Eklesiastes 1
1 Magi e weche mane jayalo ma wuod Daudi, mane ruodh Jerusalem owacho.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Jayalo wacho niya, “Ngima en gima nono! Chutho en gima nono! Gik moko duto onge tiendgi!”
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 En ohala mane ma dhano yudo kuom tije duto motiyo kendo mochandore godo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ?
What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
4 Tiengʼ ka tiengʼ biro kendo kadho, to piny to osiko mana kaka en.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.
5 Chiengʼ wuok kendo chiengʼ podho, kendo oridore piyo piyo kodok kuma owuokie.
The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
6 Yamo futo kochiko yo milambo kendo okudho kochiko yo nyandwat; odhi kolworore, ndalo duto koduogo kare mapile.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.
7 Aore duto mol kadhi ei nam, to kata kamano nam ok pongʼ. To kuma aorego oaye, kanyo ema gidwogoe.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.
8 Gik moko duto gin tingʼ mapek, moingo ngʼato wacho. Kata obedo ni wangʼ neno, to gik moneno ok rome, to it bende kata obedo ni owinjo gik moko, to gik mowinjo ok rome.
All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 Gima osebedo biro bedo kendo, gima osetim ibiro tim kendo; kendo onge gino manyien e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ.
The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Bende nitiere gima ngʼato nyalo wacho ni ma en gima nyien? Ooyo ok gima nyien, nimar nyalo bedo ni gino nosetimore chon kane pok onywolwa.
Is there any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.
11 Joma chon ok par ngangʼ mana kaka tiengʼni bende, ok nopar gi joma biro luwo bangʼ-gi.
There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.
12 An, jayalo, asebedo ruodh Israel kadak Jerusalem.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.
13 Ne achiwora mondo atiegra kendo anon matut kod rieko gigo duto mitimo e bwo polo. Mano doko tingʼ mapek ma Nyasaye oyieyo kuom ji!
And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.
14 Aseneno gik moko mitimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ, giduto gionge tiendgi, kendo gichalo mana yamo.
I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
15 Gima odol ok nyal rie; kendo gima onge ok kwan.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 Ne aparo e chunya niya, “Koro, asedongo kendo amedora e rieko moloyo ngʼato angʼata moserito Jerusalem motelona; kendo asebedo gi lony e rieko kod ngʼeyo.”
I communed with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge.”
17 Eka ne achiwora ne winjo tiend rieko, ngʼeyo pogruok manie kind rieko, memruok kod fuwo, to ne afwenyo ni magi gin mana lawo bangʼ yamo mafuto.
And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
18 Nimar ne afwenyo ni rieko mangʼeny kelo kuyo; kendo ngʼeyo mangʼeny medo mana chuny lit.
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
