Ecclesiastes 7
1 Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
Orúkọ rere sàn ju ìpara olóòórùn dídùn lọ, ọjọ́ ikú sì dára ju ọjọ́ tí a bí ènìyàn lọ.
2 Better to go to a house of mourning, Than to go to a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living lays [it] to his heart.
Ó dára láti lọ sí ilé ọ̀fọ̀ ju ibi àsè, nítorí pé ikú jẹ́ àyànmọ́ gbogbo ènìyàn; kí alààyè ní èyí ní ọkàn.
3 Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becomes better.
Ìbànújẹ́ dára ju ẹ̀rín lọ, ó le è mú kí ojú rẹ̀ dàrú, ṣùgbọ́n yóò jẹ́ kí àyà rẹ le.
4 The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
Ọkàn ọlọ́gbọ́n wà ní ilé ọ̀fọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ọkàn òmùgọ̀ ní ilé àríyá.
5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,
Ó dára láti gba ìbáwí ọlọ́gbọ́n, ju fífetísílẹ̀ sí orin òmùgọ̀ lọ.
6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀gún ti ń dún lábẹ́ ìkòkò ni ẹ̀rín òmùgọ̀. Asán sì ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú.
7 Surely oppression makes the wise mad, And a gift destroys the heart.
Ìrẹ́jẹ a máa sọ ọlọ́gbọ́n di òmùgọ̀, àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ sì máa ń ba ìwà jẹ́ ni.
8 Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
Òpin ọ̀rọ̀ dára ju ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ rẹ̀ lọ, sùúrù sì dára ju ìgbéraga lọ.
9 Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools rests.
Má ṣe yára bínú ní ọkàn rẹ nítorí pé orí ẹsẹ̀ òmùgọ̀ ni ìbínú ń gbé.
10 Do not say, “What was it, That the former days were better than these?” For you have not asked wisely of this.
Má ṣe sọ wí pé, “Kí ni ìdí tí àtijọ́ fi dára ju èyí?” Nítorí pé, kò mú ọgbọ́n wá láti béèrè irú ìbéèrè bẹ́ẹ̀.
11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
Ọgbọ́n, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún ìní jẹ́ ohun tí ó dára ó sì ṣe àwọn tí ó rí oòrùn láǹfààní.
12 For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defense, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She revives her possessors.
Ọgbọ́n jẹ́ ààbò gẹ́gẹ́ bí owó ti jẹ́ ààbò ṣùgbọ́n àǹfààní òye ni èyí pé ọgbọ́n a máa tọ́jú ẹ̀mí ẹni tí ó bá ní.
13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
Wo ohun tí Ọlọ́run ti ṣe: “Ta ni ó le è to ohun tí ó ti ṣe ní wíwọ́?”
14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of calamity consider: God has also made this alongside of that, To the intent that man does not find anything after him.
Nígbà tí àkókò bá dára, jẹ́ kí inú rẹ dùn, ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àkókò kò bá dára, rò ó: Ọlọ́run tí ó dá èkínní náà ni ó dá èkejì. Nítorí náà, ènìyàn kò le è ṣàwárí ohun kankan nípa ọjọ́ iwájú rẹ̀.
15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrongdoer prolonging [himself] in his wrong.
Nínú ayé àìní ìtumọ̀ yìí ni mo ti rí gbogbo èyí ènìyàn olóòtítọ́, ọkùnrin olódodo ń parun nínú òtítọ́ rẹ̀ ìkà ènìyàn sì ń gbé ìgbé ayé pípẹ́ nínú ìkà rẹ̀.
16 Do not be over-righteous, nor show yourself too wise, why are you desolate?
Má ṣe jẹ́ olódodo jùlọ tàbí ọlọ́gbọ́n jùlọ kí ló dé tí o fi fẹ́ pa ara rẹ run?
17 Do not do much wrong, neither be a fool, why do you die within your time?
Ìwọ ma ṣe búburú jùlọ kí ìwọ má sì ṣe aṣiwèrè, èéṣe tí ìwọ yóò fi kú kí ọjọ́ rẹ tó pé
18 [It is] good that you lay hold on this, and also, do not withdraw your hand from that, for whoever is fearing God goes out with them all.
Ó dára láti mú ọ̀kan kí o má sì ṣe fi èkejì sílẹ̀. Ọkùnrin tí ó bẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run yóò bọ́ lọ́wọ́ gbogbo àrékérekè.
19 The wisdom gives strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Ọgbọ́n máa ń mú kí ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn ní agbára ju alákòóso mẹ́wàá lọ ní ìlú.
20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that does good and does not sin.
Kò sí olódodo ènìyàn kan láyé tí ó ṣe ohun tí ó tọ́ tí kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀ rárá.
21 Also to all the words that they speak do not give your heart, that you do not hear your servant reviling you.
Má ṣe kíyèsi gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ tí ènìyàn ń sọ bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, o le è gbọ́ pé ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ń ṣépè fún ọ.
22 For many times also has your heart known that you yourself have also reviled others.
Tí o sì mọ̀ nínú ọkàn rẹ pé ọ̀pọ̀ ìgbà ni ìwọ fúnra rẹ̀ ti ṣépè fún àwọn ẹlòmíràn.
23 All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, “I am wise,” and it [is] far from me.
Gbogbo èyí ni mo ti dánwò nípa ọgbọ́n, tí mo sì wí pé, “Mo pinnu láti jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n”; ṣùgbọ́n eléyìí ti jù mí lọ.
24 Far off [is] that which has been, and deep, deep, who finds it?
Ohun tí ó wù kí ọgbọ́n le è jẹ́, ó ti lọ jìnnà, ó sì jinlẹ̀ ta ni ó le è ṣe àwárí rẹ̀?
25 I have turned around, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and the madness of foolishness.
Mo wá rò ó nínú ọkàn mi láti mọ̀, láti wá àti láti ṣàwárí ọgbọ́n àti ìdí ohun gbogbo, àti láti mọ ìwà àgọ́ búburú àti ti ìsínwín tàbí òmùgọ̀.
26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Mo rí ohun tí ó korò ju ikú lọ obìnrin tí ó jẹ́ ẹ̀bìtì, tí ọkàn rẹ̀ jẹ́ tàkúté tí ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sì jẹ́ ẹ̀wọ̀n, ọkùnrin tí ó bá tẹ́ Ọlọ́run lọ́rùn yóò le è yọ sílẹ̀ ṣùgbọ́n ẹni dẹ́ṣẹ̀ kò le è bọ́ nínú tàkúté rẹ̀.
27 See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
Oniwaasu wí pé, “Wò ó, eléyìí ni ohun tí mo ti ṣàwárí: “Mímú ohun kan pọ̀ mọ́ òmíràn láti ṣàwárí ìdí ohun gbogbo.
28 (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
Nígbà tí mo sì ń wá a kiri ṣùgbọ́n tí n kò rí i mo rí ọkùnrin tí ó dúró dáradára kan láàrín ẹgbẹ̀rún, ṣùgbọ́n n kò rí obìnrin, kankan kí ó dúró láàrín gbogbo wọn.
29 See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they have sought out many inventions.
Eléyìí nìkan ni mo tí ì rí: Ọlọ́run dá ìran ènìyàn dáradára, ṣùgbọ́n ènìyàn ti lọ láti ṣàwárí ohun púpọ̀.”
