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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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1Then I returned and considered all the ⚓oppression that is done under the sun:
And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.
2⚓Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.
3⚓Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
The Vanity of Selfish Toil
4Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
5⚓The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
6⚓Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:
8There is one alone, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his ⚓eye satisfied with riches.
But⚓he never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of ⚓good?”
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.
The Value of a Friend
9Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.
10For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
For he has no one to help him up.
11Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm;
But how can one be warm alone?
12Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Popularity Passes Away
13Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
14For he comes out of prison to be king,
Although he was born poor in his kingdom.
15I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
16There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.