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 test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2 Ne awacho niya, “Nyiero en fuwo kendo en angʼo ma mor makamano konyo?”
I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
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 searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
4 Ne achako tije madongo kaka: Ne agero ute ne an awuon kendo apidho mzabibu e puothe.
I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5 Kendo ne aloso puothe mamoko kod puothe mopidhie yiende mar yweyo mi apidho kit olembe mopogore opogore eigi.
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 Ne akunyo yewni ma pi gudore mondo yiendego oyud pi.
I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
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 bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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 also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.
9 Ne abedo ngʼama lich miwuoro moloyo ngʼato angʼata mane okuongona bedo jatelo e Jerusalem. E magi duto riekona matut nosiko koda.
So I was great, and increased more than all who 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.
Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because 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 at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing 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?
I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 Ne afwenyo ni rieko matut ber moloyo fuwo, mana kaka ler ber moloyo mudho.
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels 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, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens 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 happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that 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 of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like 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.
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18 Ne asin gi gik moko duto mane asenyagora godo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ, nikech nyaka ne awegi ne ngʼatno mabiro bangʼa.
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes 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.
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, 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 began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored 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 is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 En angʼo ma ngʼato yudo kuom tije matek motimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ?
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors 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 sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes 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 that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 Nikech ka ok en Nyasaye, to en ngʼa manyalo chiemo kendo yudo mor?
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, 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 the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
