Ecclesiastes 4
1 Na nga sifilpa liye ma sesuwos puspis ma orek faclu. Mwet uh akkeokyeyuk ac elos tung, ac wangin mwet in kasrelos. Wangin mwet in kasrelos, mweyen ku uh oasr sin mwet akkeokyalos.
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
2 Nga ke ouiyuk mwet ma misa tari — wo nu selos liki mwet su srakna moul.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;
3 Tusruktu elos su soenna isusla ac tia liye ma sesuwos ma nuna orek na faclu, elos pa wo nu se liki na mwet srakna moul, ku mwet misa tari.
yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Nga etala pac lah efu ku mwet uh arulana orekma upa ac suk in usrnguk ma elos oru: mweyen elos aorekmai nu sin sie sin sie. Tusruktu ma inge ma lusrongten — oana ukweyen eng uh.
Then I saw all labour and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
5 Oasr soakas se fahk mu mwet lalfon uh farpoeni ac sifacna masrinsralyal nwe ke el misa.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6 Sahp ac pwaye, tusruktu ma srisrik yurin sie mwet wi misla, wo liki kafofo ke ma pus, su oana ukweyen eng uh.
Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind.
7 Nga liye sie pacna ma lusrongten ke moul faclu.
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
8 Oasr sie mukul mukena muta. Wangin wen natul, ac wangin pac mwet lel, a el orekma pacl nukewa, ac soenna sun lungse lal ke mwe kasrup ma oan yorol. Ac ma nu sin su orekma upa lal uh, ac efu ku el pilesrala pacl in pwar lal uh? Wangin pac sripa in ouinge — sie ouiya na koluk in moulkinyuk.
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9 Mwet luo wo liki mwet se na, mweyen ke eltal tukeni uh eltal akasrui ke orekma laltal.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 Sie seltal fin ikori, mwet se ngia ac ku in kasrel tulokunulak. A fin mwet se na ac el ikori, ac koluk nu sel mweyen wangin mwet in kasrel.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
11 Ke pacl mihsrisr, mwet luo fin tukeni oan eltal ac fusrfusr na, a kom ac fusrfusr fuka kom fin mukena?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm [alone]?
12 Mwet se ku in lain mwet se na ac kutangla, tuh el tia ku in kutangla kuiyen mwet luo. Soko sucl ma pipla ke koa tolkwe ac upa in wotla.
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Sie mwet fusr finne sukasrup a el lalmwetmet, ac wo liki sie tokosra su matu ac lalfon, su srangesr eis kas in kasru
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
14 mwet fusr sac finne illa liki presin ac akwalyeyukyak nu ke tokosra, oayapa el finne isusla sukasrup in tokosrai uh.
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
15 Nga nunku ke mwet nukewa su muta fin facl se inge, ac nga akilen lah oasr sie mwet fusr inmasrlolos su ac fah eis acn sin tokosra.
I saw all the living which walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
16 Pisen mwet tokosra se inge leumi uh arulana pus, koflana oekyukla, a fwil tokol an tiana srui orekma lal. Ma inge wangin sripa — oana ukweyen eng uh.
There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
