1 PLS Uruv aiyao mansaisi auwat uruv atav hait marav rigav ni maken. BSB BSB: There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
2 PLS Myao Kodon ke uru aiyao rigav ke ni fasi ba araruv hait ke. Eke e sin ke der nedev yah eke kanenae banama rigav ke eni mafaran haisi man saisi. BSB BSB: God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
3 PLS Hovhan maidav ni hargyav seratus ke make, manae e badan tae yagud kamon ke make vae der e. Manae nohov ni finan gaifa kedev vae nae gam nake homon vae der haiyam tadan ni. BSB BSB: A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
4 PLS Manae eni uru aiyao ke fanae gwaneman vae haisi ev ke fanae gwasir tae dawarkon ni e fwi tae dawarkon ni argemasiren. BSB BSB: For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
5 PLS Fae tae ev ni atav hait nyam anid manae ev ni e savham fidon utuv nyam. BSB BSB: The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
6 PLS Manae ev ani banadev nauri manae eni kauduma haser duv yamos-yamos davan BSB BSB: even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
7 PLS Rigav auwat kamon ni naha hadahad ni fadon maidav ke maken. Manae naha ni maimake wan-wan fadev yah. BSB BSB: All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
8 PLS Manae finan gagae rigav grae finan amjav rigav grae hane dava?Manae wan amjav rigav vae nahav finan gagae badaimaken. BSB BSB: What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
9 PLS Kod ani nahanae hauwah gaudon vae der myao ni ganggomanae arkon vae yah. BSB BSB: Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
10 PLS Wan-wan fwi yafasir gu dava, riga bohos dava nyam rigav etoh ke kamda-kamda mamahud. BSB BSB: Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
11 PLS Sin auwat agadon vae haisi one manae riga bohos vae havan madev. BSB BSB: For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
12 PLS Nohae ni der badan ke ravgaked vae ovae badan kamon ke ravgaked av:Nahav ni magin ked, vae Myao Kodon kahane?Nohae ni rigav-rigav ke nahan keuruv atav hait marav vae. BSB BSB: For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
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