Ecclesiastes 2
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)Translation
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Nga sulela ngan suk mwe akpwaryeyu tuh ngan ku in etu kalmen engan. Tusruktu nga konauk lah ma se inge wangin pac sripa.
1I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.
2Nga konauk lah israsr uh ma lusrongten, ac mwe akpwar uh wangin pac sripa.
2Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
3Ke nga suk in akyokye lalmwetmet luk, nga sulela in akpwarye ikok ke wain, ngan sifacna pulakin lah mea lalfon. Nga tuh nunku mu ouiya se inge pa wo mwet uh in oru ke moul fototo lalos fin faclu.
3I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
4Orekma na yohk nga orala tari. Nga musaela lohm puspis nu sik, ac yukwiya ima in grape sunuk.
4I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
5Nga yukwiya ima mwe intoe, oayapa ima in sak nukewa ma ku in mongo fahko kac.
5I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
6Nga pukanak lulu in kof in akoyohuye ima uh.
6And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
7Nga moli mwet kohs puspis, mukul ac mutan, ac tulik natulos ma isusla inkul sik uh ma pac luk. Pisen cow ac sheep nutik pus liki kutena mwet saya su muta Jerusalem oemeet me.
7I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:
8Tokosra lun mutunfacl nga leumi uh elos use silver ac gold ac ma saok puspis nu in nien fil ma saok luk. Mukul ac mutan elos on in akpwaryeyu, ac oasr mutan kulansap puspis kiuk fal nu ke lungse luk.
8I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:
9Pwaye, nga fulat ac pwengpeng liki kutena mwet su muta Jerusalem emeet me, ac lalmwetmet luk kolyu pacl nukewa.
9And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.
10Kutena ma su nga lungse, nga eis. Nga tia sifacna ikolyuwi nu ke kutena mwe pwar. Nga konkin ke ma nukewa nga orala, ac insewowo luk kac uh pa molo nu sik.
10And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.
11Na nga nunku ke ma nukewa nga orala, ac ke lupan kemkatu luk in orala, ac nga akilen lah wanginna sripa — ma nukewa ma lusrongten, oana ukweyen eng uh.
11And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.
12Pwayeiya uh, sie tokosra el ac oru na ma tokosra meet lukel ah oru. Ouinge nga mutawauk nunku lah mea kalmac tuh sie mwet in lalmwetmet, ku in sununta, ku in lalfon.
12I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)
13Na inge nga etu lah, “Lalmwetmet wo liki na lalfon, oana ke kalem uh wo liki lohsr.
13And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.
14Mwet lalmwetmet elos ku in liye acn elos fahsr nu we, a mwet lalfon uh tia ku.” Tusruktu nga etu pac lah ouiya sefanna pa soanekut kewa.
14The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.
15Nga sifacna nunku, “Ma ac sikyak nu sin mwet lalfon uh ac sikyak pacna nu sik. Ouinge mwe mea ngan lalmwetmet?” Na nga sifacna topuk, “Wangi — nwanginna pwaye sripa.”
15And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.
16Wangin mwet esam mwet lalmwetmet uh, ac wangin mwet esam mwet lalfon. In len fahsru uh, kut nukewa ac fah mulkinyukla. Kut nukewa ac fah misa, mwet lalmwetmet ac mwet lalfon oana sie.
16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
17Ke ma inge wanginna kalmen moul nu sik, mweyen wanginna ma nga eis kac sayen mwe lokoalok mukena. Ma nukewa ma lusrongten. Oana ngan ukwe na eng uh.
17And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Orekma nukewa ma nga orala wanginna kalmeya nu sik, mweyen nga etu lah ac ma na lun mwet se ma aolyula,
18Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,
19na el ac ku in lalmwetmet, ku el ac ku in lalfon, su etu? Tusruktu el pa ac la ma nukewa ma nga kemkatu kac — ma nukewa ma lalmwetmet luk uh ase nu sik fin faclu. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten.
19Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
20Ouinge nga auli lah nga arulana kemkatu kac.
20Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.
21Kom orekmakin lalmwetmet, etauk, ac pisrla lom nufon in orala sie ma, na kom ac filiya nu sin sie su tia wi orekma kac. Wanginna sripa, ac tia pac suwohs!
21For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.
22Kom orekma ac fosrnga ke lusen moul lom nufon, ac mea nu sum kac?
22For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun?
23Ke lusen na moul lom, ma nukewa kom oru use na inse fosrnga ac inse toasr. Finne ke fong, nunak lom koflana mongla ke nunkeya. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten.
23All his days axe full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
24Ma se wo emeet mwet se in oru pa elan mongo ac nim ac insewowokin ma el kosrani. Ac nga akilen lah finne ma inge, ma tuku sin God me.
24Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
25Su ku in mongo ku insewowokin moul lal God El fin tia sang nu sel?
25Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?
26God El sang lalmwetmet, etauk, ac insewowo nu selos su oru lungse lal, a El oru tuh mwet koluk uh in orekma, kosrani, ac karinganang, tuh ma elos eis in ku in itukyang nu selos su oru ma lungse lal. Ma inge nukewa ma lusrongten. Oana ukweyen eng uh.
26God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
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