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 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 giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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 an hundred children and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover 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.

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

5 Kata obedo ni ne ok oneno wangʼ chiengʼ kamano, kata ngʼeyo gimoro amora, to en gi kwe moloyo ngʼat

moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath 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 yet enjoy 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 man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

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 more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth 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 a 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.

Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is known that it is man: neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

11 Kaka weche bedo mathoth, e kaka gibedo maonge tiendgi. To ere kaka mano miyo ngʼato ohala?

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

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 [his] life, 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?