Ecclesiastes 7
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)Translation
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
World English Bible
1Sie elah wo el wo liki ono keng yohk molo; ac len in misa lom wo liki len in isusla lom.
1A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better 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.
2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3Asor wo liki israsr — sahp ac oru kom ngetnget in asor, tusruktu ac akyokye etauk lom uh.
3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4Mwet se su nunku ke mwe engan pacl nukewa el sie mwet lalfon. Sie mwet lalmwetmet el nunku ke misa.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5Kas in kai sin sie mwet lalmwetmet, wo liki kas in kaksak lun mwet lalfon.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6Pacl se sie mwet lalfon el israsr, oana ke kokul uh ac kisassasla in sie e. Wanginna kalmeya.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. 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.
7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8Sie ma aksafyeyukla, wo liki sie ma tufahna mutawauk. Mongfisrasr uh wo liki inse fulat.
8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Nimet sa in mulat — sie ma lalfon pa in koko sripen mulat.
9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10Nikmet siyuk, “Efu ku ma meet ah wo liki na ma pacl inge uh?” Tiana kusen siyuk lalmwetmet se.
10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11Mwet nukewa su moul enenu in lalmwetmet. Mweyen lalmwetmet uh wo oana ke sie mwet el usrui ma wo.
11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who 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.
12For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13Nunku ke ma God El orala. Sie mwet ac aksuwosyela fuka sie ma God El akkihyela?
13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
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.
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
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.
15All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16Ke ma inge nik kom arulana orek suwohs ku orek lalmwetmet — mwe mea kom in sifacna unikomi?
16Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17Tusruktu nik kom arulana eiskomyang in oru ma koluk ku oru ma lalfon — efu ku kom in misa meet liki pacl fal lom?
17Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18Karinginkomyang liki ouiya inge kewa. Kom fin akfulatye God, kom ac nuna sun wo ouiya.
18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19Lalmwetmet uh ac akwoye sie mwet yohk liki na ma mwet kol singoul ku in oru nu ke sie siti.
19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20Wangin sie mwet fin faclu oru ma suwohs pacl nukewa ac tiana orala sie tafongla.
20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21Nik kom lohang nu ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh fahk uh — sahp kom ac lohngak ke mwet kulansap lom el kaskas akkolukye kom,
21Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22ac kom sifacna etu lah kom fahk kas in akkolukye mwet pacl puspis.
22for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23Nga orekmakin lalmwetmet luk in srike ma inge nukewa. Nga wotela na ku sik ngan lalmwetmet, tusruktu loesla likiyu.
23All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24Sie mwet ac konauk fuka lah mea kalmen moul uh? Arulana loalla nu sesr ac upala kut in kalem kac.
24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can 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.
25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
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.
26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared 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.
27“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
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.
28which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29Pa inge ma nga lotela: God El orekutla suwohs ac pwaye, ac kut sifacna oru kut in arulana fohsak.
29Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
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