Ecclesiastes 5
1 Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.
Batela makolo na yo tango ozali kokende na Ndako ya Nzambe; eleki malamu kokende kuna mpo na koyoka, kasi mpo na kobonza mbeka ya bazoba te, pamba te bayebaka te ete basalaka mabe.
2 You should not speak anything rashly, nor should your heart be hasty to present a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth. For this reason, let your words be few.
Kowelela te kofungola monoko na yo, mpe tika ete motema na yo ewelela te kobimisa liloba liboso ya Nzambe! Pamba te Nzambe azali na likolo, mpe yo ozali na mabele. Boye, tika ete maloba na yo ezalaka mingi te!
3 Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.
Ndenge ndoto eyaka soki moto azali na misala mingi, ndenge wana mpe maloba ebele ebimisaka bozoba.
4 If you have vowed anything to God, you should not delay to repay it. And whatever you have vowed, render it. But an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him.
Soki olapi ndayi liboso ya Nzambe, kowumela te mpo na kokokisa yango; pamba te Nzambe asepelaka na bazoba te; kokisa ndayi na yo.
5 And it is much better not to make a vow, than, after a vow, not to fulfill what was promised.
Eleki malamu ete olapa na yo kutu ndayi te na esika ya kolapa ndayi mpe ozanga kokokisa yango.
6 You should not use your mouth so as to cause your flesh to sin. And you should not say, in the sight of an Angel, “There is no Providence.” For God, being angry at your words, may scatter all the works of your hands.
Kotika te ete monoko na yo ememisa yo masumu, mpe kokende koloba te liboso ya basali ya Nzambe: « Ndayi na ngai ezalaki libunga. » Mpo na nini Nzambe atomboka mpo na maloba na yo mpe abebisa misala ya maboko na yo?
7 Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities and innumerable words. Yet truly, you must fear God.
Ndoto ebele mpe maloba ebele ezali kaka pamba; yango wana tosa nde Nzambe.
8 If you see false accusations against the indigent, and violent judgments, and subverted justice in the government, do not be surprised over this situation. For those in high places have others who are higher, and there are still others, more eminent, over these.
Soki omoni ete bazali konyokola mobola kati na mokili, bongo boyengebene mpe bosembo etiolami, kokamwa likambo yango te; pamba te mokambi moko azali na se ya mokambi mosusu; mpe na likolo na bango mibale, ezali na bakonzi mosusu oyo baleki na bokonzi.
9 But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.
Biloko oyo mabele ebotaka ezali mpo na bolamu ya bato nyonso; ezala mokonzi, abikaka mpe na mbuma ya bilanga.
10 A greedy man will not be satisfied by money. And whoever loves wealth will reap no fruit from it. Therefore, this, too, is emptiness.
Moto oyo alingaka mbongo atondaka yango te, mpe moto oyo alingaka bomengo, bozwi na ye etondisaka ye te. Wana mpe ezali kaka pamba.
11 Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes?
Ndenge bozwi ya moto ekomaka ebele, ndenge wana mpe bato oyo baliaka yango bakomaka ebele; bongo litomba nini nkolo na yango akozwa, soki kaka te komona yango na miso?
12 Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.
Pongi ya mosali ezalaka ya kimia, ata soki alie moke to mingi; kasi bomengo ya mozwi ezangisaka ye pongi.
13 There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.
Namoni mabe moko na se ya moyi, epesaka penza mawa: moto abombi bomengo na ye, kasi ememeli ye pasi;
14 For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.
likambo moko ya mabe ya mbalakata ebebisi bomengo yango, mpe mwana na ye azangi libula ya kokitana na yango.
15 Just as he went forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.
Ndenge abotamaki bolumbu wuta na libumu ya mama na ye, ndenge mpe akozanga bolumbu, akomema ata mbuma moko te ya mosala na ye.
16 It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?
Oyo mpe ezali lisusu pasi oyo epesaka mawa: ndenge moto ayaki, ndenge mpe akozonga. Bongo litomba na ye ezali nini? Asali kaka mpo na mopepe?
17 All the days of his life he consumes: in darkness, and with many worries, and in distress as well as sadness.
Alekisi mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye kati na molili, na pasi, na komitungisa mpe na kanda.
18 And so, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion.
Mpo na yango, tala likambo oyo ngai namoni ete ezali malamu: ebongi na moto kolia, komela mpe kosepela na mbuma ya mosala na ye na se ya moyi, na mikolo ya bomoi oyo Nzambe apesi ye, pamba te yango nde libula na ye.
19 And this is a gift from God: that every man to whom God has given wealth and resources, and to whom he has granted the ability to consume these, may enjoy his portion, and may find joy in his labors.
Kutu, epai na moto nyonso oyo Nzambe apesi bomengo mpe biloko ebele, bongo apesi ye lisusu makoki ya kosalela yango, ya kozwa libula na ye mpe ya kosepela na mbuma ya mosala na ye, wana ezali penza likabo ya Nzambe!
20 And then he will not fully remember the days of his life, because God occupies his heart with delights.
Nzokande, wana Nzambe akotondisa motema na ye na esengo, moto yango akosala keba te na motango ya mikolo ya bomoi na ye.
