Ecclesiastes 2
1 So then I thought to myself, “Alright, let me examine pleasure and see how good that is.” But this too turned out to be something temporary that passes.
Mo rò nínú ọkàn mi, “Wá nísinsin yìí, èmi yóò sì dán ọ wò pẹ̀lú ìgbádùn láti ṣe àwárí ohun tí ó dára.” Ṣùgbọ́n eléyìí náà jásí asán.
2 I conclude that laughing your way through life is stupid, and pleasure—what use is that?
“Mo wí fún ẹ̀rín pé òmùgọ̀ ni. Àti fún ìre-ayọ̀ pé kí ni ó ń ṣe?”
3 Then I used my mind to examine the attraction of wine to my body. My mind still guiding me with wisdom, I took it until I acted like a fool, so that I might see whether this was good for people to do during their time here.
Mo tiraka láti dun ara mi nínú pẹ̀lú ọtí wáìnì, àti láti fi ọwọ́ lé òmùgọ̀—ọkàn mi sì ń tọ́ mi pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n. Mo fẹ́ wo ohun tí ó yẹ ní ṣíṣe fún ènìyàn ní abẹ́ ọ̀run ní ìwọ̀nba ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀.
4 Then I tried great construction projects. I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.
Mo ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ ńlá ńlá. Mo kọ́ ilé púpọ̀ fún ara mi, mo sì gbin ọgbà àjàrà púpọ̀.
5 I made for myself gardens and parks, planting them with all kinds of fruit trees.
Mo ṣe ọgbà àti àgbàlá, mo sì gbin onírúurú igi eléso sí inú wọn.
6 I constructed for myself reservoirs to water all these growing trees.
Mo gbẹ́ adágún láti máa bu omi rin àwọn igi tí ó ń hù jáde nínú ọgbà.
7 I bought male and female slaves, and their children also belonged to me. I also owned many herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
Mo ra àwọn ẹrú ọkùnrin àti àwọn ẹrú obìnrin, mo sì tún ní àwọn ẹrú mìíràn tí a bí sí ilé mi. Mo sì tún ní ẹran ọ̀sìn ju ẹnikẹ́ni ní Jerusalẹmu lọ.
8 I collected for myself great quantities of silver and gold, paid to me as tribute by kings and provinces. I brought in for myself male and female singers, and enjoyed many concubines—all a man could want!
Mo kó fàdákà àti wúrà jọ fún ara mi àti àwọn ohun ìṣúra ti ọba àti ìgbèríko. Mo ní àwọn akọrin ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, àti dídùn inú ọmọ ènìyàn, aya àti obìnrin púpọ̀.
9 I became great—greater than anyone in Jerusalem before me. All the while my wisdom stayed with me.
Mo di ẹni ńlá ju ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó wà ní Jerusalẹmu ṣáájú mi. Nínú gbogbo èyí, ọgbọ́n mi kò fi mí sílẹ̀.
10 I didn't stop myself trying anything I wanted. Whatever I felt like enjoying, I did. I even enjoyed everything I had accomplished, a reward for all my work.
Èmi kò jẹ́ kí ojú mi ṣe aláìrí ohun tí ó bá ń fẹ́. N kò sì jẹ́ kí ọkàn mi ó ṣe aláìní ìgbádùn. Ọkàn mi yọ̀ nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ mi, èyí sì ni èrè fún gbogbo wàhálà mi.
11 But when I thought about what I had worked so hard to achieve, everything I'd done, it was so short-lived—as significant as someone trying to catch the wind. There really is no enduring benefit here on earth.
Síbẹ̀, nígbà tí mo wo gbogbo ohun tí ọwọ́ mi ti ṣe àti ohun tí mo ti ṣe wàhálà láti ní: gbogbo rẹ̀, asán ni. Ó dàbí ẹni gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́, kò sí èrè kan ní abẹ́ oòrùn; ọgbọ́n àti òmùgọ̀, asán ni.
12 So I started to think about wisdom—and madness and foolishness. For what can anyone who comes after the king do that hasn't already been done?
Nígbà náà ni mo tún bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ọgbọ́n, àti ìsínwín àti àìgbọ́n kí ni ọba tí ó jẹ lẹ́yìn tí ọba kan kú le è ṣe ju èyí tí ọba ìṣáájú ti ṣe lọ.
13 I recognized that wisdom is better than foolishness just as light is better than darkness.
Mo sì ri wí pé ọgbọ́n dára ju òmùgọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ti dára ju òkùnkùn lọ.
