Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great on men:
Waliwo ekibi ekirala kye ndabye wansi w’enjuba era kibuutikidde abantu.
2 [There is many] a man to whom God hath given riches, property, and honor, and nothing is wanting for his soul of all that he longeth for: yet God empowereth him not to eat thereof, but a stranger will consume it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Katonda awa omuntu obugagga, n’amuwa ebintu ebingi awamu n’ekitiibwa, na buli mutima gwe kye gwetaaga n’akifuna; naye Katonda n’amumma okubisanyukiramu, kyokka omugwira n’ajja n’abisanyukiramu. Kino butaliimu era kya bubalagaze!
3 If a man were to beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years were many, and his soul were not satisfied with what is good, and he have not had even a burial: then do I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Omuntu ayinza okuba n’abaana kikumi, n’awangaala; bw’atasanyukira mu bugagga bwe, era n’ataziikwa mu kitiibwa, ne bw’aba ng’awangadde nnyo, omwana afiira mu lubuto ng’agenda okuzaalibwa amusingira wala.
4 For in vanity it came, and in darkness it departeth, and with darkness will its name be covered.
Omwana oyo ajja nga taliiko ky’amanyi n’agendera mu butamanya era n’erinnya lye ne libulira mu butamanya.
5 Moreover it never saw the sun, and knew nothing: this hath more rest than the other.
Newaakubadde talabye njuba, wadde okubaako ky’amanya, kyokka awummula bulungi okusinga omusajja oyo:
6 Yea, though he were to live a thousand years twice told, and had not seen any good— doth not every one go to one place?
omusajja oyo ne bw’awangaala emyaka enkumi bbiri, naye n’atasanyukira mu bya bugagga bwe. Bombi tebalaga mu kifo kye kimu?
7 All the toil of a man is for his mouth; and yet is his desire never filled.
Buli muntu ateganira mumwa gwe, naye tasobola kukkuta by’alina.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk [properly] before the living?
Kale omuntu omugezi asinga oyo omusirusiru? Omwavu bw’amanya okwefuga mu maaso g’abalala, agasibwa ki?
9 Better is what one seeth with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Amaaso kye galaba kisinga olufulube lw’ebirowoozo. Era na kino nakyo butaliimu, na kugoberera mpewo.
10 That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier than he.
Buli ekibaawo ky’ateekebwateekebwa dda, n’omuntu kyali kyamanyibwa, tewali muntu ayinza kulwana n’oyo amusinza amaanyi, n’amusobola.
11 For there are many things that increase vanity: what advantage [cometh thence] for man?
Ebigambo gye bikoma obungi, gye bikoma n’obutabaamu makulu; kale ekyo kigasa kitya omuntu?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his vain life, that he should spend them as a shadow? for who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Kale ani amanyi ekirungi eri omuntu, mu nnaku ezo entono z’amala mu bulamu bwe obutaliimu, obuli ng’ekisiikirize? Ani wansi w’enjuba ayinza okutegeeza ekirimubaako ng’avudde mu bulamu buno?
