Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:
Mwen wè yon lòt malè sou latè ankò, se bagay ki rive fasil.
2 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.
Bondye bay yon moun richès, pozisyon, byen, lwanj. Wi, Bondye ba li tou sa li bezwen san manke yonn. Men Bondye pa kite l' jwi yo. Se yon etranje k'ap jwi yo pito. Tou sa pa vo anyen. Se bagay ki rèd anpil.
3 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.
Yon nonm te mèt gen san (100) pitit, li te mèt viv lontan, wi li te mèt rive vye granmoun, si li pa jwi anyen nan lavi, si yo pa ka fè bèl lantèman pou li, enben, mwen di nou: Yon timoun ki fèt tou mouri miyò pase l'.
4 For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.
Paske ti pitit la fèt, men sa pa sèvi l' anyen. Li disparèt lamenm. Ata non l' yo pa gen tan konnen.
5 Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is [no more rest] to this one than another.
Li pa janm wè limyè solèy, li pa janm konnen sa lavi ye. Men, ti pitit la jwenn pi bon repo pase nonm sa a
6 Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
ki viv depase demilan men ki pa janm jwi anyen nan lavi, paske, lè ou gade byen, tou de al menm kote a.
7 All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
Tou sa yon nonm fè pase nan bouch, men l'ap toujou grangou.
8 For [what] advantage has the wise man over the fool, since [even] the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
Kisa yon nonm ki gen lespri gen pase yon nonm sòt? Kisa sa rapòte yon pòv malere lè li konnen jan pou l' debat ak lavi a?
9 The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
Anyen. Pito ou kontan ak sa ou genyen pase pou ou toujou anvi sa ou pa genyen. Sa pa vo anyen, sa pa rapòte anyen.
10 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.
Tou sa ki rive, depi lontan yo konnen li te la pou rive. Nou deja konnen sa yon moun ye. Li pa ka nan kenbe tèt ak moun ki pi fò pase l'.
11 For there are many things which increase vanity.
Plis ou nan pale anpil, plis se tan ou w'ap pèdi. Kisa sa ap rapòte ou?
12 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?
Ki moun ki konnen sa ki bon pou yon moun k'ap mennen yon lavi ki pa vo anyen, yon lavi k'ap pase tankou yon nwaj, pandan de twa jou l'ap pase sou tè a? Ki moun ki ka fè lèzòm konnen sa ki gen pou rive sou latè apre y'a fin mouri?
