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Tơlơi Kơtư̆ Juă, Bruă Mơnuă Gleh, Tơlơi Ƀu Pơjing Gơyut

¹Kâo kơsem lăng dơ̆ng amăng tơlơi hơdip laih anŭn ƀuh abih bang tơlơi kơtư̆ juă hơmâo truh laih gah yŭ yang hrơi tui anai:
Kâo ƀuh ia mơta ƀing mơnuih arăng kơtư̆ juă,
laih anŭn ƀing gơñu ƀu hơmâo pô pơjuh alum ôh;
tơlơi dưi kơtang dŏ gah ƀing kơtư̆ juă gơñu,
tui anŭn ƀing gơñu ƀu hơmâo pô djru ôh.
²Laih anŭn kâo pơhaih tui anai: Mơnuih hơmâo djai hăng đuaĭ hĭ thĕng laih,
jing pô hơ̆k mơak hloh kơ pô dŏ hơdip yơh.
³Samơ̆ hơmâo mơnuih jing hiam hloh kơ abih dua gơñu anŭn,
anŭn jing pô aka ƀu hơmâo rai ôh,
jing pô aka ƀu ƀuh djơ̆ tơlơi sat ƀai ôh,
jing tơlơi arăng ngă laih gah yŭ yang hrơi.
⁴Laih anŭn kâo ƀuh abih bang bruă mơnuă, abih bang tơlơi thâo amăng bruă le̱ng kơ tơbiă rai mơ̆ng pran jua mơnuih pơiăng⚓ hăng pô re̱ng gah ñu. Ăt tơlơi anŭn mơ̆n jing hĭ đôč đač, jing kar hăng tơlơi đuaĭ tui glung angĭn thut đôč yơh.⚓
⁵Mơnuih mlŭk kuar tơngan ñu yuakơ alah
laih anŭn pơrai hĭ ñu pô yơh.
⁶Hơmâo bă sa kơpŏt tơngan samơ̆ hơmâo jua pơmĭn rơnŭk hơđơ̆ng
jing hiam hloh kơ bă dua kơpŏt tơngan hăng bruă mơnuă gleh glan
jing kar hăng đuaĭ tui glung angĭn thut đôč.⚓
⁷Laih anŭn kâo ăt ƀuh khul tơlơi jing đôč đač pơkŏn dơ̆ng mơ̆n gah yŭ kơ yang hrơi tui anai:
⁸Hơmâo sa čô kơnơ̆ng dŏ hơjăn păn;
ñu ƀu hơmâo ană đah rơkơi kŏn hơmâo ƀing ayŏng adơi lơi.
Bruă mơnuă gleh ñu mă ƀu pơdơi ôh,
samơ̆ jua pơmĭn ñu ƀu hrăp mơak ôh kơ tơlơi pơdrŏng ñu.
Ñu tơña tui anai, “Kâo hlak mă bruă anai kơ hlơi lĕ?
Yua hơget kâo pô hlak pơpĕ đuaĭ hĭ mơ̆ng tơlơi mơak mơai lĕ?”
Tơlơi anŭn ăt jing hĭ đôč đač mơ̆n,
jing bruă mơnuă ƀu mơak mơai ôh!
⁹Dua čô jing hiam hloh kơ sa čô,
yuakơ ƀing gơñu či hơmâo nua yom kơ bruă gơñu mă tui anai:
¹⁰Tơdah sa čô lê̆ rơbuh hĭ,
pô gơyut ñu yơh dưi djru rŭ̱ pơdơ̆ng đĭ ñu.
Samơ̆ pap mơñai yơh kơ hlơi pô lê̆ rơbuh
laih anŭn ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô ôh kiăng djru rŭ̱ pơdơ̆ng đĭ ñu!
¹¹Kar hăng tơlơi anai mơ̆n, tơdah dua čô đih jĕ hăng tơdruă, ƀing gơñu či pơđao yơh.
Samơ̆ hiư̆m pă sa čô či dưi pơđao lĕ?
¹²Kơnơ̆ng sa čô amuñ yơh kơ arăng dưi hĭ kơ ñu,
samơ̆ dua čô dưi pơgang gơñu pô yơh.
Sa boh hrĕ kuĭ hơmâo klâo ară mơñam hrŏm, ƀu či amuñ tơĭ hĭ ôh.

Tơlơi Tŭ Yua Jing Hĭ Đôč Đač

¹³Čơhao sa čô ƀun rin samơ̆ tơdăm rơgơi jing hiam hloh jing hĭ sa čô pơtao samơ̆ tha mlŭk, jing pô ƀu či thâo răng kŏn thâo mă tŭ tơlơi pơkơđiăng lơi. ¹⁴Pô tơdăm năng ai tơbiă rai mơ̆ng sang mơnă kiăng kơ nao jing pơtao, ƀôdah arăng hơmâo tơkeng rai ñu amăng tơlơi rin ƀun amăng lŏn čar ñu. ¹⁵Kâo ƀuh abih bang hlơi pô hơdip laih anŭn mă bruă gah yŭ yang hrơi le̱ng kơ đuaĭ tui pô tơdăm anŭn, jing pô tŏ tui jing pơtao yơh. ¹⁶Ƀu hơmâo đŭt hĭ ôh kơ abih bang mơnuih jing ƀing hơdip hlâo kơ ƀing gơñu. Samơ̆ ƀing hlơi pô rai tơdơi ƀu pơmơak kơ pô tŏ tui jing pơtao ôh. Tơlơi anŭn ăt jing hĭ đôč đač mơ̆n, jing kar hăng tơlơi đuaĭ tui glung angĭn thut đôč yơh.

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Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness

¹Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
and they have no comforter.
²And I declared that the dead,
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive.
³But better than both
is the one who has never been born,
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun.
⁴And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
⁵Fools fold their hands
and ruin themselves.
⁶Better one handful with tranquillity
than two handfuls with toil
and chasing after the wind.
⁷Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
⁸There was a man all alone;
he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
“and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
a miserable business!

⁹Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
¹⁰If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
¹¹Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
¹²Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Advancement Is Meaningless

¹³Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. ¹⁴The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. ¹⁵I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor. ¹⁶There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.