Eklesiastes 1
1 Magi e weche mane jayalo ma wuod Daudi, mane ruodh Jerusalem owacho.
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 Jayalo wacho niya, “Ngima en gima nono! Chutho en gima nono! Gik moko duto onge tiendgi!”
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3 En ohala mane ma dhano yudo kuom tije duto motiyo kendo mochandore godo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ?
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
4 Tiengʼ ka tiengʼ biro kendo kadho, to piny to osiko mana kaka en.
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 Chiengʼ wuok kendo chiengʼ podho, kendo oridore piyo piyo kodok kuma owuokie.
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
6 Yamo futo kochiko yo milambo kendo okudho kochiko yo nyandwat; odhi kolworore, ndalo duto koduogo kare mapile.
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7 Aore duto mol kadhi ei nam, to kata kamano nam ok pongʼ. To kuma aorego oaye, kanyo ema gidwogoe.
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
8 Gik moko duto gin tingʼ mapek, moingo ngʼato wacho. Kata obedo ni wangʼ neno, to gik moneno ok rome, to it bende kata obedo ni owinjo gik moko, to gik mowinjo ok rome.
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
9 Gima osebedo biro bedo kendo, gima osetim ibiro tim kendo; kendo onge gino manyien e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ.
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Bende nitiere gima ngʼato nyalo wacho ni ma en gima nyien? Ooyo ok gima nyien, nimar nyalo bedo ni gino nosetimore chon kane pok onywolwa.
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
11 Joma chon ok par ngangʼ mana kaka tiengʼni bende, ok nopar gi joma biro luwo bangʼ-gi.
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
12 An, jayalo, asebedo ruodh Israel kadak Jerusalem.
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 Ne achiwora mondo atiegra kendo anon matut kod rieko gigo duto mitimo e bwo polo. Mano doko tingʼ mapek ma Nyasaye oyieyo kuom ji!
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
14 Aseneno gik moko mitimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ, giduto gionge tiendgi, kendo gichalo mana yamo.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
15 Gima odol ok nyal rie; kendo gima onge ok kwan.
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 Ne aparo e chunya niya, “Koro, asedongo kendo amedora e rieko moloyo ngʼato angʼata moserito Jerusalem motelona; kendo asebedo gi lony e rieko kod ngʼeyo.”
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 Eka ne achiwora ne winjo tiend rieko, ngʼeyo pogruok manie kind rieko, memruok kod fuwo, to ne afwenyo ni magi gin mana lawo bangʼ yamo mafuto.
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
18 Nimar ne afwenyo ni rieko mangʼeny kelo kuyo; kendo ngʼeyo mangʼeny medo mana chuny lit.
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
