Ecclesiastes 12
1 And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [you] in which you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.
Rántí Ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ ní ọjọ́ èwe rẹ, nígbà tí ọjọ́ ibi kò tí ì dé àti tí ọdún kò tí ì ní súnmọ́ etílé, nígbà tí ìwọ yóò wí pé, “Èmi kò ní ìdùnnú nínú wọn,”
2 While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:
kí oòrùn àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti òṣùpá àti àwọn ìràwọ̀ tó ṣókùnkùn, àti kí àwọsánmọ̀ tó padà lẹ́yìn òjò;
3 in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding [women] cease because they have become few, and the [women] looking out at the windows be dark;
nígbà tí olùṣọ́ ilé yóò wárìrì tí àwọn ọkùnrin alágbára yóò tẹríba, nígbà tí àwọn tí ó ń lọ dákẹ́ nítorí pé wọn kò pọ̀, tí àwọn tí ń wo òde láti ojú fèrèsé yóò ṣókùnkùn;
4 and they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds [at the mill]; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
nígbà tí ìlẹ̀kùn sí ìgboro yóò tì tí ariwo ọlọ yóò dákẹ́; nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn yóò dìde sí ariwo àwọn ẹyẹ ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo orin wọn yóò máa lọ ilẹ̀.
5 and they shall look up, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market:
Nígbà tí ènìyàn yóò bẹ̀rù ibi gíga àti ti ìfarapa ní ìgboro; nígbà tí igi almondi yóò tanná àti tí ẹlẹ́ǹgà yóò wọ́ ara rẹ̀ lọ tí ìfẹ́ kò sì ní ru sókè mọ́ nígbà náà ni ènìyàn yóò lọ ilé rẹ́ ayérayé tí àwọn aṣọ̀fọ̀ yóò máa rìn kiri ìgboro.
6 before the silver cord be [let go], or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to the cistern;
Rántí rẹ̀ kí okùn fàdákà tó já, tàbí kí ọpọ́n wúrà tó fọ́; kí iṣà tó fọ́ níbi ìsun, tàbí kí àyíká kẹ̀kẹ́ kí ó tó kán níbi kànga.
7 [before] the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it.
Tí erùpẹ̀ yóò sì padà sí ilẹ̀ ibi tí ó ti wà, tí ẹ̀mí yóò sì padà sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run tí ó fi í fún ni.
8 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.
“Asán! Asán!” ni Oniwaasu wí. “Gbogbo rẹ̀ asán ni!”
9 And because the Preacher was wise above [others, so it was] that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
Kì í ṣe wí pé Oniwaasu jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ó tún kọ́ àwọn ènìyàn ní ìmọ̀. Ó rò ó dáradára ó sì ṣe àwárí, ó sì gbé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ òwe kalẹ̀ lẹ́sẹẹsẹ.
10 The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, [even] words of truth.
Oniwaasu wádìí láti rí àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tí ó tọ̀nà, ohun tí ó kọ sì dúró ṣinṣin ó sì jẹ́ òtítọ́.
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
Ọ̀rọ̀ ọlọ́gbọ́n dàbí ẹ̀gún, àkójọpọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ wọn sì dàbí ìṣó tí a kàn pọ̀ dáradára, tí olùṣọ́-àgùntàn kan fi fún ni.
12 And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Àti síwájú láti inú èyí, ọmọ mi, gba ìmọ̀ràn. Nínú ìwé púpọ̀, òpin kò sí, ìwé kíkà púpọ̀ a máa mú ara ṣàárẹ̀.
13 Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.
Nísinsin yìí, òpin gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ tí a gbọ́ ni pé, bẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run, kí o sì pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́, nítorí èyí ni ojúṣe gbogbo ènìyàn.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.
Nítorí Ọlọ́run yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ olúkúlùkù iṣẹ́ àti ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀, kì bá à ṣe rere kì bá à ṣe búburú.
