1 PLS No finan sin, enaigu nawi, noho goke marmanahadivimake de onaham grae fege badad, sin bohos rae hai simake. BSB BSB: I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
2 PLS Isar min sin, agan kede, isar min gagae rigav vae sin nyam anid onahan vae sin davane? BSB BSB: I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
3 PLS Pengkhotbah vae akomae sin kerafge haser, pengkhotbah vae finen gaitar, uru aiyao ke ba rigav vae finaan yaah grae finan dergrae farke. BSB BSB: I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
4 PLS No karya paran kekede av asmadanae anggur tini armadakede, notae no wan. BSB BSB: I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
5 PLS No tae no fander tahod tini armadake, tohod yamor yamas auwav BSB BSB: I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
6 PLS Armadakede tahod tim ke aradev gima saisiri. BSB BSB: I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
7 PLS No karya mader kangai yantomos grae urakem grae aki rafa siri, no kaugai fahaton no av nake tarmake, notae sapi kambing, domba Yerusalem ke ba rigav kahane haser sapi, kambing, domba ni auwat. BSB BSB: I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
8 PLS No tae emas grae perak grae haim nake rafasan kede no tae hisgam madev amdugav grae rigav grae ban, rigav onahadev amdugav anwat ban. BSB BSB: and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
9 PLS One manae, no tae faran kekede, ararun Yerusalem ke rafasan kede no tae finan. BSB BSB: So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
10 PLS No kod ani nahan kede wan nahanae modohaser no tae onahan grae karya hatimir makede ovaeno wan karya haisav manae fakede nobae onahan grae karya hatimir miri karya makede. nahani one faran haisi makede. one wan saisi haisi rafasan kede. BSB BSB: Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
11 PLS No it ani makede karya haisar makede uru aiyao wan haisi raka sankede. BSB BSB: Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
12 PLS One manae, noho fina fina make, sin nyam anid amon gaitar, one manae, riga bohos ani raja kikene, karya make make maidav. BSB BSB: Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
13 PLS Manae, noho ni nahan kede vae sin nyam horhan vae finan gaitar adigav gi dauvar kon grae kahane. BSB BSB: And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
14 PLS Finan gagae rigav vae asem kod dava, manae finan amjav rigav vae danwarkon ke ba, danwarkon fohav mae arke ma manae finan gagae rigav vae omhan mae arkema, manae noho nyam finan gagae grae finan amjau grae kahane. BSB BSB: The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
15 PLS Manae, nofinan no tae finan nyam amjav kahane, hava manae enaigu noho finan gaifakede? manae noho ni agan kede, e vae haisi sin. BSB BSB: So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
16 PLS Manae, finan vae naga ni nahandev yaah, nyam anijav kahane, atau vae ene nauri ganggomai make. finan gaitar hovhan tae homi make manae finan amjav hov han tae homimake. BSB BSB: For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
17 PLS Onemanae, noho badahomae haisi karya makede nemade, manae aru aiyao ke dava wan haisi wan. wan yaah. BSB BSB: So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
18 PLS Karya hatimur yaah nemade, sarimake hovhan ke monenae kaimako. BSB BSB: I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 PLS Nohae ni nyam nga bohos finan dere yaahe? manae no karya hatimir eni it kafaimake. haisi karya. BSB BSB: And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
20 PLS One manae noho haisi karya uru aiyao nake badohomae mamade. BSB BSB: So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
21 PLS Manae, karya hatimur finan grae mama rigav tae ba, manae karya gaitar hovhan ani karya manae karya nyam amjar horhen ke karya manae finama otae haisi karya. BSB BSB: When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
22 PLS Karya haisav mama vae wan favi nenae? BSB BSB: For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
23 PLS Manae, atau anwat karya, haisau, haisuv, mama, besuhwi yagud haisi finan rama. BSB BSB: Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
24 PLS Wan der dida haser, riga bohos karya manae natman ke fanae fanema, aah karya hatimur vae nemade. BSB BSB: Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
25 PLS Manae, nohai ni fane ma? BSB BSB: For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
26 PLS Myao Kodon ani finama waron ani banama rigav ke finan grae onahan grae, manae waron ni badomjav rigav vae Myao Kodon ani karya aganema gu karya manae kodon grae der banama rigav ke finama, atau haisi karya ke mama. BSB BSB: To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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