Eklesiastes 2
1 Ne aparo e chunya niya, “Bi sani, abiro temi gi gik ma moro wangʼ mondo afwenyie gima ber.” To mano bende ne ayudo kaonge tiende.
I said in my heart, “Come, now, I will try thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure!” But, lo! this also was vanity.
2 Ne awacho niya, “Nyiero en fuwo kendo en angʼo ma mor makamano konyo?”
I said of laughter, “It is mad;” and of mirth, “What availeth it?”
3 Ne atemo bedo mamor kuom madho kongʼo, kendo bedo mofuwo, ka pacha pod telona gi rieko. Ne adwaro fwenyo ni en angʼo mowinjore mondo ji otim e bwo polo e ndalo matin mar ngimani.
I thought in my heart to strengthen my body with wine, and, while my heart cleaved to wisdom, to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
4 Ne achako tije madongo kaka: Ne agero ute ne an awuon kendo apidho mzabibu e puothe.
I made me great works. I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards.
5 Kendo ne aloso puothe mamoko kod puothe mopidhie yiende mar yweyo mi apidho kit olembe mopogore opogore eigi.
I made me gardens and parks, and planted in them fruit-trees of every kind.
6 Ne akunyo yewni ma pi gudore mondo yiendego oyud pi.
I made me pools of water, with which to water the grove shooting up trees.
7 Ne angʼiewo jotich machwo kod mamon kendo ne an gi jotije mamoko mane onywol e oda. Bende ne an gi kweth mangʼeny mag dhok kod rombe moloyo ngʼato angʼata mane okuongona bedo jatelo e Jerusalem.
I got me men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
8 Ne achoko fedha gi dhahabu, kod girkeni mag ruodhi gi gwenge. Ne abedo bende gi jower machwo kod mamon, kendo gi mon duto mane nyalo moro chuny dichwo.
I heaped me up also silver and gold, and the wealth of kings and of provinces. I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delight of the sons of men, a chosen woman and chosen women.
9 Ne abedo ngʼama lich miwuoro moloyo ngʼato angʼata mane okuongona bedo jatelo e Jerusalem. E magi duto riekona matut nosiko koda.
So I became greater than all that were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
10 Ne ok atuono wangʼa gimoro amora mane onyalo gombo, kendo chunya bende ne ok atuono mor. Chunya nobedo gi mor kuom tijena duto mane atimo, kendo mano ema nobedo pok mar tijena duto.
And whatever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced by means of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
11 To kata kamano kane anono duto mane lweta osetiyo kod gino mane asenyagora mondo ayudi, gik moko duto ne onge tiendgi, mana kalawo bangʼ yamo; onge ohala mane ayudo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ.
Then I looked upon all the works which my hands had wrought, and upon all the labor which I had toiled in performing; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Bangʼe ne aketo pacha mondo angʼe pogruok manie kind rieko, memruok kod fuwo. En angʼo ma ruoth mokawo kar ruoth machielo nyalo timo moloyo mano mosetim?
Then I turned myself to behold wisdom and senselessness and folly. For what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13 Ne afwenyo ni rieko matut ber moloyo fuwo, mana kaka ler ber moloyo mudho.
I saw, indeed, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 Ngʼatno man-gi rieko neno kuma odhiye, to ngʼama ofuwo to wuotho e mudho, to kata kamano ne afwenyo ni gimoro achiel ema timore ni ji ariyogi.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15 Eka ne aparo e chunya niya, “Gima yudo ngʼama ofuwo biro yuda an bende. Koro en ohala mane ma abiro yudo kuom bedo gi rieko?” Bangʼe ne awacho e chunya niya, “Kata mana ma bende onge tiende.”
Then I said in my heart, “As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”
16 Mana kaka ngʼama ofuwo ok par, e kaka ngʼama nigi rieko bende ok par; nikech e ndalo mabiro ok nopargi giduto. Ngʼama ofuwo gi ngʼama riek, giduto gibiro tho machalre!
For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.
17 Omiyo ne asin gi ngima, nikech tich mitimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ ne pek mohewa. Magi duto onge tiendgi, gichalo gi lawo bangʼ yamo.
Therefore I hated life, because what is done under the sun appeared evil to me. For all is vanity, and striving after wind.
18 Ne asin gi gik moko duto mane asenyagora godo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ, nikech nyaka ne awegi ne ngʼatno mabiro bangʼa.
Yea, I hated all my labor which I had performed under the sun, because I must leave it to the man that shall be after me.
19 To ere ngʼama ongʼeyo ni ngʼat mabiro luwano nobed ngʼama ofuwo kata ngʼama riek? Kata obed mariek kata mofuwo, to obiro kawo gimoro amora mane aloso gi lucha. Ma bende ne ayudo ni onge tiende.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he be lord of all the labor with which I have wearied myself, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Omiyo chunya nochako hum nono kuom tije duto mane asenyagorago e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ.
Therefore I turned to give up my heart to despair in regard to all the labor with which I had wearied myself under the sun.
21 Nimar dhano nyalo tiyo tije gi rieko, gi ngʼeyo kod lony mar tich, to bangʼe nyaka owe gik moko duto ma en godo ne ngʼato nono mane ok otiyo tijego. Ma bende onge tiende kendo en hawi marach miwuoro.
For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 En angʼo ma ngʼato yudo kuom tije matek motimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ?
For what hath man of all his labor, and the striving of his spirit, with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
23 Ndaloge duto mag tich en lit gi kuyo; kata mana gotieno pache onge gi kwe. Ma bende ne ayudo ni onge tiende.
For all his days are grief, and his occupation trouble; even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
24 Onge gima ber ma dhano nyalo timo moloyo chiemo kod metho mi oyud mor e tije. Ma bende, aneno ni oa mana e lwet Nyasaye.
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and let his soul enjoy good in his labor. But this, as I have seen, cometh from the hand of God.
25 Nikech ka ok en Nyasaye, to en ngʼa manyalo chiemo kendo yudo mor?
For who can eat, or hasten thereunto more than I?
26 Ngʼatno ma Nyasaye morgo, omiyo rieko, ngʼeyo kod mor, to jaricho omiyo tich mar choko kendo kano mwandu mondo omi ngʼatno ma Nyasaye morgo. Ma bende ne ayudo ni onge tiende, mana ka ngʼama lawo bangʼ yamo.
For to a man who is good in his sight God giveth wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he giveth the wearisome business of gathering and heaping up, to give it to him who is good before God. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
