Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart, “Come, now, I will try thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure!” But, lo! this also was vanity.
Nayogera munda yange nti, “Jjangu kaakano ngezese okusanyuka. Weesanyuse.” Naye laba, na kino kyali butaliimu.
2 I said of laughter, “It is mad;” and of mirth, “What availeth it?”
Nagamba nti, “Okuseka busirusiru. Era okusanyuka kugasa ki?”
3 I thought in my heart to strengthen my body with wine, and, while my heart cleaved to wisdom, to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
Nanoonyereza n’omutima gwange, bwe nnaasanyusa omubiri gwange n’omwenge, nga nkyagoberera okunoonya amagezi. Nayagala okulaba abantu kyebasaanira okukola wansi w’enjuba mu nnaku ez’obulamu bwabwe entono.
4 I made me great works. I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards.
Natandikawo emirimu egy’amaanyi: ne neezimbira amayumba ne neesimbira ennimiro ez’emizabbibu.
5 I made me gardens and parks, and planted in them fruit-trees of every kind.
Ne neerimira ennimiro, ne neekolera n’ebifo ebigazi, ne nsimbamu buli ngeri ya miti egy’ebibala.
6 I made me pools of water, with which to water the grove shooting up trees.
Ne neesimira ebidiba omuva amazzi ag’okufukirira ebibira by’emiti emito.
7 I got me men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Neefunira abaddu abasajja n’abakazi, era nalina abaddu abaazaalirwa mu nnyumba yange. Ne mbeera n’amagana g’ente n’ebisibo by’endiga okusinga bonna abansooka okubeera mu Yerusaalemi.
8 I heaped me up also silver and gold, and the wealth of kings and of provinces. I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delight of the sons of men, a chosen woman and chosen women.
Ne neekuŋŋaanyiza ffeeza ne zaabu ebyavanga mu misolo, egyampebwanga bakabaka n’egyavanga mu bwakabaka bwabwe. Neefunira abayimbi abasajja n’abakazi, ne nfuna n’ebintu byonna ebisanyusa omuntu, ne neefunira n’abakazi.
9 So I became greater than all that were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
Ne nfuuka mukulu ne nsukkirira bonna abansooka mu Yerusaalemi. Mu ebyo byonna nasigala siweebuuse mu magezi.
10 And whatever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced by means of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Na buli amaaso gange kye gaayagala okulaba sa kigamma, omutima gwange ne ngusanyusa mu buli kimu. Omutima gwange gwasanyukira bye nakola byonna, era eyo y’empeera yange olw’okutegana kwange kwonna.
11 Then I looked upon all the works which my hands had wrought, and upon all the labor which I had toiled in performing; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Awo bwe nalowooza byonna emikono gyange bye gyakola, n’okutegana kwonna nga nkola, laba, byonna bwali butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo, tewaali na kimu kye nagobolola wansi w’enjuba.
12 Then I turned myself to behold wisdom and senselessness and folly. For what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Awo ne nkyuka ne ndowooza ku magezi, ne ku ddalu ne ku busirusiru, kubanga oyo aliddirira kabaka mu bigere alibaako ki ky’akola, okuggyako ekyo kabaka ky’akoze?
13 I saw, indeed, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Awo ne ndaba amagezi nga gasinga obusirusiru, n’ekitangaala nga kisinga ekizikiza.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Omugezi amaaso ge gali mu mutwe gwe, naye atalina magezi atambulira mu kizikiza. Kyokka ne ntegeera nga bombi akabi kabatuukako.
15 Then I said in my heart, “As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”
Ne ndyoka njogera mu mutima gwange nti, “Ekyo ekigwa ku musirusiru nange kirintuukako. Kale lwaki mbeera omugezi?” Era na kino ne nkizuula nga butaliimu.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.
Kubanga ku mugezi ne ku musirusiru tewaliwo ajjukirwa lubeerera; mu nnaku ezirijja bombi baliba beerabirwa dda. Okufaanana ng’omusirusiru n’omugezi naye alifa.
17 Therefore I hated life, because what is done under the sun appeared evil to me. For all is vanity, and striving after wind.
Awo ne nkyawa obulamu kubanga buli ekikolebwa wansi w’enjuba kindeetera buyinike. Byonna butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
18 Yea, I hated all my labor which I had performed under the sun, because I must leave it to the man that shall be after me.
Nakyawa okutegana kwange kwonna kwe nateganamu wansi w’enjuba, kubanga byonna ndi wakubirekera oyo alinzirira mu bigere.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he be lord of all the labor with which I have wearied myself, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Kale ani amanyi obanga aliba musajja mugezi oba musirusiru? Kyokka ye y’aliba mukama w’ebyo byonna bye nateganira nga nkozesa amagezi gange wansi w’enjuba; era na kino nakyo butaliimu.
20 Therefore I turned to give up my heart to despair in regard to all the labor with which I had wearied myself under the sun.
Awo ne nterebuka olw’okutegana kwange kwonna wansi w’enjuba.
21 For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Kubanga oluusi omuntu ategana ng’akozesa amagezi ge n’okumanya awamu n’obukalabakalaba bwe, naye byonna ateekwa okubirekera oyo atabiteganiranga nako. Na kino nakyo butaliimu na kabi keereere.
22 For what hath man of all his labor, and the striving of his spirit, with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
Omuntu afuna ki mu kutegana kwe kwonna n’okukaluubirirwa mu ebyo by’ateganamu wansi w’enjuba?
23 For all his days are grief, and his occupation trouble; even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
Kubanga ennaku ze zonna n’okutegana kwe bijjula bulumi; era ne mu kiro omutima gwe teguwummula; na kino nakyo butaliimu.
24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and let his soul enjoy good in his labor. But this, as I have seen, cometh from the hand of God.
Tewali kisingira muntu kulya na kunywa na kusanyukira mu ebyo by’akola. Na kino nkiraba, kiva mu mukono gwa Katonda,
25 For who can eat, or hasten thereunto more than I?
kubanga awatali ye, ani ayinza okulya oba asobola okusanyuka?
26 For to a man who is good in his sight God giveth wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he giveth the wearisome business of gathering and heaping up, to give it to him who is good before God. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
Kubanga omuntu asanyusa Katonda, Katonda amuwa amagezi n’okumanya n’essanyu; naye omwonoonyi Katonda amuwa omulimu gw’okukuŋŋaanyiza oyo asanyusa Katonda. Na kino nakyo butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
