Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.
Weekuume ng’oyingira mu nnyumba ya Katonda; okumusemberera n’okumuwuliriza, kisinga okuwaayo ssaddaaka ng’ez’abasirusiru abatamanyi nga bakola ebibi.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.
Toyanguyirizanga na kamwa ko okwogera ekigambo, wadde omutima gwo ogwanguyiriza, okwogera ekigambo mu maaso ga Katonda. Katonda ali mu ggulu ng’ate ggwe oli ku nsi; kale ebigambo byo bibeerenga bitono.
3 For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
Ng’okutawaana ennyo bwe kuleetera omuntu ebirooto, n’ebigambo by’omusirusiru bwe bityo bwe biba nga bingi.
4 When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.
Bwe weeyamanga obweyamo eri Katonda tolwanga kubutuukiriza, kubanga tasanyukira basirusiru. Tuukirizanga obweyamo bwo.
5 Better is it that thou should not vow, than that thou should vow and not pay.
Obuteyama kisinga okweyama n’ototuukiriza kye weeyamye.
6 Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Akamwa ko kaleme ku kwonoonyesa, n’ogamba oyo atumiddwa gy’oli nti, “Nakola kisobyo okweyama.” Kale lwaki weeretako okusunguwalirwa Katonda olw’ebigambo byo, n’azikiriza emirimu gy’emikono gyo?
7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words. But fear thou God.
Ebirooto entoko n’ebigambo ebingi temuli makulu; noolwekyo otyanga Katonda.
8 If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For a man higher than the high is observing, and there are higher men than they.
Bw’olabanga ng’omwavu anyigirizibwa mu ssaza, amazima n’obwenkanya nga tewali, teweewuunyanga! Kubanga omukungu waalyo alinako amusinga, ate nga bombi balina ababatwala.
9 Moreover the abundance of the land is for all. The king himself is served by the field.
Bonna balya ku bibala bya nsi eyo; kabaka yennyini mu nnimiro zaayo mw’afuna.
10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
Oyo alulunkanira ensimbi, tasobola kuba na nsimbi zimumala; wadde oyo alulunkanira obugagga n’amagoba: na kino nakyo butaliimu.
11 When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding of them with his eyes?
Ebintu nga bwe byeyongera obungi, n’ababirya gye bakoma okweyongera. Kale nnyini byo agasibwa ki, okuggyako okusanyusa amaaso ge?
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Otulo tuwoomera omupakasi ne bw’aba agabana bitono oba bingi. Naye obugagga bw’omugagga obuyitiridde, tebumuganya kwebaka.
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches were kept by the owner of it to his hurt.
Waliwo ekibi ekinene kye nalaba wansi w’enjuba: nannyini bugagga abuterekera mu kwerumya,
14 And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
ebyembi bw’ebigwawo eby’obugagga ebyo bibula, kale bw’aba ne mutabani tewabaawo mutabani we ky’asigaza.
15 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
Omuntu nga bwe yava mu lubuto lwa nnyina n’ajja mu nsi nga talina kintu, bw’atyo bw’aliddayo nga mwereere ng’ava mu nsi. Tewali ky’aggya mu mirimu gye, wadde kyayinza okugenda nakyo mu mukono gwe.
16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?
Na kino kya bulumi bwereere: nga bwe yajja era bw’atyo bw’aligenda; mugaso ki gwe yafuna mu kugoberera empewo?
17 All his days also he eats in gloom, and he is greatly troubled, and has depression and anger.
Era yamala obulamu bwe bwonna mu kizikiza ne mu buyinike, ne mu kweraliikirira, ne mu bulumi ne mu kunyiiga.
18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be fitting is for a man to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor in which he labors under the sun all the days of his life which God has given him, for this is his portion.
Ne ndyoka ntegeera nti kituufu omuntu okulya n’okunywa n’okulaba nga yeyagalira mu kutakabana ne mu kukola kwe wansi w’enjuba, mu nnaku ze entono Katonda z’amuwadde, kubanga ekyo gwe mugabo gwe.
19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor-this is the gift of God.
Ate Katonda bw’awa omuntu obugagga, n’ebintu n’amusobozesa okubyeyagaliramu, n’okutegeera omugabo gwe n’okusanyukira by’akoze, ekyo kiba kirabo ekivudde ewa Katonda.
20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers him in the joy of his heart.
Emirundi giba mitono gy’alowoolezaamu ekiseera ky’obulamu ky’amaze, kubanga Katonda ajjuza omutima gw’omuntu oyo essanyu.
