¹There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

¹Ut cuan cuißchic jun li chßaßajquilal ninqßue retal nacßulman rajlal saß ruchichßochß.

²A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

²Cuanqueb li nequeßqßueheß xbiomal ut xlokßal xban li Dios. Chixjunil cuan reheb. Mâcßaß napaltoß chiruheb. Abanan li Dios incßaß naxqßueheb chixyalbal xsahil lix biomaleb. Jalan ban chic aj e nacana cuiß. Aßin mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Aßan jun raylal ut chßaßajquilal chokß reheb li cristian.

³If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

³Junak cuînk naru nacuan jun cientak li ralal xcßajol. Ut naru ajcuiß nacuan nabalak chihab saß ruchichßochß. Usta kßaxal najt rok lix yußam saß ruchichßochß, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß cui incßaß naxyal xsahil li cßaßru cuan re chi moco namukeß saß xyâlal. Lâin nincßoxla nak kßaxal us junak li cßulaßal yal nanumeß chiru li cuînk aßan.

⁴For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

⁴Usta li cßulaßal aßin li yal quinumeß incßaß quiyoßla saß xyâlal, quicana yal chi joßcan. Chanchan quicana saß kßojyîn chi mâcßaß xcßabaß.

⁵Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

⁵Li cßulaßal aßan incßaß qui-iloc cutan chi moco quixnau ru li cuânc saß ruchichßochß. Abanan kßaxal us quixcßul li cßulaßal aßan chiru li quixcßul li cuînk xban nak cô chi hilânc.

⁶Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

⁶Li cuînk aßin xru raj xcuan cuibak mil chihab saß ruchichßochß. Abanan cui incßaß xyal xsahil li cßaßru cuan re, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. ¿Ma incßaß ta biß tâcâmk li cuînk joß nak quicam li cßulaßal?

⁷All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

⁷Li cuînk naxcamsi rib chi cßanjelac yal re tixtzaca. Abanan incßaß nacßojla xchßôl riqßuin chixjunil li naxsicß.

⁸For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

⁸¿Ma kßaxal us ta biß cuanqueb li cristian li cuanqueb xnaßleb chiruheb li mâcßaßeb xnaßleb? Ut, ¿ma kßaxal us ta biß cuanqueb li nebaß xban nak xeßxnau cuânc saß xyânkeb li cuanqueb saß ruchichßochß?

⁹Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁹Kßaxal us nak tixcßojob xchßôl riqßuin li joß qßuial cuan re chiru nak yôk chi cßoxlac chirix nabal xtzßakob li cßaßru re xban nak aßan mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Junes raylal naxqßue.

¹⁰That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

¹⁰Li cßaßru nacßulman anakcuan ac chßolchßo nak joßcan tâcßulmânk. Joßcan nak incßaß naru xcuechßinquil rix li cßaßru naxbânu li Dios.

¹¹Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

¹¹Li ani nacuulac chiru cuechßînc, mâcßaß na-oc cuiß li naxbânu. Usta nabal li âtin naxye, mâcßaß naxra nak naâtinac nabal.¿Ma cuan ta biß junak nanaßoc re cßaßru li us chokß re li cuînk nak cuan arin saß ruchichßochß? Lix yußam nanumeß saß junpât chi mâcßaß rajbal. Ut, ¿ma cuan ta biß junak tâyehok re cßaßru tâcßulmânk nak acak xcam?

¹²For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

¹²¿Ma cuan ta biß junak nanaßoc re cßaßru li us chokß re li cuînk nak cuan arin saß ruchichßochß? Lix yußam nanumeß saß junpât chi mâcßaß rajbal. Ut, ¿ma cuan ta biß junak tâyehok re cßaßru tâcßulmânk nak acak xcam?