Ecclesiastes 5
1 Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
Ritri ka idhi e od Nyasaye. Dhi machiegni mondo ichik iti moloyo chiwo misengini ma joma ofuwo chiwo, jogo ma ok ongʼeyo ni gitimo marach.
2 Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Kik dhogi bed mayot kata kik irikni e chunyi kiwacho, wach moro amora e nyim Nyasaye. Nyasaye ni e polo to in to in e piny, omiyo wechegi onego bed manok.
3 For a dream cometh through being much employed [with something], and the voice of a fool cometh with a multitude of words.
Kaka lek biro ka nitie paro mathoth, e kaka weche mar ngʼama ofuwo bedo nikech weche mangʼeny.
4 When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.
Ka isingori e nyim Nyasaye, to kik ideki mar timo kamano. Ok omor gi joma ofuwo; omiyo chop singruokni.
5 It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
Ber mondo kik isingri, moloyo singori, bangʼe ok ichopo singoni.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Kik iwe wecheni iwuon teri e richo, nono to ibiro ywagori e nyim jadolo mar hekalu niya, “Singruok mane atimo kakwongʼora ne ok en adier. Angʼo ma dimi Nyasaye bed kodi gi mirima kuom gik misewacho mi oketh tich lweti?
7 For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.
Lek mathoth kod weche mangʼeny duto onge tiendgi. Kuom mano chungʼ motegno kiluoro Nyasaye.”
8 If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.
Ka ineno ka joma odhier isando e gwengʼ moro, kata ok ngʼad buchgi gadiera kod ratiro, to kik gik ma kamago bwogi; nimar jatelo ka jatelo nigi ngʼama duongʼne kendo kargi ji ariyogi gin gi ngʼama otelonegi.
9 But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.
Nyak mar piny itiyogo gi ji duto; ruoth bende yudo ohala e nyak mar puothego.
10 He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity.
Ngʼat mohero pesa ok bed gi pesa morome; kendo ngʼat mohero mwandu, mwandu moyudo ok rome. Ma bende onge tiende.
11 When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it [likewise] increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see [it] with his eyes?
Kaka mwanduni medore, e kaka joma tiyo kodgi medore. In to ohala miyudo en ngʼeyo mana ni in jamoko?
12 Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Jachan nindo mamuol, kata ka ochiemo matin kata ka ochiemo mathoth, to jo-mwandu parore ma ok nyal nindo.
13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely, ] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
Gima lit maseneno katimore e piny en ni mwandu mopandi inyo mana wuon,
14 And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:
kata mwandu molal nikech chandruok moro, maonge gima ginyalo weyo ni nyithindgi ndalo mabiro.
15 As he came forth out of his mother's womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.
Mana kaka dhano wuok ei min-gi ka en duk, e kaka obiro dok. Onge gino moago kuom tichne matek monyalo tingʼo e lwete.
16 And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?
Gima lit ahinya machielo en: Kaka dhano nobiro e pinyni, e kaka obiro wuok e pinyni, koro ere ohala moyudo, kuom tichne matek konyagore mana ne yamo?
17 All his days also had he to eat in darkness, and hath had much vexation and wrath with his sickness.
Ndalone duto ochiemo e mudho, ka en gi chandruok malich, rem kod mirima.
18 Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one's toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
Eka ne afwenyo ni ber kendo longʼo mondo dhano ochiem kendo omethi, kendo mondo oyud mor e tichne matek motimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ e kinde matin mar ngimane ma Nyasaye osemiye, nimar mano e pokne kende.
19 Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil— this is the gift of God.
Kata kamano, ka Nyasaye omiyo ngʼato mwandu gi ngima maber, kendo oyiene mondo ocham gigo to onego obed mamor kochamogi, nimar mano en mich ma Nyasaye ema chiwo.
20 Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.
Ok onyal bedo gi thuolo mar nono kit ngimane e ndalo mosekadho, nikech Nyasaye okete modich gi mor mathoth e chunye.
