Ecclesiastes 8 — Novel English Bible

1 May (Who) KaHaChakam (like the wise) WaMay (And who) Yawadai (know/understand)? Pashar (knows interpretation) Dabar (thing)? Chakamahath (wisdom) Adam (man/mankind) ThaAwayar (shine), Panayamaw (his face) WaIz (and strength / might / refuge) Panayamaw (hardness his face) YaShanaa (changed).

2 “Anay (I / Me) Pahay (𐤐𐤄) Malak (king) Shamawar (say keep) WaIl (and command)!” Dabarahath (𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤄) Shabawaihath (Because oath) Alahayam (God).

3 Don't be hasty ThaYalak (to go out) MaPanayamaw (of his presence). Don't persist Rai (evil / dysfunction) thing, YaIshah (for he does) whatever pleases him,

4 BaAsharaDabar (In who/that word / matter) Malak (king) Shalatawan (supreme). WaMay (And who) YaAmar (say), “Law (for him) Mah (what / why / how) ThaIshah (you doing)?”

5 Shawamar (Keeps) Matzawah (commandment) Laa (NOT) YaYadai (come) Dabar (word / matter) Rai (evil / dysfunction), WaIth (and time) WaMashapat (and procedure) YaYadai (know) Lab (heart). Chakam (𐤇𐤊𐤌)

6 KayaLaKal (Surely every) Chapatz (procedure delight), Yash (Exist) Ith (time) WaMashapat (and judgement) Kay-Raith (surely misery) HaAdam (the man) Rabah (heavy) Ilayaw (went up him).

7 Kay-Ayananaw (Surely NO ONE) Yadai (know/understand); Mah (what / why / how) ShaYaHayah (who came to pass) KayaKaAsharaYaHayah (surely as who/that came to pass) May (Who) YaNagayad (tell how) Law (for him)?

8 Ayan (NO ONE) Adam (man/mankind) Shalayat (Potentate / Ruler) BaRawach (in spirit) LaKalawaa (𐤊𐤋𐤅𐤀) Ath-HaRawach (the entirety of contain the spirit); WaAyan (And no ONE) Shalatawan (neither power) BaYawam (in day) HaMawath (the death). WaAyan (And no ONE) Mashalachath (discharge) BaMalachamah (in war); WaLaa (And not) YaMalat (deliver) Rashai (neither wickedness) Ath-Bailayaw (the entirety of practice it).

9 Ath-Kal (The entirety of every) Zah (this / that / these) Raahayathay (saw/seen), WaNathawan (and applied) Ath-Labay (the entirety of my mind) LaKal (every) Maishah (work) AsharaYaNaIshah (who/that done) ThachathaHaShamash (under the sun). Ith (time) AsharaYaShalat (who/that power) HaAdam (the man) BaAdam (in man/mankind) LaRai (over another to hurt) Law (for him).

10 WaBaKan (And in so) Raahayathay (saw/seen) Rashaiyam (wicked - plural) Qabarayam (buried - plural). WaBawaaw (and they came) WaMaMaqawam (and also from holiness). WaBawaaw (And they went) Qadawash (Holy / Set Apart - already) YaHalakaw (move) WaYaThaShakachaw (and [reflexive] forgotten) BaIyar (in city) AsharaKan (who/that for sure) Ishahaw (they did). Gam (indeed / moreover) Zah (this / that / these) Habal (vanity).

11 AsharaAyan (Who/that NO ONE) YaNaIshah (executed) Pathagam (sentence) Maishah (work) HaRaih (the evil) Maharah (speedily), Il-Kan (over for sure) YaMalaa (fully) Lab (heart) Banay (son) HaAdam (the men) Bam (within him them) LaIshahawath (to do - plural) Rai (evil / dysfunction).

12 AsharaChataa (Who/that sin) Ishah (make) Rai (evil / dysfunction) Maahath (crimes hundred), WaMaArayak (and lives long), Law (for him) KayaGam (surely indeed / moreover) Yawadai (know/understand) Anay (I / Me) AsharaYaHayah (who/that came to pass) Tawab (pleasant/functional) LaYaraay (fear) HaAlahayam (the God), AsharaYaYaraaw (who/that fear / be afraid) MaLaPanayamaw (reverent from before him).

13 WaTawab (And well) Laa (NOT) YaHayah (came to pass) LaRashai (wicked), WaLaa (And not) YaArayak (neither lengthen) Yawamayam (days) KaTzal (like shadow); AsharaAyananaw (who/that NO ONE) Yaraa (fear) MaLaPanayam (from he) Alahayam (God).

14 Yash (Exist) Habal (vanity) AsharaYaNaIshah (who/that done) Il-HaAratz (over the earth), AsharaYash (who/that Exist) Tzadayaqayam (righteous - plural) AsharaMaNagayai (who/that men to happens) Alam (to them) KaMaishah (as work) HaRashaiyam (the wicked - plural). WaYash (And again), Rashaiyam (wicked - plural) ShaMaNagayai (men to whom happens) Alam (to them) KaMaishah (as work) HaTzadayaqayam (the righteous - plural). Amarathay (said/spoke) ShaGam (who indeed / moreover) Zah (this / that / these) Habal (also vanity).

15 WaShabachathay (And commended) Anay (I / Me) Ath-HaShamachah (the entirety of the mirth), AsharaAyan (who/that NO ONE) Tawab (pleasant/functional) LaAdam (man) ThachathaHaShamash (under the sun), KayaAm-LaAkawal (surely although - rhetorical to eat), WaLaShathahawath (and to drink - plural), WaLaShamawach (and to joyful): WaHawaa (and which/who/that is) YaLawahaw (𐤋𐤅𐤄 him) BaImalaw (accompany in his labor) Yawamay (day) Chayayaw (his life) Ashar-YaNathan (who/that given) Law (for him) HaAlahayam (the God) ThachathaHaShamash (under the sun).

16 KaAsharaNathanathay (As who/that gave) Ath-Labay (the entirety of my heart) LaYadaith (to know) Chakamah (wisdom), WaLaRaahawath (and to see - plural) Ath-HaInayan (the entirety of the business) AsharaYaNaIshah (who/that done) Il-HaAratz (over the earth) KayaGam (surely indeed / moreover) BaYawam (in day) WaBaLayalah (and in night) Shanah (sleep) BaIyanayaw (with his eyes), Ayananaw (NO ONE) Raah (see/look)

17 WaRaahayathay (And saw) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) Maishah (work) HaAlahayam (the God), KayaLaa (surely NOT) YaYawakal (he able) HaAdam (that man) LaMatzawaa (can't find out) Ath-HaMaishah (the entirety of the work) AsharaYaNaIshah (who/that done) Thachath-HaShamash (under the sun), BaShaLaAsharaYaImal (in who/that labors) HaAdam (however the man) LaBaqash (to seek out), WaLaa (And not) YaMatzaa (he find). WaGam (and indeed / moreover) Am-YaAmar (although - rhetorical man thinks) HaChakam (the yes wise) LaYadaith (comprehend), Laa (NOT) YaYawakal (𐤉𐤅𐤊𐤋) LaMatzaa (to find).