1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
1 May no ga hima laakalkooni, May no ga waani sanni feeriyaŋ mo? Boro laakal ga naŋ a moyduma ma farhã cabe, A g'a mo-kuuru hawyaŋ feeri mo.
2I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
2 Ay ga saaware ni gaa: ma bonkooni lordo haggoy, zeyaŋo kaŋ ni ze da Irikoy sabbay se.
3Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
3 Ma si cahã ka fatta a do. Ma si sandandi goy laalo gaa, zama bonkoono ga te hay kulu kaŋ ga kaan nga se.
4for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
4 Za kaŋ bonkoono sanni gonda dabari, may no ga hin ka ne a se: «Ifo no ni goono ga te?»
5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
5 Boro kaŋ haggoy da lordi, a si di taabi kulu. Laakalkooni bine mo ga di alwaati nda fondo.
6For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
6 Zama muraadu kulu gonda nga alwaati nda nga fondo, Waati kaŋ boro masiiba gonda tiŋay a boŋ.
7For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
7 Da boro si bay haŋ kaŋ ga te, May no ga hin ka ci a se mo waati kaŋ no a ga te?
8There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
8 Boro kulu si no kaŋ gonda dabari haw boŋ kaŋ g'a gaay. A si no mo boro kaŋ gonda dabari buuyaŋ zaari boŋ, Wongo din ra mo i si boro sallama. Laala mo si nga teekoy faaba.
9All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
9 Harey din kulu no ay di. Ay laakal mo da hay kulu kaŋ i go ga te beena cire: Da boro fo ga du dabari boro fo boŋ, a ga goy da dabaro din ka boro fa din hasara.
10So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
10 Boro laaley doona ka furo ka fatta nangu hanna ra. Amma ay di i n'i fiji, hala mo kwaara ra borey dinya kaŋ i na woodin te. Woodin mo yaamo no.
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.
11 Zama se i si ciiti kaŋ i dumbu boro laalo boŋ toonandi ilaalo se da waasi, woodin ga naŋ Adam-izey biney ma te gaabi goy laaley ra.
12Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
12 Baa zunubikooni na goy laalo te sorro zangu, hala mo a gay ndunnya ra, kulu nda yaadin ay bay kaŋ borey kaŋ yaŋ ga humburu Irikoy ga goro baani, zama i ga humburu a moy.
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear God.
13 Amma baani si no boro laalo se. A si nga aloomar kuukandi mo, danga tuuri bi cine, zama a si humburu Irikoy.
14There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
14 Goy yaamo fo go no kaŋ i go ga te beena cire, nga neeya: haŋ kaŋ ga du adilantey, danga boro laaley wane cine no. Koyne, haŋ kaŋ ga du ilaaley, danga adilantey wane cine no. Ay ne woodin mo yaamo no.
15Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
15 Waato din gaa ay na foori nda haari saabu, zama hay kulu si no kaŋ ga bisa boro se beena cire, kal a ma ŋwa, a ma haŋ, a ma maa kaani. A ma soobay ka te yaadin nga goyo ra a fundo jirbey kulu ra kaŋ Irikoy n'a no beena cire.
16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
16 Waato kaŋ ay n'ay bina daŋ ay ma laakal bay, ay ma di muraadu kaŋ i te ndunnya ra (baa day boro na nga moy ganji jirbi cin da zaari),
17then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.
17 waato din gaa ay di Irikoy goyo kulu. Ay faham mo kaŋ boro si hin ka di goy kulu kaŋ Irikoy te beena cire. Zama hari boobo kulu kaŋ boro ga te ka fintal, a si di i kulu. Oho, baa laakalkooni ga tammahã nga g'a bay, a si di a.