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Nau Lĭn Lơ Tâm Nau Rêh

¹Aơ jêng du nau kan êng âp hŏ mĭn rvê jêh ri prăp tâm uih n'hâm rah vah jêh: gâp saơ bunuyh ŏng jêh ri bunuyh blau mĭn, nau kan khân păng ư gŭ tâm ti Brah Ndu; unuyh mâu lah nau rŏng gĭt lah nau tâm rmot, unuyh mâu gĭt rah vah ôh: lĕ nau nây răp ma ôklah. ²Lĕ rngôch au ta năp khân păng jêng dơm dam, yorlah eh du nau nglĕ dŭt tât ma lĕ rngôch unuyh, tâm ban da dê: ma phung bunuyh sŏng jêh i ma phung djơh, ma phung ueh jêh ri ma phung mhĭk, a phung koh ueh jêh ri ma phung ƀơ̆, ma nơm hhơr ndơ ƀư brah jêh ri ma nơm mâu hhơr ôh.
Nâm bu bunuyh ueh jêng, tâm ban nây lĕ unuyh mhĭk jêng.
Jêh ri mbu nơm sân săk jêng nâm u nơm klach nau sân săk.
³Aơ êng du nau mhĭk lơn tâm lĕ rngôch au bu ƀư tâm dâng măt nar: du nau lôch ŭt tât ma lĕ rngôch; tâm ban lĕ uih n'hâm phung bunuyh beng ma nau mhĭk, jêh i nau rluk gŭ rêh, jêh nau nây khân ăng hăn rlet ntŭk phung khĭt.
⁴Du uê tâm mpôl phung rêh, hôm e geh nau âp-gân; yorlah du mlâm so rêh jêng eh lơn ma du mlâm yau mŭr lĕ khĭt.
⁵Yorlah hung rêh gĭt ma khân păng mra khĭt, ƀiălah phung lĕ khĭt mâu gĭt rbăng u ntil nau ôh. Jêh ri khân păng mâu hôm geh nau nkhôm h, ƀiălah bu mâu hôm kah gĭt ôh a khân păng.
⁶Khân ăng rŏng nau khân păng tâm rmot, nau hek biănh, jêh ri nau khân păng kơnh hŏ roh jêh ĕ rngôch; khân păng mâu hôm geh du kô̆ ôh âm lĕ nau bu ƀư tâm dâng măt ar.
⁷Hăn ông sa hom ma nau maak, jêh ri nhêt dak play kriăk ƀâu may ma uih n'hâm rhơn, yorlah Brah Ndu dơn jêh au may ƀư.
⁸Ăn ho ao may jêng nglang ƀa ƀơ, lơi tăch yơt ôh dak kôlônh kalơ ôk may.
⁹Gŭ êh hâk răm hom, ndrel ur may rŏng jêh, ĕ rngôch nar may gŭ rêh dơm dam Brah du ăn jêh ma may, tâm dâng ăt nar; yorlah nây jêng kô̆ bu pă ma ay tâm nau rêh, jêh ri tâm nau kan may ƀư ŏt raah tâm dâng măt nar. ¹⁰Moh au ti may ƀư, ƀư hom nau nây ma lĕ 'hâm suan may; yorlah tâm Ƀon Phung Khĭt, êng ntŭk ma may mra hăn tât, mâu geh ă kan, mâu geh nau mĭn mâu lah nau blau mĭn h.

Nau Blau Mĭn Mau Geh Nau Ueh Ƀa-Ƀơ Ôh

¹¹Gâp rle n'gĭl ay saơ tâm dâng măt nar:
Geh nuyh prăl mâu dơi ôh đah nau tâm long nchuăt, mâu geh lĕ nau ktang dơi đah nau tâm lơh, mâu geh lĕ ndơ sông sa prăp kanŏng a phung blau mĭn mâu geh lĕ nau ndrŏng prăp a nơm gĭt rbăng mâu geh lĕ dơi prăp a nơm njêh; ƀiălah nar găl jêh ri nau ƀun lap tât a lĕ rngôch khân păng.
¹²Yorlah bunuyh mâu ĭt ôh nar păng khĭt.
Nâm bu ka geh yŭ jêh ri sĭm geh mong (nhuăl), nâm bu nây lĕ phung kon bunuyh geh dăk tâm ar mhĭk, tơlah nau nây tât ƀât lât dơm, a khân păng.

Nau Blau Mĭn Jêng Ueh Lơn Mơ Nau Katang

¹³Tâm ban lĕ âp saơ jêng nau ntĭt aơ ma nau blau mĭn âm dâng măt nar, jêh ri nau nây gâp ĭn jêng toyh. ¹⁴Geh u rplay ƀon jê̆ geh bunuyh ƀhôi lĕ gŭ anây; jêh ri du huê hađăch toyh văch ơh ma ƀon nây jêh ri nchueng jŭm ŭch ŏk ƀon nây lĕ du huê bunuyh o-ach blau ĭn, jêh ri ma nau blau mĭn păng, păng âm rklaih ƀon nây. ¹⁵Ƀiălah âu geh nnuyh kah gĭt ôh ma ôbăl jêng-ach nây. ¹⁶Pôri âp lah, nau blau mĭn jêng ueh lơn ma nau katang, đâp tơlah bu mâu chrê ôh ma nau lau mĭn ngơi bu gŭ iăt săk răk lăkjêng ueh lơn ma du huê hađăch nter ta klang phung rluk,
¹⁷Nau phung blau mĩn ngơi bu gũ iăt săk răk blăk ( gũ klăk klêm). ¹⁸Nau blau mĭn êng ueh lơn ma âk ndô ndơ tâm lơh, ƀiălah du huê bunuyh tih ƀư rai lơi k kan ueh.

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A Common Destiny for All

¹So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them. ²All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,⚓ the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.
³This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead. ⁴Anyone who is among the living has hope⚓ —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
⁵For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even their name is forgotten.
⁶Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.
⁷Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. ⁸Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. ⁹Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. ¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
¹¹I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
¹²Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.

Wisdom Better Than Folly

¹³I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: ¹⁴There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. ¹⁵Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. ¹⁶So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
¹⁷The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one sinner destroys much good.