Ecclesiastes 4
1 And I turned about, and beheld all the oppressed that are made so under the sun: and, behold, there are the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors they suffer violence; and they have no comforter.
Apre sa, mwen gade tout lenjistis k'ap fèt sou latè. Dlo ap koule konsa nan je moun y'ap maltrete yo. Pa gen pesonn pou ede yo. Moun k'ap maltrete yo gen lafòs avèk yo. Pesonn pa ka fè anyen pou yo.
2 Thereupon praised I the dead that are already dead, more than the living who are still alive;
Mwen wè sò moun mouri yo miyò pase sò moun vivan yo.
3 And as happier than both of them, him who hath not yet come into being, who hath not seen the evil-doing that is done under the sun.—
Men, gen yon lòt moun ankò ki pi bon pase yo tou de: Se moun ki pa t' janm fèt la, paske li pa janm wè move zak k'ap fèt sou tè a.
4 Again, I beheld all the toil, and all the energy in doing, that it is [from] the envy of one man of his neighbor. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Mwen vin wè tout travay di lèzòm ap travay di a, tout bèl bagay y'ap reyalize nan lavi a, se paske yonn vle gen plis pase lòt. Men, sa tou, sa pa vo anyen, sa pa rapòte anyen.
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Pawòl la di: Moun sòt rete san fè anyen, yo pito grangou.
6 Better is a handful of quiet, than both the hands full of toil and torture of spirit.
Men, pito ou pran ti repo ou tanzantan ak kè poze pase pou ou touye tèt ou ap travay di, lèfini pou sa pa rapòte anyen.
7 Then I turned about, and I saw a vanity under the sun.
Mwen wè yon lòt bagay nan lavi a ki pa vo anyen ankò.
8 There is one alone, and he hath not a companion; yea, he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end to all his toil; his eye also is not satisfied with riches. Yet for whom do I toil, and deprive my soul of good? Also this is vanity, yea, it is a bad employment.
Se te yon nonm ki t'ap viv pou kont li, san zanmi. Li pa t' gen pitit gason, li pa t' gen frè. Li travay san pran souf. Li pa t' janm gen ase. Pou ki moun li t'ap travay di konsa, san bay tèt li yon ti plezi? Li pa t' janm gen tan pou mande tèt li sa. Sa a tou, sa pa vo anyen, se pa yon bon jan pou moun viv.
9 Two are better than one; because they will have a good reward for their toil.
Lè ou gen yon lòt moun avèk ou, li pi bon pase lè ou pou kont ou, paske ansanm nou bay pi bon rannman nan travay nou.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to the single one that falleth; for he hath no companion to lift him up.
Si yonn tonbe, lòt la va ba l' men pou l' leve. Men, malè pou moun k'ap viv pou kont li! Si l' tonbe, p'ap gen moun pou ba l' men.
11 Also, if two lie together, then will they become warm; but how can one person alone become warm?
Konsa tou, lè fè frèt, si yo kouche ansanm, yonn va chofe lòt. Men, si li pou kont li, ki jan pou l' fè chofe kò l'?
12 And if a man could overpower him, the single one, two would stand up against him: and a threefold cord cannot quickly be torn asunder.
Kote dezòm ka kenbe tèt ak yon moun k'ap atake yo, yon sèl p'ap kapab. Yon kòd trese an twa pa fasil pou kase.
13 Better is a poor and a wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to be admonished any more.
-(we vèsè pwochen)
14 For out of the prison cometh the one to reign: whereas also in his kingdom the other becometh poor.
Yon nonm ka soti nan mizè pou l' rive chèf nan peyi l'. Ou ankò li ka soti nan prizon epi yo mete l' chèf pou gouvènen. Pito ou annafè ak yon ti moun ki pòv men ki gen lespri pase pou ou annafè ak yon wa ki fin granmoun, ki fin gaga, ki pa ka pran konsèy.
15 I have seen all the living who walk under the sun, being with the second child that is to stand up in his stead.
Mwen kalkile, mwen gade tout moun k'ap viv sou latè, mwen di nan mitan tout moun sa yo gen jenn gason ki pral pran plas wa a.
16 There was no end to all the people, [belonging] to all that have been before them: they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a torture of the spirit.—
Ou pa ka konte kantite moun yon wa ka gouvènen, kantite moun yon wa ka dirije. Men lè l' mouri, pesonn p'ap chonje di l' mèsi pou sa li te fè pou yo. Tou sa pa vo anyen. Sa pa rapòte anyen.
