Da:i Dione Dawa:i Olelesu 2
1 Na da hahawane hou hamomusa: ne hogoi helei. Be na ba: loba, amo hou amola da hamedeidafa ba: i.
So then I thought to myself, “Alright, let me examine pleasure and see how good that is.” But this too turned out to be something temporary that passes.
2 Na ba: loba, osobo bagade dunu ilia ousu hou amola hahawane hou, amo huluane da hamedei fawane.
I conclude that laughing your way through life is stupid, and pleasure—what use is that?
3 Na da dawa: bagade lamusa: hanaiba: le, da: i dioi galu. Bu hahawane ba: ma: ne, na da waini hano manusa: dawa: i. Na da dunu ilia osobo bagadega ode bagahame fawane esalea, noga: iwane habodane esaloma: bela: le, logo hogoi helei.
Then I used my mind to examine the attraction of wine to my body. My mind still guiding me with wisdom, I took it until I acted like a fool, so that I might see whether this was good for people to do during their time here.
4 Na da hawa: bagade hamoi. Na da nisu diasu gaguli amola waini efe bagohame bugisu.
Then I tried great construction projects. I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.
5 Na ifabia ha: i manu liligi huluane bugi, amola fage legebe ifa enoenoi huluane bugi.
I made for myself gardens and parks, planting them with all kinds of fruit trees.
6 Na da amo bugiga hano soga: musa: , hano ha: ima: ne dogonesisi.
I constructed for myself reservoirs to water all these growing trees.
7 Na da udigili hawa: hamosu dunu bagohame bidi lai dagoi. Amola na diasuga, eno udigili hawa: hamosu dunu da lalelegei. Amola na ohe fofoi amo idi da dunu huluane musa: Yelusalemega esalu dunu ilia ohe fofoi idi, amo bagade baligi ba: i.
I bought male and female slaves, and their children also belonged to me. I also owned many herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
8 Amola soge na ouligi, amoga na da silifa amola gouli lale, gilisili gagosa heda: i. Dunu amola uda da na ge noga: ma: ne nama gesami hea: i. Amola na da uda bagohame, na hanai defele lai dagoi.
I collected for myself great quantities of silver and gold, paid to me as tribute by kings and provinces. I brought in for myself male and female singers, and enjoyed many concubines—all a man could want!
9 Dafawane! Na da gasa bagadedafa ba: i. Amola dunu eno musa: Yelusaleme amo ganodini esalu, da na gasa defele hame ba: su. Na dawa: lai hou da hame dafai.
I became great—greater than anyone in Jerusalem before me. All the while my wisdom stayed with me.
10 Na da na hanai huluane amoga liligi lai. Na da adi hahawane hou hanai galea, na da amo hou hamosu. Na da hawa: hamobeba: le, bidi lai, amo da hahawane ba: i.
I didn't stop myself trying anything I wanted. Whatever I felt like enjoying, I did. I even enjoyed everything I had accomplished, a reward for all my work.
11 Amalalu, na da na bagade hawa: hamosu bu dawa: beba: le, amo amola da hamedei liligi dawa: i. Amo da fo se bobogesu defele ba: i. Hamedeidafa!
But when I thought about what I had worked so hard to achieve, everything I'd done, it was so short-lived—as significant as someone trying to catch the wind. There really is no enduring benefit here on earth.
12 Hina bagade ilia da hou amo musa: hina dunu ilia hamoi amo defele fawane hamomusa: dawa: Amaiba: le, na da gagaoui hou amola bagade dawa: su hou amola afafamusa: bu dawa: i.
So I started to think about wisdom—and madness and foolishness. For what can anyone who comes after the king do that hasn't already been done?
13 Dafawane! Hadigi ea hou da gasi ea hou baligisa. Amola amo defele, bagade dawa: su hou da gagaoui hou baligisa.
I recognized that wisdom is better than foolishness just as light is better than darkness.
14 Dawa: su dunu da ilia ahoabe logo noga: le ba: sa. Be gagaoui dunu da ilia ahoabe logo hame ba: sa. Be huluane da defele, bogosu eso ilima ilegei, amoga doaga: mu.
The wise see where they're going, but fools walk in darkness. But I also realized that they all come to the same end.
