¹I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

¹Ut quinye cuißchic saß inchßôl: —Tinyal xbânunquil li cßaßak re ru re tâsahokß saß inchßôl ut tincuânk chi mâcßaß tincßoxla, chanquin. Abanan xinqßue ajcuiß retal nak aßan mâcßaß na-oc cuiß.

²I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

²Joßcan nak quinqßue retal nak li seßec, aßan yal tôntil naßleb. Ut li sahil chßôlej saß ruchichßochß mâcßaß na-oc cuiß.

³I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

³Xban nak junes xsicßbal innaßleb yôquin, quincßoxla nak tintau xsahil inchßôl riqßuin li calâc. Joßcan nak quin-oc chi ucßac re rilbal ma aßan li us tixbânu li cuînk joß najtil tâcuânk saß ruchichßochß.

⁴I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

⁴Nabal li cßanjel quinbânu. Nabaleb li cab quinyîb chokß cue. Ut quicuau ajcuiß li uvas.

⁵I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

⁵Ut quinyîb ajcuiß xnaßajeb li cuacuîmk ut quicuau nabal pây ru li cheß li naûchin. Ut quinyîb ajcuiß xnaßaj li cuutzßußuj ut quicuau li utzßußuj aran.

⁶I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

⁶Ut quinyîb ajcuiß nabal xnaßajeb li haß re xtßakresinquil li acuîmk li quicuau.

⁷I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

⁷Nabaleb inlokßbil môs joß cuînk joß ixk, ut cuanqueb ajcuiß inmôs queßyoßla saß li cuochoch. Queßcuan nabal incuacax ut nabaleb lin carner. Lâin li nabal cßaßru cue chiruheb li rey li queßcuan Jerusalén xbên cua chicuu lâin.

⁸I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

⁸Quinchßutub li plata ut li oro li queßxqßue cue li rey ut li jalan xtenamiteb. Nabaleb laj bichanel li nequeßqßuehoc xsahil inchßôl, joß cuînk joß ixk. Ut nabal pây ru li cuajb li nequeßxchßeß re xqßuebal xsahil inchßôl. Ut nabaleb ajcuiß li ixk queßcuan cuiqßuin re xqßuebal xsahil inchßôl.

⁹So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

⁹Lâin li rey li kßaxal nim incuanquil chiruheb chixjunileb li rey li queßcuan Jerusalén. Usta kßaxal nim incuanquil, abanan incßaß quintzßektâna lin naßleb.

¹⁰And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

¹⁰Chixjunil li sahil chßôlej li quicuaj, quinbânu. Mâ jun sut incßaß ta quinbânu li cßaßru quinrahi ru. Ut quisahoß saß inchßôl riqßuin lin cßanjel li quinbânu. Li sahil chßôlej quincßul, aßan rêkaj li cßanjel quinbânu.

¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹¹Nak quin-oc chi cßoxlac chirix li cßanjel li quinbânu, quinqßue retal nak mâcßaß na-oc cuiß li cßanjel li quinbânu. Caßaj cuiß raylal naxqßue. Riqßuin aßin nacßutun nak mâcßaß xinra chirix li cßanjel li xinbânu saß ruchichßochß.

¹²And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

¹²Chirix aßin quin-oc chi cßoxlac chirix li naßleb li châbil ut chirix li naßleb li incßaß us, li mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. ¿Cßaßru tixbânu li rey li tâoc nak mâ anihakin chic lâin? Mâcßaß. Tixbânu joß xinbânu lâin.

¹³Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

¹³Lâin xinqßue retal nak kßaxal us li châbil naßleb chiru li naßleb mâcßaß na-oc cuiß, joß li cutan kßaxal us chiru li kßojyîn.

¹⁴The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

¹⁴Li ani cuan xnaßleb naxnau cßaßru tâchâlk saß xbên. Ut li mâcßaß xnaßleb incßaß naxnau cßaßru tâchâlk saß xbên. Abanan juntakßêt tixcßul li cuan xnaßleb riqßuin li mâcßaß xnaßleb.

