Eklesiastes 6
1 Aseneno richo machielo e piny, kendo obedo sandruok ahinya ni dhano:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:
2 Nyasaye miyo dhano mwandu, ngima maber kod luor makende, mondo kik obed maonge gimoro amora ma chunye dwaro, makmana Nyasaye ok miye thuolo mar bedo gi mor kuomgi, kendo ngʼato nono ema bedo mamor kodgi. Maonge tiende, kendo en richo marach moloyo.
a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
3 Ngʼato nyalo bedo kod nyithindo mia achiel kendo odak higni mangʼeny; to kata bed ni odak mangʼeny maromo nade, ka ok onyal yudo mor kuom mwandune kendo ok oike maber ka otho, to awacho ni nyathi monywol kosetho ber moloye.
If a man beget a hundred [children], and live many years, yes, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet [if] his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
4 Nywol mar nyathi ma kamano en kayiem nono, olal e mudho kendo kata nying ok chake.
For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.
5 Kata obedo ni ne ok oneno wangʼ chiengʼ kamano, kata ngʼeyo gimoro amora, to en gi kwe moloyo ngʼat
Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is [no more rest] to this one than another.
6 modak higni gana gi gana to onge gi mor. Donge giduto gidhi mana kamoro achiel?
Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 Dhano tiyo matek mondo oyud gima ochamo, to kata kamano gik moyudo ok rome.
All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
8 En angʼo ma ngʼama riek nigo moloyo ngʼama ofuwo? En ohala mane ma ngʼama ofuwo yudo kuom ngʼeyo kaka dodimbre e nyim joma moko?
For [what] advantage has the wise man over the fool, since [even] the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
9 Ber bedo mamor gi gik ma in-go moloyo bedo gi gombo kuom gima iongego. Ma bende en gima onge tiende kendo ochalo mana kalawo bangʼ yamo.
The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
10 Gimoro amora mantiere nosemi nyinge chon, kendo gima dhano en bende nosengʼe; onge ngʼama nyalo piem gi ngʼama oloye gi teko.
If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.
11 Kaka weche bedo mathoth, e kaka gibedo maonge tiendgi. To ere kaka mano miyo ngʼato ohala?
For there are many things which increase vanity.
12 Ere ngʼama nyalo ngʼeyo gima ber ma dhano onego tim e ngima machiekni kendo manono makadho mana ka tipo? Koso ere ngʼama nyalo nyise gima biro timorene e piny bangʼ thone?
What advantage has a man? for who knows [what is] good for a man in his life, [during] the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