15 Na da nisu sia: i, ‘Na da gagaoui dunu defele bogosu ilegei amoga doaga: mu. Amaiba: le, na da bagade dawa: lai dagoiba: le, adi bidi labala?’ Be na da nisu bu adole i, “Na da bidi hamedafa lai. Hamedeidafa!”
Then I thought to myself, “If I'm going to end up the same as a fool, what's the point of being so wise?” So I thought to myself, “This is also hard to understand!”
16 Dunu huluane da bagade dawa: su dunu gogolemu. Amola ilia da gagaoui dunu gogolemu. Hobea, ninia huluane da gogolei dagoi ba: mu. Ninia huluane, bagade dawa: su amola gagaoui dunu defele bogosu ba: mu.
Nobody remembers the wise or the fool for very long—in the future everything will be forgotten. Whether wise or foolish, they both die.
17 Amaiba: le, na da esalusu da hamedei liligi ba: i. Na da na esalusu da fo se bobogesu hou defele ba: i.
So I ended up feeling disgusted with life because everything that happens here on earth is so distressing. It's so incomprehensible, like trying to control the wind.
18 Na da liligi lama: ne gasa bagade hawa: hamosu. Be amo liligi na da na baligia mabe dunu ema nana imunu dawa: beba: le, na da amo liligi hamedeiwane ba: i.
I even ended up hating what I had achieved here on earth because I have to hand it over to whoever comes after me.
19 Nama baligia aligila mabe dunu da bagade dawa: su dunu ba: ma: bela: ? O gagaoui dunu ba: ma: bela: ? Na da hame dawa: Be e da na liligi, na da lama: ne gasa bagade hawa: hamoi, amo huluane e da lamu. Amaiba: le, hawa: hamosu huluane da hamedei liligi agoai.
And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand!
20 Amaiba: le, na da musa: bagadewane hawa: hamoi, amo dawa: beba: le, na dogoga bagadedafa se nabi.
I decided to give up, my mind in despair over the significance of all my life's achievements.
21 Di da liligi lamusa: , dia asigi dawa: su bagadega, amola dawa: lai hou amoga, gasa bagade hamosa. Be di bogosea, dunu eno e da amo lamusa: hame hawa: hamosu, e da dia nana liligi udigili alofele gagumu. Amo hou da defele hame ba: sa, amola hamedeiwane ba: sa.
For you can work wisely, knowledgably, and with skill—and who benefits? Someone who hasn't worked for it! This is both frustrating and totally unjust!
22 Di da esala bagadewane hawa: hamosa, amola da: i dione ahoa, be bididafa hame ba: sa.
What do you get here on earth for all your hard work and worry?
23 Dia esala, dia hawa: hamobe amoga da: i dioi amola dogoga se nabasu, amo fawane ba: sa. Amola gasia, di da da: i dioiba: le, sidagane esala. Hou huluane da hamedei ba: sa.
Your working life is full of trouble and strife—even at night your thoughts keep you awake. This is tough to comprehend!
24 Amaiba: le, dunu ilia eno liligi mae dawa: le, udigili ha: i manu amola waini manu amola ea hawa: hamosu hamomu da defea. Be na bu dawa: loba, amo hou huluane amola da Gode Emadini maha, na dawa: i.
So what's the best thing to do? Eat, drink, and enjoy your work, recognizing as I did that these things are given to us by God,
25 Gode da dima amo liligi hame ia ganiaba, di da habodane ha: i manu lama: bela: o eso huluane nodone hahawane esaloma: bela: ?
for who can eat or enjoy life apart from him?
26 Nowa dunu da Gode Ea ba: mane hou noga: le hamosea, Gode da amo dunuma dawa: su noga: i, dawa: noga: i, amola hahawane hou iaha. Be E da wadela: i hamosu dunu hawa: hamoma: ne adosa. Gode Ea ba: ma: ne hou noga: i hamosu dunu, ilia da wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia hawa: hamosu bidi amo lama: ne, Gode da wadela: i dunuma hawa: hamoma: ne adosa. Amo hou huluane da hamedei liligi, fo se bobogebe agoai ba: sa.
To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.
