Eclesiastes 1
1 Dagitoy dagiti sasao ti Manursuro, ti kaputotan ni David ken ari iti Jerusalem.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 Ibagbaga ti Manursuro daytoy. “Kas iti alingasaw ti angep, kas iti pul-oy ti angin, mapukaw dagiti amin a banbanag, nga agibati iti adu a saludsod.
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
3 Ania ti gungguna a magun-od ti sangkataoan manipud kadagiti amin a trabaho a pagbanbanoganda iti baba ti init?
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
4 Lumabas ti maysa a henerasion, ket umay ti sabali a henerasion, ngem agtalinaed ti daga iti agnanayon.
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
5 Agsingising ti init ken lumnek daytoy ket dagus nga agsubli manen iti lugar a pagsingsingisinganna.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
6 Agpul-oy ti angin a paabagatan ken agrikus nga agpaamianan, agrikrikus a kankanayon iti dalanna ket agsubsubli manen.
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
7 Agay-ayus amin dagiti karayan iti baybay, ngem saan pulos a mapunno ti baybay. Iti lugar a pagturturungan dagiti karayan, sadiay manen ti papananda.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
8 Makabannog amin a banbanag, ket awan ti siasinoman a makailawlawag iti daytoy. Saan a mapnek ti mata kadagiti makitkitana wenno mapno ti lapayag kadagiti mangmangngegna.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Aniaman dagiti napalabas ket isunto ti mapasamak ken aniaman dagiti naaramiden ket isunto ti maaramid. Awan iti barbaro iti baba ti init.
That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Adda kadi iti aniaman a mabalin a maibaga, 'Kitaem, barbaro daytoy'? Aniaman nga adda ket addan iti nabayagen a panawen, kabayatan dagiti tawtawen a nabayagen a napalabas sakbay kadatayo.
Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
11 Kasla awan ti makalagip kadagiti banbanag a napasamak idi un-unana a tiempo. Ken dagiti banbanag a naud-udi a napasamak ken dagiti mapasamakto iti masakbayan ket saanto met laeng siguro a malagip.”
There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
12 Siak ti Manursuro, ket nagturayak a kas ari iti Israel idiay Jerusalem.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 Inusarko ti panunotko a mangadal ken mangsukimat babaen iti kinasirib dagiti amin a banbanag a maar-aramid iti baba ti langit. Dayta a panagsukimat ket makabannog a trabaho nga inted ti Dios kadagiti annak dagiti tattao a pakakumikomanda.
I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
14 Nakitak amin dagiti aramid a maar-aramid iti baba ti init ket kitaenyo, maiyarigda amin iti alingasaw ken panangpadas a mangpastor iti angin.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
15 Saan a mailinteg ti killo! Saan a mabilang dagiti mapukpukaw!
That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
16 Nagsaoak iti pusok, a kunak, “Kitaem, nakagun-odak iti ad-adu a kinasirib ngem kadagiti amin nga immun-una ngem siak ditoy Jerusalem. Nakakitan ti panunotko iti adu a kinasirib ken pannakaammo.”
I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 Isu nga inusarko ti pusok tapno maammoak ti kinasirib ken kasta met ti kinamauyong ken kinamaag. Naawatak a daytoy ket panangpadas met laeng a mangpastor iti angin.
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
18 Ta iti kinawadwad iti kinasirib, ad-adda iti pannakaupay, ken ti tao a manaynayunan ti pannakaammona, ad-adda ti panagladingit.
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