14 The wise see where they're going, but fools walk in darkness. But I also realized that they all come to the same end.
Ojú ọlọ́gbọ́n ń bẹ lágbárí rẹ̀, nígbà tí aṣiwèrè ń rìn nínú òkùnkùn, ṣùgbọ́n mo wá padà mọ̀ wí pé ìpín kan náà ni ó ń dúró de ìsọ̀rí àwọn ènìyàn méjèèjì.
15 Then I thought to myself, “If I'm going to end up the same as a fool, what's the point of being so wise?” So I thought to myself, “This is also hard to understand!”
Nígbà náà ni mo rò nínú ọkàn wí pé, “Irú ìpín tí òmùgọ̀ ní yóò bá èmi náà pẹ̀lú kí wá ni ohun tí mo jẹ ní èrè nípa ọgbọ́n?” Mo sọ nínú ọkàn mi wí pé, “Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú.”
16 Nobody remembers the wise or the fool for very long—in the future everything will be forgotten. Whether wise or foolish, they both die.
Nítorí pé ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí i òmùgọ̀, a kì yóò rántí rẹ̀ fún ìgbà pípẹ́; gbogbo wọn ni yóò di ohun ìgbàgbé ní ọjọ́ tó ń bọ̀. Ikú tí ó pa aṣiwèrè náà ni yóò pa ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn.
17 So I ended up feeling disgusted with life because everything that happens here on earth is so distressing. It's so incomprehensible, like trying to control the wind.
Nítorí náà, mo kórìíra ìwàláàyè, nítorí pé iṣẹ́ tí wọn ń ṣe ní abẹ́ oòrùn ti mú ìdààmú bá mi. Gbogbo rẹ̀ asán ni, ó dàbí ẹni ń gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́ ni.
18 I even ended up hating what I had achieved here on earth because I have to hand it over to whoever comes after me.
Mo kórìíra gbogbo ohun tí mo ti ṣiṣẹ́ fún ní abẹ́ oòrùn, nítorí pé mo ní láti fi wọ́n sílẹ̀ fún ẹni tí ó wà lẹ́yìn mi ni.
19 And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand!
Ta ni ó wá mọ̀ bóyá ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn ni yóò jẹ́ tàbí aṣiwèrè? Síbẹ̀ yóò ní láti ṣe àkóso lórí gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí mo tí ṣe yìí pẹ̀lú.
20 I decided to give up, my mind in despair over the significance of all my life's achievements.
Nítorí náà, ọkàn mi bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní kábámọ̀ lórí gbogbo àìsimi iṣẹ́ ṣíṣe mi ní abẹ́ oòrùn.
21 For you can work wisely, knowledgably, and with skill—and who benefits? Someone who hasn't worked for it! This is both frustrating and totally unjust!
Nítorí pé ènìyàn le è ṣe iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìmọ̀ ní abẹ́ oòrùn, tí ó sì ti kọ́ ṣe iṣẹ́ fúnra rẹ̀. Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú àti àdánù ńlá.
22 What do you get here on earth for all your hard work and worry?
Kí ni ohun tí ènìyàn rí gbà fún gbogbo wàhálà àti ìpọ́njú tí ó fi ṣiṣẹ́ lábẹ́ oòrùn?
23 Your working life is full of trouble and strife—even at night your thoughts keep you awake. This is tough to comprehend!
Gbogbo ọjọ́ rẹ, iṣẹ́ rẹ kún fún ìrora, àti ìbànújẹ́, kódà ọkàn rẹ̀ kì í ní ìsinmi ní alẹ́. Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú.
24 So what's the best thing to do? Eat, drink, and enjoy your work, recognizing as I did that these things are given to us by God,
Ènìyàn kò le è ṣe ohunkóhun tí ó dára jù pé kí ó jẹ kí ó sì mu, kí ó sì rí ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nínú iṣẹ́ rẹ̀. Mo rí wí pé eléyìí pẹ̀lú wá láti ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run.
25 for who can eat or enjoy life apart from him?
Nítorí wí pé láìsí òun, ta ni ó le jẹ tàbí kí ó mọ adùn?
26 To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.
Fún ẹni tí ó bá tẹ́ Ọlọ́run lọ́rùn ni Ọlọ́run yóò fún ní ọgbọ́n, ìmọ̀ àti ìdùnnú, ṣùgbọ́n fún ẹni dẹ́ṣẹ̀, Ó fún un ní iṣẹ́ láti ṣà àti láti kó ohun ìní pamọ́ kí ó sì fi fún ẹni tí ó tẹ́ Ọlọ́run lọ́rùn. Eléyìí pẹ̀lú, asán ni, ó dàbí ẹni gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́.
