Eclesiastes
3: 1. He manawa no na mea a pau, a he manawa no na mea a pau malalo iho
lani:
3:2 He wa e hanau ai, a he wa e make ai; he wa e kanu ai, a he wa e kanu ai
e uhuki i ka mea i kanuia;
3:3 He wa e pepehi ai, a he wa e hoola ai; he wa e wawahi ai, a he wa e wawahi ai
kūkulu aʻe;
3:4 He wa e uwe ai, a he wa e akaaka ai; he wa e kanikau ai, a he wa e kanikau ai
hula;
3:5 He wa e hoolei aku ai i na pohaku, a he wa e houluulu ai i na pohaku; he manawa
e apo aku, a me ka manawa e pale aku ai;
3:6 He wa e loaa, a he wa e lilo ai; he wa e malama ai, a he wa e hoolei aku ai
hele aku;
3:7 He wa e haehae ai, a he wa e humuhumu ai; he wa e hamau ai, a he wa e noho malie ai
ʻōlelo;
3:8 He wa e aloha ai, a he wa e inaina aku ai; he wa kaua, he wa maluhia.
3:9 He aha ka pono o ka mea i hana i ka mea ana i hana'i?
3:10. Ua ike au i ka luhi a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i na keiki a kanaka
hooikaikaia ma ia mea.
3:11 Ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea a pau i ka nani i kona manawa;
honua i loko o ko lākou naʻau, i ʻike ʻole ai ke kanaka i ka hana a ke Akua
hana mai ka mua a i ka hope.
3:12 'Ike au, 'a'ohe mea maika'i i loko o ia mau mea, 'o ka 'oli'oli wale 'ana o ke kanaka, a me ka
hana maikai i kona ola ana.
3:13 A e ʻai hoʻi kēlā me kēia kanaka a inu, a hauʻoli i ka maikaʻi o nā mea a pau
kana hana, he haawina ia na ke Akua.
3: 14. Ua ike au, o na mea a pau a ke Akua e hana'i, e mau loa ana no ia
ʻaʻole i lawe ʻia kekahi mea mai ia mea;
e makau imua ona.
3:15 ʻO ka mea ma mua, ʻo ia nō ia i kēia manawa; a o ka mea e hiki mai ana, ua hana mua ia;
a ke koi mai nei ke Akua i ka mea i hala.
3:16 A ua ike au malalo iho o ka la i kahi o ka hookolokolo, i kela hewa
aia ma laila; a o kahi o ka pono, malaila no ka hewa.
3:17 I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau, Na ke Akua e hookolokolo i ka poe pono a me ka poe hewa;
Aia ka manawa ma laila no kēlā me kēia hana a no kēlā me kēia hana.
3:18 I iho la au i loko o koʻu naʻau e pili ana i ka waiwai o na keiki a kanaka, ke Akua
hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike iā lākou, a i ʻike lākou ʻo lākou iho
holoholona.
3:19 No ka mea, ʻo ka mea i loaʻa i nā keiki a kānaka, ʻo ia nā holoholona; hookahi wale no
e like me ka make ana o kekahi, pela no ka make ana o kekahi; ʻAe, lākou
hookahi hanu no lakou a pau; no laila ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ke kanaka ma mua o ka holoholona.
no ka mea, he lapuwale nā mea a pau.
3:20 LK ʻĒ, hele lākou a pau i kahi hoʻokahi. No ka lepo lakou a pau, a lilo hou lakou i lepo.
3:21 ʻO wai ka mea ʻike i ka ʻuhane o ke kanaka e piʻi ana i luna, a me ka ʻuhane o ke kanaka
holoholona i iho ilalo i ka honua?
3:22 No laila ke ʻike nei au, ʻaʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke kanaka
e hauoli i kana hana iho; no ka mea, ʻo ia kāna kuleana: ʻo wai lā
E lawe mai ia ia e ike i ka mea e hiki mai ana mahope ona?