¹Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

¹Iza no toy ny hendry? Ary iza no mahalala izay anton-javatra? Ny fahendren'ny olona mahamiramirana ny tarehiny, ary voaova ny fahadontoan'ny endriny.

²I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

²Hoy izaho: Tandremo ny didin'ny mpanjaka noho ny efa nianianana tamin'Andriamanitra.

³Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

³Aza malaky miala eo anatrehany; aza mikikitra amin'ny fanaovan-dratsy; fa na inona na inona sitrany dia azony atao avokoa;

⁴Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

⁴fa ny tenin'ny mpanjaka dia misy hery, ka iza no mahazo manao aminy hoe: Inona no ataonao?

⁵Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

⁵Izay mitandrina ny didy tsy mba mikambana amin'ny fanaovan-dratsy; ary ny fon'ny hendry dia mahalala fotoana sy fitsarana;[Heb. mahalala]

⁶Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

⁶fa samy manana ny fotoany sy ny fitsarana azy avy ny hevitra rehetra, satria efa be ny heloky ny olona.[Na: fahorian']

⁷For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

⁷Fa tsy mahafantatra izay ho avy izy; fa iza no hampahafantatra azy izay hihaviany?

⁸There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

⁸Tsy misy olona manan-kery hahatana ny ainy, na manan-kery ny amin'ny andro hahafatesana; ary tsy misy fahafahana amin'ny ady, ary ny ratsy fanahy tsy ho voavonjin'ny faharatsiany.

⁹All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

⁹Izany rehetra izany dia efa hitako avokoa tamin'ny nampiasako ny foko nandinika ny asa rehetra atao atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro. Misy andro anapahan'ny olona ny namany ka ampidirany loza aminy.

¹⁰And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

¹⁰Ary tamin'izany dia hitako ny ratsy fanahy nalevina ka tafiditra; fa izay nanao ny marina kosa dia lasa niala tamin'ny fitoeran'ny masina ka nohadinoina tao an-tanàna; zava-poana koa izany.[Na: ary tafiditra izy ka niala tamin'ny fitoeran'ny masina, ary nohadinoin'ny tao an-tanàna izay efa nanaovany izany]

¹¹Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

¹¹Saingy tsy tanterahina vetivety ny famaliana ny ratsy atao, dia izany no ikirizan'ny fon'ny zanak'olombelona amin'ny fanaovan-dratsy.

¹²Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

¹²Eny, fa na dia manao ratsy injato aza ny mpanota ka ela velona ihany, dia fantatro kosa fa hisy soa ho an'izay matahotra an'Andriamanitra, dia izay matahotra eo anatrehany.

¹³But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

¹³Fa tsy hisy soa ho an'ny ratsy fanahy; fa ho toy ny aloka izy ka tsy haharitra ela, satria tsy matahotra eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra.

¹⁴There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

¹⁴Izao koa no zava-poana izay atao atỳ ambonin'ny tany: Misy olo-marina iharan'izay tokony ho valin'ny asa ratsy; ary misy olo-meloka mahazo izay tokony ho valin'ny asa marina; hoy izaho: Zava-poana koa izany.

¹⁵Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

¹⁵Dia noderaiko ny fifaliana, satria tsy misy mahasoa ny olona atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro afa-tsy ny mihinana sy ny misotro ary ny miravoravo, ka hisy izany amin'ny fisasarany mandritra ny andro hiainany, izay nomen'Andriamanitra azy atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro.

¹⁶When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

¹⁶[Ny tsi-fahatakaran'ny saina ny fitondran'Andriamanitra, sy ny tokony hifaliana amin'izay soa hita ary hahazotoana amin'izay rehetra azo atao] Raha nampiasaiko ny foko hahalala fahendrena sy hahita ny raharaha atao atỳ ambonin'ny tany (fa misy tsy mahita torimaso na andro na alina),dia hitako avokoa ny asan'Andriamanitra, fa tsy takatry ny sain'ny olona ny asa atao atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro; koa na dia mikely aina hitady izany aza ny olona, tsy ho hitany; eny, na ny hendry aza no manao hahafantatra izany, dia tsy ho azony fantarina akory.

¹⁷Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

¹⁷dia hitako avokoa ny asan'Andriamanitra, fa tsy takatry ny sain'ny olona ny asa atao atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro; koa na dia mikely aina hitady izany aza ny olona, tsy ho hitany; eny, na ny hendry aza no manao hahafantatra izany, dia tsy ho azony fantarina akory.