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 lieth heavy upon men;
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 hath given riches, wealth, and honor, and nothing is wanting to him of all which he desireth, yet God giveth him not to taste thereof; but a stranger enjoyeth it. This is vanity, yea, a grievous evil.
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.
Though a man have a hundred children, and live many years, and though the days of his years be many, if his soul be not satisfied with good, and he have no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better than he.
4 Nywol mar nyathi ma kamano en kayiem nono, olal e mudho kendo kata nying ok chake.
This, indeed, cometh in nothingness, and goeth down into darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
5 Kata obedo ni ne ok oneno wangʼ chiengʼ kamano, kata ngʼeyo gimoro amora, to en gi kwe moloyo ngʼat
it hath not seen the sun, nor known it; yet hath it rest rather than the other.
6 modak higni gana gi gana to onge gi mor. Donge giduto gidhi mana kamoro achiel?
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and see 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 labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his desires are not 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 hath the wise man over the fool? What advantage hath the poor, who knoweth how to walk before the living?
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.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
10 Gimoro amora mantiere nosemi nyinge chon, kendo gima dhano en bende nosengʼe; onge ngʼama nyalo piem gi ngʼama oloye gi teko.
That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
11 Kaka weche bedo mathoth, e kaka gibedo maonge tiendgi. To ere kaka mano miyo ngʼato ohala?
Seeing there are many things which increase vanity, what advantage hath man [[from them]]?
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?
For who knoweth what is good for man in life, in all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
