1And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.
1[Ny manjo ny olona noho ny fampahorian'ny sasany azy, sy ny lolom-po, sy ny fitoerany irery ary ny ataon'ny mpitondra azy] Dia hitako koa ny fampahoriana rehetra atao atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro; ary indro ny ranomason'ny ampahorina, sady tsy nisy mpanony azy; ary loza no ataon'ny tanan'ny mpampahory azy, sady tsy nisy mpanony.
2And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
2Ary ny maty izay efa maty ela dia nataoko ho sambatra noho ny velona izay mbola velona,
3And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
3nefa tsara indray noho izy roa tonta aza ny tsy ary, izay tsy nahita ny ratsy atao atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro akory.
4And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
4Ary hitako ny fisasarana rehetra sy ny fahaizan-javatra rehetra, fa avy amin'ny fifampialonan'ny olona izany. Zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.[Na: Homan-drivotra]
5The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
5Ny adala manohon-tanana ka homana ny tenany.
6`Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.`
6Tsara ny eran-tànan'ila misy fiadanana noho ny eran-tànan-droa misy fisasarana sady misambo-drivotra foana.[Na: Tsara ny fiadanana eran-tànan'ila noho ny fisasarana,][Na: Homan-drivotra]
7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
7Ary izao koa no zava-poana hitako atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro:
8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?` This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
8Misy mitoetra irery ka tsy mana-namana, eny, tsy manan-janaka na rahalahy aza, nefa tsy misy farany ny fisasarany rehetra, ary ny masony tsy afa-po amin'ny harena, hanaovany hoe: Ho an'iza no isasarako sy tsy ampananako soa ny fanahiko? Zava-poana sy asa mahareraka koa izany.
9The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
9Tsara ny roa noho ny iray; fa misy valiny tsara ny fisasarany.
10For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
10Raha misy lavo izy, dia arenin'ny namany; fa mahantra ny lavo izay tsy manana namana hanarina azy.
11Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
11Ary koa, raha miara-mandry ny roa, dia mafana izy; fa hatao ahoana no hampahafana ny irery?
12And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
12Raha misy maharesy ny irery aza, ny roa tsy ho leony tsy akory; ary ny mahazaka telo olana tsy mora tapahina.
13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
13Aleo zatovo malahelo hendry toy izay mpanjaka antitra adala ka tsy laitra anarina intsony;
14For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
14fa avy ao an-tranomaizina no nivoahany hanjaka, na dia nateraka tamin'alahelo tamin'ny fanjakany aza izy. [na: fa na dia nateraka tamin'ny fanjakany aza izy, dia tamin'alahelo ihany]
15I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
15Hitako ny miaina rehetra izay miriaria atỳ ambanin'ny masoandro manotrona ilay zazalahy dia ilay faharoa izay mitsangana handimby ny teo.
16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
16Tsy hita isa ny olona rehetra, dia izay rehetra anjakany; nefa izay any aoriana tsy mba hifaly aminy; fa zava-poana sy misambo-drivotra foana koa izany.[Na: Homan-drivotra][Ny mety hatao amin'Andriamanitra na amin'ny fivavahana na amin'ny voady] Tandremo ny tongotrao, raha mankao an-tranon'Andriamanitra ianao; fa ny manatona hihaino no tsara noho ny fanateran'ny adala fanatitra; fa tsy fantatr'ireny ho manao ratsy izy.
17[Ny mety hatao amin'Andriamanitra na amin'ny fivavahana na amin'ny voady] Tandremo ny tongotrao, raha mankao an-tranon'Andriamanitra ianao; fa ny manatona hihaino no tsara noho ny fanateran'ny adala fanatitra; fa tsy fantatr'ireny ho manao ratsy izy.