Ecclesiastes 7
1 Sie elah wo el wo liki ono keng yohk molo; ac len in misa lom wo liki len in isusla lom.
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
2 Wo in som nu ke sie lohm ma oasr tung ac mwemelil we liki in som nu ke sie lohm ma mwet uh orek kufwa we, mweyen fal mwet moul uh in esam lah misa uh soanekut nukewa.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 Asor wo liki israsr — sahp ac oru kom ngetnget in asor, tusruktu ac akyokye etauk lom uh.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 Mwet se su nunku ke mwe engan pacl nukewa el sie mwet lalfon. Sie mwet lalmwetmet el nunku ke misa.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Kas in kai sin sie mwet lalmwetmet, wo liki kas in kaksak lun mwet lalfon.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 Pacl se sie mwet lalfon el israsr, oana ke kokul uh ac kisassasla in sie e. Wanginna kalmeya.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Sie mwet lalmwetmet fin kutasrik nu sin sie pac mwet, el orekma oana mwet lalfon. Kom fin eis molin eyeinse, kom sifacna akkolukyekomla.
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Sie ma aksafyeyukla, wo liki sie ma tufahna mutawauk. Mongfisrasr uh wo liki inse fulat.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Nimet sa in mulat — sie ma lalfon pa in koko sripen mulat.
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Nikmet siyuk, “Efu ku ma meet ah wo liki na ma pacl inge uh?” Tiana kusen siyuk lalmwetmet se.
Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Mwet nukewa su moul enenu in lalmwetmet. Mweyen lalmwetmet uh wo oana ke sie mwet el usrui ma wo.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 Lalmwetmet ac fah asot nu sum inse misla oana mani uh. Lalmwetmet uh karingin moul lom, na pa inge ma wo ke etauk uh.
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Nunku ke ma God El orala. Sie mwet ac aksuwosyela fuka sie ma God El akkihyela?
Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
14 Ke pacl ma nukewa wo nu sum uh, engankin; ac ke pacl ma upa uh sikyak, esam lah God El supu kewana pacl in engan ac pacl upa; kom koflana etu lah mea ac sikyak tok.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 Nga liye tari ma nukewa ke moul lusrongten luk. Oasr mwet sa na misa elos finne oru ma suwohs. Ac oasr mwet moul paht na elos finne oru ma koluk.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 Ke ma inge nik kom arulana orek suwohs ku orek lalmwetmet — mwe mea kom in sifacna unikomi?
Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Tusruktu nik kom arulana eiskomyang in oru ma koluk ku oru ma lalfon — efu ku kom in misa meet liki pacl fal lom?
Do not be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Karinginkomyang liki ouiya inge kewa. Kom fin akfulatye God, kom ac nuna sun wo ouiya.
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
19 Lalmwetmet uh ac akwoye sie mwet yohk liki na ma mwet kol singoul ku in oru nu ke sie siti.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 Wangin sie mwet fin faclu oru ma suwohs pacl nukewa ac tiana orala sie tafongla.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
21 Nik kom lohang nu ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh fahk uh — sahp kom ac lohngak ke mwet kulansap lom el kaskas akkolukye kom,
Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 ac kom sifacna etu lah kom fahk kas in akkolukye mwet pacl puspis.
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 Nga orekmakin lalmwetmet luk in srike ma inge nukewa. Nga wotela na ku sik ngan lalmwetmet, tusruktu loesla likiyu.
All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.
24 Sie mwet ac konauk fuka lah mea kalmen moul uh? Arulana loalla nu sesr ac upala kut in kalem kac.
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 Tusruktu nga eisyuyang nu ke etauk ac lutlut; nga tuh sulela nga in suk lalmwetmet ac top nu ke mwe siyuk luk, ac in etu lupan koluk ac lalfon lun nikin uh.
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 Oasr ma nga konauk mwen liki na misa uh, pa mutan se su lungse lal uh oana sie sruhf ku sie nwek. Paol ac sruokkomi oana soko sein. Sie mukul su oru ma lungse lun God el ku in kaingla liki mutan sac, a funu sie mukul koluk, mutan sac ac sruokilyana.
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 Na Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, nga kais kutu srisrik na konauk ma inge ke nga suk top nu ke mwe siyuk luk uh.
Look, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
28 Nga suk kutu pac top saya tuh wangin ma nga konauk. Nga konauk mukul sefanna inmasrlon tausin su nga ku in lulalfongi, ac tia siefanna mutan nga ku in lulalfongi.
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
29 Pa inge ma nga lotela: God El orekutla suwohs ac pwaye, ac kut sifacna oru kut in arulana fohsak.
Look, this only have I found, that God made humankind upright, but they search for many schemes.
