Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Mahu bɔne foforo bi wɔ owia yi ase a ɛhyɛ nnipa so yiye:
2 A man to whom Elohim hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet Elohim giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Onyankopɔn ma onipa ahonyade, adenya ne anuonyam sɛnea biribiara a ne koma pɛ no ɛremmɔ no, nanso Onyankopɔn amma no kwan sɛ ɔmfa nnye nʼani, na ɔhɔho mmom na ɔde gye nʼani. Eyi yɛ ahuhude, ɔhaw a ɛyɛ yaw.
3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Onipa betumi anya mma ɔha na wanyin akyɛ; nanso ne mfe dodow yi akyi no, nʼahonya no amma nʼani annye na ne sie nso anyɛ fɛ a, ɔpɔn ba so wɔ mfaso sen no.
4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Ne ba no yɛ ade hunu, sum mu na ɔkɔ, na sum akata ne din so.
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wanhu owia na onnim hwee de, nanso obenya ahomegye bebree sen nea saa ɔbarima no benya,
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
mpo sɛ ɔtena ase mfe apem mmɔho na wamfa nʼahonyade annye nʼani a, wɔn nyinaa nkɔ faako ana?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Onipa brɛ nyinaa yɛ nʼano ntia, nanso nʼakɔnnɔde mmee no da.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Na dɛn na onyansafo wɔ de sen ɔkwasea? Sɛ ohiani yɛ nʼakwan yiye wɔ afoforo anim a mfaso bɛn na obenya?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Nea aniwa hu no ye sen nea akɔnnɔ kyin hwehwɛ. Eyi nso yɛ ahuhude, ɛte sɛ wotaa mframa.
10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Nea ɛwɔ hɔ biara, wɔato din dedaw, na sɛnea onipa te nso, wonim dedaw; onipa biara rentumi ne nea ɔwɔ ahoɔden sen no nnye eyi ho akyinnye.
11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Nsɛm dɔɔso a, mu ntease sua, na so wɔ mfaso ma onipa ana?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Na hena na onim nea eye ma onipa wɔ ne nkwanna kakraa bi a ɛyɛ ahuhude na ɔfa mu kɔ sɛ sunsuma no mu? Hena na obetumi aka nea ebesi wɔ owia yi ase akyerɛ no bere a ɔkɔ no?
