Ecclesiastes 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
1Sie elah wo el wo liki ono keng yohk molo; ac len in misa lom wo liki len in isusla lom.
2It 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.
2Wo 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.
3Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
3Asor wo liki israsr — sahp ac oru kom ngetnget in asor, tusruktu ac akyokye etauk lom uh.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
4Mwet se su nunku ke mwe engan pacl nukewa el sie mwet lalfon. Sie mwet lalmwetmet el nunku ke misa.
5It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
5Kas in kai sin sie mwet lalmwetmet, wo liki kas in kaksak lun mwet lalfon.
6For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
6Pacl se sie mwet lalfon el israsr, oana ke kokul uh ac kisassasla in sie e. Wanginna kalmeya.
7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
7Sie mwet lalmwetmet fin kutasrik nu sin sie pac mwet, el orekma oana mwet lalfon. Kom fin eis molin eyeinse, kom sifacna akkolukyekomla.
8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
8Sie ma aksafyeyukla, wo liki sie ma tufahna mutawauk. Mongfisrasr uh wo liki inse fulat.
9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
9Nimet sa in mulat — sie ma lalfon pa in koko sripen mulat.
10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
10Nikmet siyuk, “Efu ku ma meet ah wo liki na ma pacl inge uh?” Tiana kusen siyuk lalmwetmet se.
11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
11Mwet nukewa su moul enenu in lalmwetmet. Mweyen lalmwetmet uh wo oana ke sie mwet el usrui ma wo.
12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
12Lalmwetmet ac fah asot nu sum inse misla oana mani uh. Lalmwetmet uh karingin moul lom, na pa inge ma wo ke etauk uh.
13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
13Nunku ke ma God El orala. Sie mwet ac aksuwosyela fuka sie ma God El akkihyela?
14In 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.
14Ke 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.
15In 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.
15Nga 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.
16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
16Ke ma inge nik kom arulana orek suwohs ku orek lalmwetmet — mwe mea kom in sifacna unikomi?
17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
17Tusruktu nik kom arulana eiskomyang in oru ma koluk ku oru ma lalfon — efu ku kom in misa meet liki pacl fal lom?
18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
18Karinginkomyang liki ouiya inge kewa. Kom fin akfulatye God, kom ac nuna sun wo ouiya.
19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
19Lalmwetmet uh ac akwoye sie mwet yohk liki na ma mwet kol singoul ku in oru nu ke sie siti.
20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
20Wangin sie mwet fin faclu oru ma suwohs pacl nukewa ac tiana orala sie tafongla.
21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
21Nik kom lohang nu ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh fahk uh — sahp kom ac lohngak ke mwet kulansap lom el kaskas akkolukye kom,
22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
22ac kom sifacna etu lah kom fahk kas in akkolukye mwet pacl puspis.
23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
23Nga orekmakin lalmwetmet luk in srike ma inge nukewa. Nga wotela na ku sik ngan lalmwetmet, tusruktu loesla likiyu.
24What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
24Sie mwet ac konauk fuka lah mea kalmen moul uh? Arulana loalla nu sesr ac upala kut in kalem kac.
25I 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.
25Tusruktu 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.
26And 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.
26Oasr 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.
27“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
27Na Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, nga kais kutu srisrik na konauk ma inge ke nga suk top nu ke mwe siyuk luk uh.
28While 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.
28Nga 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.
29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
29Pa inge ma nga lotela: God El orekutla suwohs ac pwaye, ac kut sifacna oru kut in arulana fohsak.
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