Eclesiastes
11: 1. E hoolei i kau berena maluna o ka wai;
11:2 Haawi i ka hiku, a me ka ewalu; no ka mea, aole oe i ike i ka mea
e ino auanei maluna o ka honua.
11:3 Ina ua piha na ao i ka ua, hookahe lakou ia lakou iho ma ka honua: a
ina e haule ka laau ma ka hema, a ma ka akau paha, ma ia wahi
kahi e hina ai ka laau, malaila no ia.
11: 4. O ka mea malama i ka makani, aole ia e lulu; a o ka mea malama i ka
aole e ohi na ao.
11:5 No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ke ʻano o ka ʻuhane, a me ka hana ʻana o nā iwi
e ulu aʻe i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka wahine hāpai: pēlā ʻoe i ʻike ʻole ai iā ia
na hana a ke Akua nana i hana na mea a pau.
11:6 I ke kakahiaka e lulu i kau hua, a i ke ahiahi mai aua oe i kou lima.
no ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka mea e pōmaikaʻi ai, ʻo kēia paha, ʻo kēlā paha
ina paha he maikai like laua.
11:7 ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua ʻoluʻolu ka mālamalama, a he mea ʻoluʻolu ia i nā maka
e nana i ka la.
11:8 Aka, ina e ola ke kanaka i na makahiki he nui, a e hauoli hoi ia mau mea a pau; e waiho nae
E hoomanao i na la o ka pouli; no ka mea, e nui auanei lakou. ʻO nā mea a pau e hiki mai ana
he lapuwale.
11:9 E hauʻoli, e ke kanaka ʻōpio, i kou wā ʻōpiopio; a e hoʻohauʻoli kou naʻau iā ʻoe ma ka
i kou mau la opiopio, a e hele ma na aoao o kou naau, a ma ka ike
o kou mau maka: aka, e ike oe, na ke Akua no e lawe mai no keia mau mea a pau
oe i ka hookolokolo ana.
11:10 No laila, e wehe i ke kaumaha mai kou puʻuwai aku, a e hoʻokaʻawale i ka hewa mai kou naʻau aku
ʻiʻo: no ka mea, he lapuwale ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpiopio.