¹I said in my heart, `Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;` and lo, even it [is] vanity.

¹[Ny maha-zava-poana ny fahafinaretana sy ny voninahitra momba izao fiainana izao, na dia omban'ny fahendrena aza] Hoy izaho anakampo: Aoka mba hizahako toetra amin'ny hafaliana ianao, ka dia mifalia amin'ny fahitana ny fahafinaretana; kanjo, indro, zava-poana koa izany.

²Of laughter I said, `Foolish!` and of mirth, `What [is] this it is doing?`

²Hoy izaho, miantso ny fihomehezana: Fahadalana, ary ny fifaliana hoe: Mahefa inona?

³I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where [is] this — the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

³Nisaina tato am-poko hamalifaly ny nofoko tamin'ny divay aho (ny foko anefa mbola hitondra azy amin'ny fahendrena ihany) ary hitana ny fahadalana, mandra-pahitako izay tsara ho an'ny zanak'olombelona ka tokony hataony atỳ ambanin'ny lanitra amin'ny andro vitsy iainany.

⁴I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

⁴Nanao asa lehibe ho ahy aho, nanao trano, nanao tanim-boaloboka,

⁵I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

⁵nanao tanimboly sy saha aho ka namboly hazo fihinam-boa samy hafa karazana tao;

⁶I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

⁶nanao kamory aho handemana ny ala be zana-kazo;

⁷I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance — herd and flock — above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

⁷nahazo ankizilahy sy ankizivavy aho sady nanana ompikely; ary nanana fananana be aho, dia omby sy ondry aman'osy mihoatra noho izay rehetra talohako teto Jerosalema.

⁸I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man — a wife and wives.

⁸Nihary volafotsy sy volamena koa aho ary fanaka tsara fananan'ny mpanjaka sy izay avy amin'ny tany samy hafa; ary nahazo mpihiralahy sy mpihiravavy aho mbamin'izay mahafinaritra ny zanak'olombelona, dia vady sy vaditsindrano betsaka. [Na: fahafinaretan'ny zanak'olombelona be dia be]

⁹And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.

⁹Dia efa nisandratra mihoatra noho izay rehetra talohako teto Jerosalema aho; ary ny fahendreko anefa dia mbola tato amiko ihany.

¹⁰And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

¹⁰Ary na inona na inona nirin'ny masoko dia tsy nisy narovako taminy; tsy nisakana ny foko tamin'izay mety ho fifaliana aho; fa nahazo hafaliana avy tamin'ny fisasarako rehetra ny foko; ary izany no anjarako avy tamin'ny fisasarako rehetra.

¹¹and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

¹¹Kanefa nitodika aho nandinika ny asa rehetra nataon'ny tanako sy ny fisasarana izay nisasarako, ka, indreo, zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana izany rehetra izany, fa tsy nisy nahasoa tatỳ ambanin'ny masoandro.[Na: Homan-drivotra]

¹²And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who cometh after the king? that which [is] already — they have done it!

¹²[Ny fihoaran'ny fahendrena noho ny fahadalana, ary ny mahatsara ny fiononana, na dia hita aza fa misy zavatra maro itovian'ny hendry sy ny adala] Ary nitodika aho hijery ny fahendrena sy ny fahaverezan-tsaina ary ny fahadalana; fa inona no hataon'ny olona izay handimby ny mpanjaka? Izay efa natao hatramin'ny ela ihany.

¹³And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

¹³Dia hitako fa ny fahendrena dia tsara noho ny fahadalana, toy ny fahatsaran'ny mazava noho ny maizina.[Heb. mihoatra][Heb. fihoaran']

¹⁴The wise! — his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

¹⁴Ny mason'ny hendry dia eo an-dohany; fa ny adala kosa mandeha amin'ny maizina; nefa hitako fa mitovy ihany ny manjo azy roa tonta.

¹⁵and I said in my heart, `As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?` And I spake in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:

¹⁵Dia hoy izaho anakampo: Mitovy amin'ny manjo ny adala ihany ny manjo ahy, koa nahoana ary no nanan-tombom-pahendrena aho? Dia hoy izaho anakampo: zava-poana koa izany.

¹⁶That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

¹⁶Fa samy tsy misy fahatsiarovana mandrakizay na ny hendry na ny adala; fa amin'ny andro ho avy dia samy ho hadino ela izy. Indrisy! samy ho faty na ny adala na ny hendry.

¹⁷And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁷Dia efa halako ny aina, satria nataoko ho ratsy ny asa atao atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro; fa zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana izy rehetra.[Na: Homan-drivotra]

¹⁸And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.

¹⁸Eny, efa halako ny fisasarako rehetra izay nisasarako tatỳ ambanin'ny masoandro, fa havelako ho an'ny olona izay handimby ahy izany,

¹⁹And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also [is] vanity.

¹⁹ary iza no mahalala na ho hendry na ho adala izy? Nefa izy no ho tompon'izay rehetra nisasarako sy nataoko tamin'ny fahendreko tatỳ ambanin'ny masoandro. Zava-poana koa izany.

²⁰And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

²⁰Dia nitodika aho hampamoy ny foko amin'ny fahakiviana ny amin'ny fisasarana rehetra izay nisasarako tatỳ ambanin'ny masoandro.

²¹For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it — his portion! Even this [is] vanity and a great evil.

²¹Fa misy olona izay misasatra amin'ny fahendrena sy ny fahalalana ary ny fahaizana, nefa ny olona izay tsy nisasatra tamin'izany akory no tsy maintsy hamelany azy ho lovany. Zava-poana sy faharatsiana lehibe koa izany.

²²For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

²²Fa inona no azon'ny olona amin'ny fisasarany rehetra sy amin'ny fikatsahan'ny fony, izay nisasarany tatỳ ambanin'ny masoandro?

²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also [is] vanity.

²³Fa ny androny rehetra dia fanaintainana avokoa, ary ny fisasarany dia fahasorisorena; eny, na dia amin'ny alina aza dia tsy manam-pitsaharana ny fony. Zava-poana koa izany.

²⁴There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.

²⁴Tsy misy mahasoa ny olona mihoatra noho ny mihinana sy misotro ary ny mampahafinaritra ny tenany amin'ny fisasarany. Izany koa aza dia efa hitako fa avy amin'ny tànan'Andriamanitra [Na: Tsy misy tsara amin'ny olona. Ny mihinana sy misotro ary ny mampahafinaritra ny tenanay amin'ny fisasaranay dia hitako fa avy amin'ny tànan'Andriamanitra koa]

²⁵For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?

²⁵(fa iza no mahalany, ary iza no mahazo manaram-po mihoatra noho izaho?).Fa ny olona izay ankasitrahan'Andriamanitra dia omeny fahendrena sy fahalalana ary fifaliana; fa ny mpanota kosa ampiasainy hanangona sy hamory, mba hisy homeny izay ankasitrahan'Andriamanitra. Zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.[Na: Homan-drivotra]

²⁶For to a man who [is] good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

²⁶Fa ny olona izay ankasitrahan'Andriamanitra dia omeny fahendrena sy fahalalana ary fifaliana; fa ny mpanota kosa ampiasainy hanangona sy hamory, mba hisy homeny izay ankasitrahan'Andriamanitra. Zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.[Na: Homan-drivotra]