¹For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

¹Relic chi yâl lâin quinqßue inchßôl chixtzolbal rix chixjunil li cßaßak re ru aßin. Ut quinqßue retal nak li tîqueb xchßôl ut li cuanqueb xnaßleb cuanqueb saß rukß li Dios, joß ajcuiß li cßaßru nequeßxbânu. Mâ ani naxnau ma nequeßraheß malaj ut xicß nequeßileß. Ut incßaß nequeßxnau cßaßru teßxcßul mokon.

²All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

²Chixjunileb juntakßêt teßxcßul. Juntakßêt teßxcßul li tîqueb xchßôl riqßuineb li incßaß tîqueb xchßôl. Juntakßêt teßxcßul li châbileb xnaßleb riqßuineb li incßaß useb xnaßleb. Juntakßêt teßxcßul li nequeßxbânu li us riqßuineb li nequeßxbânu mâusilal. Juntakßêt teßxcßul li nequeßxqßue lix cßatbil mayej riqßuineb li incßaß nequeßxqßue lix cßatbil mayej. Juntakßêt teßxcßul li mâcßaßeb xmâc riqßuineb li cuanqueb xmâc. Juntakßêt teßxcßul li nequeßyechißin cßaßak re ru riqßuin juramento riqßuineb li incßaß nequeßxbânu li juramento.

³This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

³Li cßaßru incßaß us ninqßue retal, aßan nak juntakßêt nequeßxcßul chixjunileb li cuanqueb saß ruchichßochß. Junes mâusilal ut tôntil naßleb nequeßxcßoxla xbânunquil joß najtil nequeßcuan saß ruchichßochß. Ut chirix aßan nequeßcam.

⁴For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

⁴Li ani toj yoßyo cuan cßaßru naroybeni. Abanan li camenak chic mâcßaß cßaßru naroybeni. Jun li tzßiß yoßyo nacßanjelac, abanan li cakcoj camenak chic, aßan mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Naraj naxye nak kßaxal us chokß re li yoßyo chiru li ac camenak chic.

⁵For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

⁵Li toj yoßyôqueb nequeßxnau nak teßcâmk. Ut eb li ac camenakeb chic mâcßaß nequeßxnau, chi moco cuan ta cßaßru teßroybeni. Ut mâ ani chic tâjulticânk reheb.

⁶Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

⁶Li ac camenakeb chic incßaß chic nequeßrahoc, chi moco xicß chic nequeßiloc ut incßaß chic nequeßcakalin, chi moco teßoquênk chic riqßuin li cßaßru na-uxman saß ruchichßochß.

⁷Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

⁷Joßcan nak anakcuan chatcuaßak chi sa saß âchßôl ut chacuucßak li vino riqßuin sahil chßôlej xban nak li Dios mâcßaß naxye riqßuin li cßaßru nacabânu.

⁸Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

⁸Tâqßue saki akß châbil châcuix ut tâqßue rajlal li sununquil ban saß âjolom.

⁹Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

⁹Chanumsi lâ yußam chi sa saß âchßôl riqßuin li ixk li nacara. Chanumsihak chi us lâ yußam li mâcßaß na-oc cuiß li quiqßueheß âcue saß ruchichßochß, xban nak caßaj cuiß aßan li naru tâbânu re xyalbal xsahil lâ cßanjel.

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

¹⁰Chixjunil li naru tâbânu saß ruchichßochß, chabânuhak, aß yal joß qßuial tâcuy xbânunquil. Nak tatcâmk, mâcßaß chic târûk tâbânu. Nak ac cuânkat chic saß li jul, incßaß chic tatcßanjelak. Mâcßaßak chic âcßaßux ut mâcßaßak chic ânaßleb.

¹¹I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

¹¹Cuan jun chic xinqßue retal saß ruchichßochß nak mâcuaßeb li kßaxal sêbeb li nequeßêchanin re li mâtan saß li âlinac, chi moco eb li cauheb rib li nequeßnumta saß li plêt. Ut eb li cuanqueb xnaßleb incßaß nequeßxtau xtzacaêmkeb yal xban nak cuanqueb xnaßleb. Ut eb li sêbeb xchßôl incßaß nequeßbiomoß yal xban nak sêbeb xchßôl. Ut eb li tzolbileb moco rajlal ta nequeßcßuleß saß usilal. Chixjunil aßin moco nequeßxnau ta jokße teßxcßul li chßaßajquilal.

¹²For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

¹²Li cuînk incßaß naxnau jokße tixcßul junak chßaßajquilal. Chanchaneb li car li nequeßchapeß riqßuin yoy. Ut chanchaneb li xul li nequeßchapeß riqßuin raßal. Joßcan ajcuiß nequeßxcßul li cuînk. Eb aßan nequeßxcßul li chßaßajquilal chi mâcßaßeb saß xchßôl nak nacuulac xkßehil.

¹³This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

¹³Ut quinqßue ajcuiß retal jun li naßleb li na-uxman saß ruchichßochß, li na-oc incßaßux xban.

¹⁴There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

¹⁴Cuan jun li tenamit caßchßin. Incßaß qßuiheb li cristian cuanqueb aran. Ut nachal jun li rey kßaxal cau rib chi pletic riqßuineb. Naxsut rix li tenamit ut na-oc chi pletic.

¹⁵Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

¹⁵Ut saß li tenamit aßan, cuan jun li cuînk cuan xnaßleb usta nebaß. Li cuînk aßan xru raj xcolbal li tenamit xban nak cuan xnaßleb. Abanan mâ ani quixcßoxla nak aßan cuan xnaßleb xban nak nebaß.

¹⁶Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

¹⁶Nak ninqßue retal aßin lâin ninye nak kßaxal us nak cuânk kanaßleb chiru nak cauhak kib. Abanan eb aßan queßxtzßektâna lix naßleb li cuînk aßan yal xban nak nebaß ut incßaß queßrabi li cßaßru quixye.

¹⁷The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

¹⁷Kßaxal us rabinquil lix yâlal li naxye li cuan xnaßleb, usta timil naxye, chiru rabinquil li cßaßru naxye li nacßamoc be saß xyânkeb li mâcßaßeb xnaßleb usta tixjap re chixyebal.Kßaxal us nak cuânk kanaßleb chiru nak cuânk kacßanjelebâl re pletic. Li ani incßaß us xnaßleb naxpoß ru li us.

¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

¹⁸Kßaxal us nak cuânk kanaßleb chiru nak cuânk kacßanjelebâl re pletic. Li ani incßaß us xnaßleb naxpoß ru li us.