Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
Gen yon mal ke m konn wè anba syèl la e ki gaye patou pami lòm—
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
Yon nonm ke Bondye fin bay richès, byen ak lonè, jiskaske nanm li pa manke anyen nan tout sa ke li dezire. Men Bondye pa kite li manje ladann, paske yon etranje ap jwe benefis yo. Sa se vanite ak gwo malè.
3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
Si yon nonm fè yon santèn timoun e viv anpil ane, malgre fòs kantite ke yo kapab ye, men nanm li pa janm satisfè ak bon bagay, e li pa menm ka fè yon bon antèman; alò, mwen di: “Pito li te sòti kon foskouch nan vant li.”
4 For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
Paske li parèt an ven e non li vin kouvri nan fènwa.
5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
Li pa janm wè solèy la, e li p ap janm konnen anyen; li pi bon pase lòt la.
6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
Menm si lòt la viv pandan mil ane de fwa e pa rejwi de bon bagay—èske se pa tout moun ki ale menm kote a?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
Tout travay a lòm se pou satisfè bouch li; malgre sa, apeti li pa janm satisfè.
8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
Paske, se ki lavantaj yon nonm saj genyen sou yon moun san konprann? Ki lavantaj malere a genyen nan konnen jan pou mache devan sila ki vivan yo?
9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
Sa ke zye wè pi bon pase sa ke nanm dezire. Sa tou, se san rezon ak kouri dèyè van.
10 He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
Tout sa ki egziste te gen non deja, e yo tout konnen sa ke lòm nan ye; paske li pa ka goumen ak sila ki pi fò pase l.
11 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
Paske, gen anpil pawòl ki ogmante vanite. Alò, se ki lavantaj pou yon nonm?
12 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
Paske kilès ki konnen sa ki bon pou yon nonm pandan lavi li, pandan ti kras ane lavi li ki san rezon an? Li va pase yo tankou lonbraj. Paske se kilès ki ka di sa k ap rive apre li anba solèy la?
