaat ti sangarakem a gunggona iti naulimek a trabaho ngem ti dua a rakem a gunggona iti trabaho a panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

7 Ket napanunotko pay ti maipapan iti nakarkaro nga awan serserbina, ti apagbiit nga agpukaw nga alingasaw iti baba ti init.

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

8 Adda ti kita ti tao nga agbibiag nga agmaymaysa. Awan a pulos ti kaduana, awan anakna a lalaki wenno kabsatna a lalaki. Awan pulos ti pagpatinggaan dagiti amin a trabahona, ken saan a mapmapnek dagiti matana iti panaggungun-od iti kinabaknang. Agsidsiddaaw isuna, “Siasino ti agnumar iti pagbanbannogak ken pangpawpawilak iti bagik iti ragsak?” Alingasaw met laeng daytoy, saan a napintas a pagteng.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

9 Nasaysayaat ti dua a tao nga agtrabaho ngem ti agmaymaysa; makaurnongda a dua iti nasayaat a bayad ti nagbannoganda.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

10 Ta no matumba ti maysa, mabalin a bangunen ti maysa pay ti gayyemna. Nupay kasta, panagladingit ti sumursurot iti agmaymaysa no matumba isuna no awan ti siasinoman a mangbangon kenkuana.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

11 Ken no agabay nga agidda ti dua, mabalin a bumarada, ngem kasano a pumudot ti agmaymaysa?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

12 Ti tao nga agmaymaysa ket maparukma, ngem kabaelan a sarangten ti dua a tao ti panangraut, ken saan a nalaka a mapugsat ti tali nga adda tallo a linabagna.

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Nasaysayaat ti agbalin a nakurapay ngem masirib a baro ngem ti nataengan ken maag nga ari a saannan nga ammo ti dumngeg kadagiti ballaag.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

14 Pudno daytoy uray no ti maysa a baro ket agbalin nga ari manipud iti pagbaludan, wenno uray no naiyanak isuna a marigrigat iti pagarianna.

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

15 Nupay kasta, nakitak ti tunggal maysa a sibibiag ken magmagna iti aglawlaw iti baba ti init a papaiturayanda dagiti bagbagida iti sabali pay a baro a timmakder a kas ari.

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

16 Awan ti pagpatinggaan dagiti amin a tattao a mangayat nga agtulnog iti baro nga ari, ngem saan nga agbayag ket adu kadakuada ti saanen a mangdayaw kenkuana. Pudno, daytoy a kasasaad ket alingasaw, ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.