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.
[Then] I said to myself, “Okay, I will try to do everything that I enjoy. I will find out whether doing what I enjoy can truly enable me to be happy.” But I found out that doing that was also useless/senseless.
2 Na ba: loba, osobo bagade dunu ilia ousu hou amola hahawane hou, amo huluane da hamedei fawane.
[So] I said [to myself], “It is foolish to laugh [all the time], and continually doing what I enjoy does not seem to bring any lasting benefit.”
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.
[So], after thinking a lot about it, I decided to (cheer myself/cause myself to be happy) by drinking [a lot of] wine. [So] while I was still trying to be wise, I decided to do things that [many] people do to be happy during the short time that they are alive on the earth.
4 Na da hawa: bagade hamoi. Na da nisu diasu gaguli amola waini efe bagohame bugisu.
I did great things: I [caused] houses to be built for myself and vineyards to be planted.
5 Na ifabia ha: i manu liligi huluane bugi, amola fage legebe ifa enoenoi huluane bugi.
I [told my workers] to make gardens and parks. [Then] I [told them to] fill the gardens with many kinds of fruit trees.
6 Na da amo bugiga hano soga: musa: , hano ha: ima: ne dogonesisi.
I [told them to] build reservoirs to store water to irrigate the fruit 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 babies [who later became my slaves] were born in my palace. I also owned more livestock than any of the previous kings in Jerusalem had owned.
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 also accumulated large amounts of silver and gold [that were paid to me] from the treasures of kings and rulers of provinces. [I hired] men and women to sing for me, and I had many (concubines/slave wives) who gave me [much] pleasure [EUP].
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.
So, I became greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was [very] wise.
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 got everything [LIT] that I [SYN] saw and wanted. I did everything [LIT] that I thought would enable me to be happy. All those things that I [SYN] enjoyed were [like] a reward for all my hard 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] then I thought about all the hard work that I [SYN] had done [to get all those things], and none of it seems to bring any lasting benefit [DOU]. It was all [like] chasing the wind.
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.
Then I started to think about being wise, and [also about] being foolish [DOU]. [I said to myself, “I certainly do not think that] [RHQ] the next king will be able to do anything better than I can.”
13 Dafawane! Hadigi ea hou da gasi ea hou baligisa. Amola amo defele, bagade dawa: su hou da gagaoui hou baligisa.
And I thought, “Surely it is better to be wise than to be foolish, like 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.
[because] wise people [walk in the daylight and] [IDM] can see where they are going, but foolish people walk in the darkness [and cannot see where they are going].” But I [also] realized that both wise people and foolish people eventually die.
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!”
So I said to myself, “I am very wise, but I will [die at the end of my life], like foolish people do. So (how has it benefited me to be very wise?/it certainly has not benefited me to be very wise [RHQ]). I do not understand why [people consider that] it is valuable to be wise.
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.
Wise people and foolish people all die. And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten [DOU].”
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 hated being alive, because everything that we do here on the earth [MTY] distresses me. It all seems to be useless [like] chasing 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 [also began to] hate all the hard work that I had done, because [when I die], everything [that I have acquired] will belong to the next king.
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/no one) knows [RHQ] whether he will be wise or whether he will be foolish. But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get.
20 Amaiba: le, na da musa: bagadewane hawa: hamoi, amo dawa: beba: le, na dogoga bagadedafa se nabi.
I thought about all the hard work that I had done. [It seemed useless], and I became depressed/discouraged.
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.
Some people work wisely and skillfully, using the things that they have learned. But [when they die], they leave everything, and someone who has not worked hard acquires those things. And that also [seemed to] be senseless and caused me to be discouraged.
22 Di da esala bagadewane hawa: hamosa, amola da: i dione ahoa, be bididafa hame ba: sa.
So, it seems that people do not [RHQ] get much for all the hard work that they do and for worrying.
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.
Every day the work that they do causes them to experience pain and to be worried. And during the night, their minds are not able to rest. That also is very frustrating.
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 I decided that] the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and [also] enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.
25 Gode da dima amo liligi hame ia ganiaba, di da habodane ha: i manu lama: bela: o eso huluane nodone hahawane esaloma: bela: ?
There is absolutely no one [RHQ] who is able to enjoy those things if God does not give those things to 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.
God enables those who please him to be wise, to know [many things], and to enjoy [many things]. But if sinful people work hard and become rich, God [can] take their money away from them and give it to those who please him. But that also is something that is difficult for me to understand. [Their working hard seems] useless, [like] chasing the wind.
