Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
Mo ti rí ibi mìíràn lábẹ́ oòrùn.
2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ọlọ́run fún ọkùnrin kan ní ọrọ̀, ọlá àti ọlà kí ó má ba à ṣe aláìní ohunkóhun tí ọkàn rẹ̀ ń fẹ́. Ṣùgbọ́n, Ọlọ́run kò fún un ní àǹfààní láti gbádùn wọn, dípò èyí, àlejò ni ó ń gbádùn wọn. Asán ni èyí, ààrùn búburú gbá à ni.
3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
Ọkùnrin kan le è ní ọgọ́rùn-ún ọmọ kí ó sì wà láààyè fún ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún, síbẹ̀ kò sí bí ó ti le wà láààyè pẹ́ tó, bí kò bá le è gbádùn ohun ìní rẹ̀ kí ó sì gba ìsìnkú tí ó tọ́, mo sọ wí pé ọlẹ̀ ọmọ tí a sin sàn jù ú lọ.
4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
Ó wà láìní ìtumọ̀, ó lọ nínú òkùnkùn, nínú òkùnkùn sì ni orúkọ rẹ̀ fi ara pamọ́ sí.
5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
Bí ó ti jẹ́ wí pé kò rí oòrùn tàbí mọ ohunkóhun, ó ní ọ̀pọ̀ ìsinmi ju ti ọkùnrin náà lọ.
6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, do not all go to one place?
Kódà, bí ó wà láààyè fún ẹgbẹ̀rún ọdún méjì yípo ṣùgbọ́n tí ó kùnà láti gbádùn ohun ìní rẹ̀. Kì í ṣe ibìkan ni gbogbo wọn ń lọ?
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Gbogbo wàhálà tí ènìyàn ń ṣe nítorí àtijẹ ni síbẹ̀ ikùn rẹ̀ kò yó rí.
8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
Kí ni àǹfààní tí ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn ní lórí aṣiwèrè? Kí ni èrè tálákà ènìyàn nípa mímọ bí yóò ṣe hùwà níwájú àwọn tókù?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Ohun tí ojú rí sàn ju ìfẹnuwákiri lọ. Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú ó dàbí ẹni ń gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́.
10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
Ohunkóhun tí ó bá ti wà ti ní orúkọ, ohun tí ènìyàn jẹ́ sì ti di mí mọ̀; kò sí ènìyàn tí ó le è ja ìjàkadì pẹ̀lú ẹni tí ó lágbára jù ú lọ.
11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
Ọ̀rọ̀ púpọ̀, kì í ní ìtumọ̀ èrè wo ni ènìyàn ń rí nínú rẹ̀?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Àbí, ta ni ó mọ ohun tí ó dára fún ènìyàn ní ayé fún ọjọ́ ayé kúkúrú àti asán tí ó ń là kọjá gẹ́gẹ́ bí òjìji? Ta ni ó le è sọ fún mi, ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ lábẹ́ oòrùn lẹ́yìn tí ó bá lọ tán? Kò sí!
