Ecclesiastes 6
1 I have observed another evil here on earth, and it has a great impact on humanity.
Namoni mabe mosusu na se ya moyi, mpe ezali kilo makasi mpo na bato:
2 God gives wealth, possessions, and honor to someone. They have everything they want. But God doesn't let them enjoy what they have. Instead somebody else does! This is hard to fathom, and is truly evil.
ezali na bato oyo bazwi kowuta na Nzambe bozwi, biloko ebele mpe lokumu mpo ete bazanga eloko moko te oyo mitema na bango ekoki kozala na yango posa; kasi Ye moko Nzambe apimeli bango makoki ya kosepela na yango, pamba te moto mosusu nde azali kosepela na yango. Wana mpe ezali pamba, mpe ezali mabe oyo epesaka penza mawa.
3 A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.
Soki moto aboti bana nkama moko mpe azwi ngolu ya kowumela mibu ebele na bomoi; bongo, atako awumeli mibu ebele na bomoi, asepeli te na bozwi na ye mpe azangi ata kunda, nalobi solo ete mwana oyo abotami ya kokufa azali malamu koleka ye;
4 The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.
pamba te, mwana oyo abotami ya kokufa, abotami pamba, azongi kati na molili, mpe bakokanisa ye lisusu te;
5 He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this man.
atako amoni moyi te to atikali koyeba ata eloko moko te, azali na kimia koleka mozwi.
6 Even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?
Ata awumeli na bomoi mibu nkoto moko mbala mibale, akotikala komona esengo te. Boni, bato nyonso bakendaka kaka esika moko te?
7 Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
Pasi nyonso oyo moto amonaka ezali mpo ete akokisa baposa na ye, nzokande baposa yango esilaka kaka te.
8 So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
Moto ya bwanya aleki moto oyo azangi mayele na nini? Litomba nini mobola azali na yango ata ayebi kotambola liboso ya bato mosusu?
9 Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.
Biloko oyo moto azali komona na miso ezali malamu koleka biloko oyo azali na yango na makanisi: yango mpe ezali pamba, ezali lokola moto azali kolanda mopepe.
10 Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
Ekelamu nyonso oyo ezali esila koyebana na kombo na yango, mpe eyebani malamu soki moto azali nani: akoki te kotelemela oyo aleki ye na makasi.
11 For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
Soki maloba eleki mingi, makambo ya pamba-pamba eyaka mpe ebele; bongo litomba na yango ezali penza nini?
12 Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
Pamba te, nani ayebi likambo oyo ezali malamu mpo na bomoi ya moto, na mikolo na ye nyonso ya bomoi ya pamba oyo azali kolekisa lokola elili? Nani akoki koyebisa ye makambo oyo ekoya sima na ye, na se ya moyi?
