Eclesiastes
9:1 No keia mau mea a pau a'u i noonoo ai iloko o ko'u naau e hai aku i keia mau mea a pau, o ka
ʻO ka poʻe pono, a me ka poʻe naʻauao, a me kā lākou hana, aia nō ia i loko o ka lima o ke Akua: ʻaʻohe kanaka
Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ke aloha a me ka inaina ma nā mea a pau i mua o lākou.
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i ka poe hewa; i ka poe maikai, i ka poe maemae, a i ka poe haumia; iāia
ka mea kaumaha aku, a me ka mea kaumaha ole: e like me ka maikai, pela no
ka mea hewa; a o ka mea hoohiki, e like me ka mea makau i ka hoohiki.
9:3 He mea ino keia iwaena o na mea a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka la
Hookahi no ia mea i na mea a pau: Oia, ua piha ka naau o na keiki a kanaka
he ino, a he hehena iloko o ko lakou naau i ko lakou ola ana, a mahope iho
hele i ka poe make.
9: 4. No ka mea, o ka mea i hui pu ia me na mea ola a pau, he manaolana no ia
ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻīlio ma mua o ka liona make.
9:5 No ka mea, ua ike ka poe ola e make ana lakou;
mea, aole o lakou uku hou; no ka mea, o ka hoomanao ana ia lakou
poina.
9:6 A o ko lakou aloha, a me ko lakou inaina, a me ko lakou lili, ua pau ia;
ʻaʻole hoʻi he kuleana mau loa iā lākou ma nā mea i hana ʻia
malalo o ka la.
9:7 E hele oe, e ai i kau berena me ka olioli, a e inu i kou waina me ka olioli
Puʻuwai; no ka mea, ua maliu mai ke Akua i kau hana.
9:8 E hookeokeo mau kou mau aahu; a mai nele kou poo i ka mea poni.
9:9 E noho hauoli me ka wahine au i aloha ai i na la a pau o ke ola ana
kou lapuwale ana i haawi mai ai ia oe malalo iho o ka la, i na la a pau o kou mau la
lapuwale: no ka mea, oia kou kuleana i keia ola ana, a me kau hana ana
ke lawe nei oe malalo o ka la.
9:10 ʻO nā mea a pau i loaʻa i kou lima e hana, e hana ʻoe me kou ikaika; no ka mea, aole
aole hana, aole noonoo, aole ike, aole naauao, ma ka lua kupapau, kahi au
hele.
9:11 A hoʻi au, a ʻike au ma lalo o ka lā, ʻaʻole no ka wikiwiki ka heihei.
ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka poʻe ikaika ke kaua, ʻaʻole naʻe i ka poʻe naʻauao ka berena, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kēia manawa
he waiwai i ka poe naauao, aole hoi i ka poe akamai; aka manawa
a hiki mai ka manawa kūpono iā lākou a pau.
9:12 No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻike ke kanaka i kona manawa
ka upena ino, a e like me na manu i paa i ka pahele; pela no na keikikane
o na kanaka i hihia i ka wa ino, i ka haule koke ana maluna o lakou.
9:13 ʻO kēia akamai aʻu i ʻike ai ma lalo o ka lā, a he mea nui ia iaʻu.
9:14 He wahi kulanakauhale uuku, he kakaikahi kanaka maloko; a hiki mai ka nui
ke aliʻi kūʻē iā ia, a hoʻopilikia iā ia, a kūkulu i nā pā kaua nui e kūʻē iā ia.
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hoopakele i ke kulanakauhale; ʻaʻohe kanaka i hoʻomanaʻo i kēlā kanaka ʻilihune.
9:16 A laila, ʻōlelo wau, ʻoi aku ka naʻauao ma mua o ka ikaika
Ua hoowahawahaia ka naauao, aole i loheia kana olelo.
9:17 ʻO nā ʻōlelo a ka poʻe naʻauao i lohe ʻia me ka mālie ma mua o ka uwē ʻana o ka mea nāna
e noho alii ana iwaena o ka poe naaupo.
9:18 Ua oi aku ka naauao mamua o na mea kaua;
maikaʻi loa.