1 PLS Vwi romon vae gevam getar kahane ni vae, tamai gwasir vae der manae homon vae yah. BSB BSB: A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
2 PLS Homon torhav didaimake av ke han vae der manae pesta mama utuv kohan vae yah. Ovae manusia badan av. Oni sin vae go sigi go duvraw ke varud. BSB BSB: It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
3 PLS Husar vae yah isar vae der. Isar vae torkon ah nenae. BSB BSB: Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
4 PLS Vinan gabae rigav vae rwaedon grae van. Manae vinan amdiav rigav vae hanhadoho arken. BSB BSB: The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
5 PLS Rigav ni gaken aeagadon dren vae der manae vinan amdiav ni roh varan ni make riganke. BSB BSB: It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
6 PLS Arug ke yod ani babkanema kahane ni kuali vohav nake mama. Oni kahane vinan amdiav rigav harhadon vae. BSB BSB: For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
7 PLS Vinan amdiav hovhan ni vinan gagae ke roh ani uke manae, wan-wan ni naha duvraw ke sarmer keken. BSB BSB: Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 PLS Wan-wan esevah ke kamdaman. Oke modon vae der haudon vae der. Anev mae arkon vae yah. BSB BSB: The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
9 PLS Husar ke arkon man, husar vae vinan amdiav rigav wan. BSB BSB: Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
10 PLS Eni atav vae der omkon badahiri atav vae der don nom. Oni agangke sin vae vinan amdiap kahane ni agangken. BSB BSB: Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
11 PLS Vinan deder vae esigi van sua agankeden ovae nagav vat kendev av. BSB BSB: Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
12 PLS Vinan gagae vae mutub raumhadep wan hap ke raumhadep manae vinan gaitar vae e sigi e araruv av. BSB BSB: For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
13 PLS Naha dimdian MYAU KODON ke?Nohae ni yahos amdiav magidiaman der vae. Yahos kokotae? BSB BSB: Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
14 PLS Ata ayao baingke utuv vae onahakendien manae atav yahayap vae MYAO KODON ke naha dimdien oni atav vae bae atav vae grae kahane. Wan-wan yais eni varan BSB BSB: In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
15 PLS Badan vae der bohos haser nohov ni nahandep vae der bohos rigav tae oni badan romon grae ganhaken. Manae hayam rigav tae naha husar es tavda haser. BSB BSB: In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
16 PLS Der bohos ni badan nom go vae hava manae gi mutub ke aevevake. BSB BSB: Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 PLS Go vae husar bohos tae nom vinan amdiav vinan tae nom. Hava one nekedev vae, goni vatar ani homon nom nenae aganken. BSB BSB: Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
18 PLS Eni sin ke vasi vovadimdien oni sin vae maidav hovhan mos nom manae MYAO KODON tadan make rigav maidav enake mota haser. BSB BSB: It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
19 PLS Sin viintae gagae rigav vae sin deder rimi sangke vae mandev rigav ke gavus vaimaken oni utuv kota rigav ke gavus vaimaken. BSB BSB: Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
20 PLS Uruv ayao rigav ni maidav der badahaser hayam amdiap ni badan hovhan av. BSB BSB: Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 PLS Rigav etoh ani agadimake sin esevah vinan badan nom. One mamaked Vae kutuk sin go ke sarimake gani. BSB BSB: Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
22 PLS Manae gi duvrao vohav ke vasi badan nom rigav etoh ke kutuk sin agadonom tae. BSB BSB: For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
23 PLS Oni sin saisi no gaitar kisirin no vinan ani manae oni man dadan sin nohop nake argir ke rin yakasir. BSB BSB: All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
24 PLS Vae tae oni man dadan no nake argir bohos keken nenae ke nohai ni nahane vaimaken. BSB BSB: What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
25 PLS Nohov ni oni man dadan saisi ke nahanenae haima yakakeden vinan deder ke ravgakeden. Vinan amdiav sin grae der madon grae BSB BSB: I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
26 PLS Nigiv ni amdugav ke nahanenae masohomae ni arkevem. Nahav vae homon tae vae sisip kahane vae tae, maisar avvae tae rantae manae hayam rigav vae wari maken maisar ke. BSB BSB: And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
27 PLS Masohomae ni nahadimdien "nohov vae Pengkhotbah, "maidav-maidav ni mahomae hait kaudmai maken. BSB BSB: “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
28 PLS No myao vae mae rabgakeden, mae nahanae va haser. Manae nahane vadev vae ivar vae nahanae va haser. BSB BSB: While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
29 PLS Nagav es eni varan vinan gaivavem. MYAU KODON nagav ke magimasir vae es der bohos magimasir, nagav ni duv yah hanom nenae. BSB BSB: Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.