Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember also your Creator in days of your youth, While that the evil days do not come, Nor the years have arrived, that you 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 that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned 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 that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
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 doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] rises at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.
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 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper has become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going to his perpetual home, And the mourners have gone around through the street.
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 While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.
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 And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns 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, the whole [is] vanity.
“Asán! Asán!” ni Oniwaasu wí. “Gbogbo rẹ̀ asán ni!”
9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many allegories.
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 to find out pleasing words, and [that] written [by] the upright—words of truth.
Oniwaasu wádìí láti rí àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tí ó tọ̀nà, ohun tí ó kọ sì dúró ṣinṣin ó sì jẹ́ òtítọ́.
11 Words of the wise [are] as the goads, and as nails planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one Shepherd.
Ọ̀rọ̀ ọlọ́gbọ́n dàbí ẹ̀gún, àkójọpọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ wọn sì dàbí ìṣó tí a kàn pọ̀ dáradára, tí olùṣọ́-àgùntàn kan fi fún ni.
12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many scrolls has 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 The end of the whole matter let us hear: “Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of 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 every work God brings into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.”
Nítorí Ọlọ́run yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ olúkúlùkù iṣẹ́ àti ohun ìkọ̀kọ̀, kì bá à ṣe rere kì bá à ṣe búburú.