¹⁵Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

¹⁵Ut quinye saß inchßôl: —Cui lâin li cuan innaßleb tincßul joß tixcßul li mâcßaß xnaßleb, ¿cßaß ta cuiß ru aj e nak cuan innaßleb?— Joßcan nak quinye nak chixjunil li cßaßru nakabânu mâcßaß na-oc cuiß.

¹⁶For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

¹⁶Nak telajeßnumekß li cutan mâ ani chic tâcßoxlânk re li cuan xnaßleb joß ajcuiß li mâcßaß xnaßleb. Tâsachk ban saß xchßôleb chi junaj cua. Tâcâmk li cuan xnaßleb ut tâcâmk ajcuiß li mâcßaß xnaßleb.

¹⁷Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁷Joßcan nak xicß chic nacuil lin yußam arin saß ruchichßochß xban nak chixjunil li na-uxman arin saß ruchichßochß junes chßaßajquilal naxqßue saß inbên. Chixjunil li na-uxman, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Junes raylal naxqßue.

¹⁸Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

¹⁸Ut xicß ajcuiß quicuil li cßanjel li quinbânu saß ruchichßochß xban nak quinnau nak tâcanâk chokß re li tâoc chokß cuêkaj.

¹⁹And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

¹⁹Mâ ani nanaßoc re ma cuan xnaßleb malaj ut mâcßaß li tâoc chokß cuêkaj. Incßaß ninnau ma cuan xnaßleb li tâêchanînk re li cßaßru cue li xinqßue inchßôl xcßanjelanquil riqßuin lin naßleb. Joßcan nak chixjunil li cßaßru xinbânu, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß.

²⁰Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

²⁰Ra raj chic quicuecßa nak quinqßue retal nak cau quincßanjelac saß ruchichßochß chi mâcßaß rajbal.

²¹For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

²¹Joßcaßin li cßanjelac saß ruchichßochß. Li cuînk nacßanjelac chi cau ut cuan xnaßleb chixcßoxlanquil chanru tixbânu. Abanan, nak nacam naxcanab chixjunil li quixbânu chokß re jalan li moco xcßulub ta xcßulbal xban nak incßaß xcßanjela rix. Joßcan nak li cßanjel li naxbânu nacana chi mâcßaß rajbal.

²²For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

²²Riqßuin aßin nacßutun nak li cuînk mâcßaß naxra nak naxcamsi rib chi cßanjelac saß ruchichßochß.

²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

²³Nak li cuînk cuan saß ruchichßochß junes raylal naxcßul ut junes chßaßajquilal. Incßaß nahilan chiru kßojyîn xban li cßoxlac. Chixjunil aßin mâcßaß na-oc cuiß.

²⁴There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

²⁴Li cßaßru us tixbânu li cuînk, aßan cuaßac ut ucßac ut xyalbal xsahil li cßaßru tixcßanjela. Ut lâin xinqßue retal nak chixjunil li cßaßru cuan ke li Dios naqßuehoc re.

²⁵For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

²⁵¿Ani ta biß târûk tâcuaßak ut tâsahokß saß xchßôl cui ta li Dios incßaß tixqßue li cßaßru re?Li Dios naxqßue xnaßleb li ani nacuan saß tîquilal ut naxqßue xsahil xchßôl ut naxtenkßa re nak tixtau ru lix yâlal. Abanan laj mâc naxcanab chi cßanjelac chi cau re nak tixxoc nabal li cßaßru re, ut tâqßuehekß re jalan li cuan saß tîquilal chiru li Dios. Joßcan ajcuiß aßin, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Junes raylal naxqßue.

²⁶For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

²⁶Li Dios naxqßue xnaßleb li ani nacuan saß tîquilal ut naxqßue xsahil xchßôl ut naxtenkßa re nak tixtau ru lix yâlal. Abanan laj mâc naxcanab chi cßanjelac chi cau re nak tixxoc nabal li cßaßru re, ut tâqßuehekß re jalan li cuan saß tîquilal chiru li Dios. Joßcan ajcuiß aßin, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Junes raylal naxqßue.