Ecclesiastes 1
1 Here are the words of the Teacher, the king of Jerusalem, David's son.
Mawu a Mlaliki, mwana wa Davide, mfumu ya ku Yerusalemu:
2 “Everything passes—it's so temporary! It's all so hard to understand!” says the Teacher.
“Zopandapake! Zopandapake!” atero Mlaliki. “Zopandapake kotheratu! Zopandapake.”
3 What benefit do you get for slaving away in this life?
Kodi munthu amapindulanji pa ntchito zake zonse zimene amasautsidwa nazo pansi pano?
4 People come, and people go, but the earth lasts forever!
Mibado imabwera ndipo mibado imapita, koma dziko lapansi limakhalapobe nthawi zonse.
5 The sun comes up, and the sun goes down, and then rushes to its place to rise again.
Dzuwa limatuluka ndipo dzuwa limalowa ndipo limapita mwamsanga kumene limatulukira.
6 The wind blows south, and then turns to the north. Round and round it spins, finally coming full circle.
Mphepo imawombera cha kummwera ndi kukhotera cha kumpoto; imawomba mozungulirazungulira, kumangobwererabwerera komwe yachokera.
7 Streams all flow into the sea, but the sea never becomes full. The streams return to the place from where they came.
Mitsinje yonse imakathira ku nyanja, koma nyanjayo sidzaza; kumene madziwo amachokera, amabwereranso komweko.
8 Everything just keeps on going. You can't say all there is to say. You can't see all there is to see. You can't hear all there is to hear.
Zinthu zonse ndi zotopetsa, kutopetsa kwake ndi kosaneneka. Maso satopa ndi kuona kapena khutu kukwaniritsidwa ndi kumva.
9 Everything that was will continue to be; everything that has been done will be done again. Nothing new ever happens here.
Zomwe zinalipo kale zidzakhalaponso, zomwe zinachitika kale zidzachitikanso. Ndiye kuti chatsopano palibiretu pansi pano.
10 There's nothing anyone can point to and say, “Look! Here's something new.” In fact it's been around for ages, long before our time.
Kodi chilipo chinthu chimene wina anganene kuti, “Taona! Ichi ndiye chatsopano?” Chinalipo kale, kalekale; chinalipo ife kulibe.
11 The problem is we don't remember people from the past, and people in the future won't remember those who came before them.
Anthu akale sakumbukiridwa, ngakhale amene adzabwera mʼtsogolomu sadzakumbukiridwa ndi iwo amene adzabwere pambuyo pawo.
12 I am the Teacher, and I was king over Israel, reigning from Jerusalem.
Ine, Mlalikine, ndinali mfumu ya Israeli mu Yerusalemu.
13 I decided to focus my mind to explore, using wisdom, everything that happens here on earth. This is a tough assignment that God has given people to keep them busy!
Ndinayika mtima wanga pophunzira ndi kufunafuna mwa nzeru zinthu zonse zimene zimachitika pansi pa thambo. Ndi ntchito yolemetsa ndithu imene Mulungu anayipereka kwa anthu!
14 I examined everything people do here on earth, and discovered that it's all so temporary—trying to understand it is like trying to pin down the wind!
Ine ndaona zinthu zonse zochitika pansi pano; zinthu zonsezo ndi zopandapake, nʼkungodzivuta chabe.
15 You can't straighten what is twisted, and you can't count what isn't there.
Chinthu chokhota sichingathe kuwongoledwa; chimene palibe sichingathe kuwerengedwa.
16 I thought to myself, “I've become very wise, wiser than all the kings of Jerusalem before me. My mind has gained a great deal of wisdom and knowledge.”
Ine ndinaganiza mu mtima mwanga, “Taona, ine ndakula ndi kukhala wa nzeru zochuluka kupambana aliyense amene analamulirapo Yerusalemu ndisanabadwe; ndaphunzira nzeru zochuluka ndi luntha.”
17 So I decided to use my mind to learn everything about wisdom, and madness and foolishness as well. But I found out that this is as hard as trying to catch hold of the wind.
Ndipo ndinadzipereka kuti ndithe kumvetsa kuti nzeru nʼchiyani, misala nʼchiyani, uchitsiru nʼchiyani, koma ndinazindikira ichi, kuti kuteronso nʼkungodzivuta chabe.
18 For with great wisdom comes great frustration. The greater the knowledge, the greater the pain.
Pakuti nzeru zochuluka zimabweretsa chisoni chochulukanso: chidziwitso chochuluka, zowawa zochulukanso.
