Ecclesiastes 7
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
1What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
1Sie elah wo el wo liki ono keng yohk molo; ac len in misa lom wo liki len in isusla lom.
2A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
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.
3It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
3Asor wo liki israsr — sahp ac oru kom ngetnget in asor, tusruktu ac akyokye etauk lom uh.
4Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
4Mwet se su nunku ke mwe engan pacl nukewa el sie mwet lalfon. Sie mwet lalmwetmet el nunku ke misa.
5The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
5Kas in kai sin sie mwet lalmwetmet, wo liki kas in kaksak lun mwet lalfon.
6It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
6Pacl se sie mwet lalfon el israsr, oana ke kokul uh ac kisassasla in sie e. Wanginna kalmeya.
7For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
7Sie mwet lalmwetmet fin kutasrik nu sin sie pac mwet, el orekma oana mwet lalfon. Kom fin eis molin eyeinse, kom sifacna akkolukyekomla.
8Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
8Sie ma aksafyeyukla, wo liki sie ma tufahna mutawauk. Mongfisrasr uh wo liki inse fulat.
9Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
9Nimet sa in mulat — sie ma lalfon pa in koko sripen mulat.
10Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
10Nikmet siyuk, “Efu ku ma meet ah wo liki na ma pacl inge uh?” Tiana kusen siyuk lalmwetmet se.
11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
11Mwet nukewa su moul enenu in lalmwetmet. Mweyen lalmwetmet uh wo oana ke sie mwet el usrui ma wo.
12Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
12Lalmwetmet ac fah asot nu sum inse misla oana mani uh. Lalmwetmet uh karingin moul lom, na pa inge ma wo ke etauk uh.
13For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
13Nunku ke ma God El orala. Sie mwet ac aksuwosyela fuka sie ma God El akkihyela?
14Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
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 the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
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.
16These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
16Ke ma inge nik kom arulana orek suwohs ku orek lalmwetmet — mwe mea kom in sifacna unikomi?
17Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
17Tusruktu nik kom arulana eiskomyang in oru ma koluk ku oru ma lalfon — efu ku kom in misa meet liki pacl fal lom?
18Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
18Karinginkomyang liki ouiya inge kewa. Kom fin akfulatye God, kom ac nuna sun wo ouiya.
19It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
19Lalmwetmet uh ac akwoye sie mwet yohk liki na ma mwet kol singoul ku in oru nu ke sie siti.
20Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
20Wangin sie mwet fin faclu oru ma suwohs pacl nukewa ac tiana orala sie tafongla.
21For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
21Nik kom lohang nu ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh fahk uh — sahp kom ac lohngak ke mwet kulansap lom el kaskas akkolukye kom,
22But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
22ac kom sifacna etu lah kom fahk kas in akkolukye mwet pacl puspis.
23For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
23Nga orekmakin lalmwetmet luk in srike ma inge nukewa. Nga wotela na ku sik ngan lalmwetmet, tusruktu loesla likiyu.
24I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
24Sie mwet ac konauk fuka lah mea kalmen moul uh? Arulana loalla nu sesr ac upala kut in kalem kac.
25Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
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.
26I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
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.
27And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter’s snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.
27Na Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, nga kais kutu srisrik na konauk ma inge ke nga suk top nu ke mwe siyuk luk uh.
28Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
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.
29Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
29Pa inge ma nga lotela: God El orekutla suwohs ac pwaye, ac kut sifacna oru kut in arulana fohsak.
30Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
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