¹I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also 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.

²I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?

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

³I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

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 me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

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

⁵I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

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

⁶I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

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

⁷I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.

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 me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.

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 more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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

¹⁰And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was 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.

¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit 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 myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.

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 wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth 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 man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to 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 to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also 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.

¹⁶For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as 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 hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

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 hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be 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 will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise 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.

²⁰Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured 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 hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also 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 will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself 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 vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. 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 for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was 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 can eat, or who be eager, 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 he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

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]