Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
Gen yon mal ke m konn wè anba syèl la e ki gaye patou pami lòm—
2 A man to whom God gives wealth, and riches, and honor, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desires, and God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
Yon nonm ke Bondye fin bay richès, byen ak lonè, jiskaske nanm li pa manke anyen nan tout sa ke li dezire. Men Bondye pa kite li manje ladann, paske yon etranje ap jwe benefis yo. Sa se vanite ak gwo malè.
3 If a man begets one hundred, and lives many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he has not had a grave, I have said, “Better than he [is] the untimely birth.”
Si yon nonm fè yon santèn timoun e viv anpil ane, malgre fòs kantite ke yo kapab ye, men nanm li pa janm satisfè ak bon bagay, e li pa menm ka fè yon bon antèman; alò, mwen di: “Pito li te sòti kon foskouch nan vant li.”
4 For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goes, and in darkness his name is covered,
Paske li parèt an ven e non li vin kouvri nan fènwa.
5 even the sun he has not seen nor known, more rest has this than that.
Li pa janm wè solèy la, e li p ap janm konnen anyen; li pi bon pase lòt la.
6 And though he had lived one thousand years twice over, yet he has not seen good; does not everyone go to the same place?
Menm si lòt la viv pandan mil ane de fwa e pa rejwi de bon bagay—èske se pa tout moun ki ale menm kote a?
7 All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, And yet the soul is not filled.
Tout travay a lòm se pou satisfè bouch li; malgre sa, apeti li pa janm satisfè.
8 For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?
Paske, se ki lavantaj yon nonm saj genyen sou yon moun san konprann? Ki lavantaj malere a genyen nan konnen jan pou mache devan sila ki vivan yo?
9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This [is] also vanity and distress of spirit.
Sa ke zye wè pi bon pase sa ke nanm dezire. Sa tou, se san rezon ak kouri dèyè van.
10 What [is] that which has been? Already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, And he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
Tout sa ki egziste te gen non deja, e yo tout konnen sa ke lòm nan ye; paske li pa ka goumen ak sila ki pi fò pase l.
11 For there are many things multiplying vanity; What advantage [is] to man?
Paske, gen anpil pawòl ki ogmante vanite. Alò, se ki lavantaj pou yon nonm?
12 For who knows what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he makes them as a shadow? For who declares to man what is after him under the sun?
Paske kilès ki konnen sa ki bon pou yon nonm pandan lavi li, pandan ti kras ane lavi li ki san rezon an? Li va pase yo tankou lonbraj. Paske se kilès ki ka di sa k ap rive apre li anba solèy la?
