Ecclesiastes 6

1 there distress: evil which to see: see underneath: under [the] sun and many he/she/it upon [the] man

Mahunu bɔne foforɔ bi wɔ owia yi ase a ɛhyɛ nnipa so yie:

2 man: anyone which to give: give to/for him [the] God riches and wealth and glory and nothing he lacking to/for soul: myself his from all which to desire and not to domineer him [the] God to/for to eat from him for man foreign to eat him this vanity and sickness bad: harmful he/she/it

Onyankopɔn ma onipa ahonyadeɛ, adenya ne animuonyam sɛdeɛ biribiara a nʼakoma pɛ no ɛmmɔ no, nanso Onyankopɔn amma no kwan sɛ ɔmfa nnye nʼani, na ɔhɔhoɔ mmom na ɔde gye nʼani. Yei yɛ ahuhudeɛ, ɔhaw a ɛyɛ yea.

3 if to beget man: anyone hundred and year many to live and many which/that to be day year his and soul: appetite his not to satisfy from [the] welfare and also tomb not to be to/for him to say pleasant from him [the] miscarriage

Onipa bɛtumi anya mma ɔha na wanyini akyɛre; nanso ne mfeɛ dodoɔ yi akyi no, nʼahonya no amma nʼani annye, na ne sie nso anyɛ fɛ a, ɔpɔn ba ho wɔ mfasoɔ sene no.

4 for in/on/with vanity to come (in): come and in/on/with darkness to go: went and in/on/with darkness name his to cover

Ne ba no yɛ adehunu, esum mu na ɔkorɔ, na esum akata ne din so.

5 also sun not to see: see and not to know quietness to/for this from this

Ɛwom sɛ wanhunu owia na ɔnnim hwee deɛ, nanso ɔbɛnya ahomegyeɛ bebree sene deɛ saa ɔbarima no bɛnya.

6 and except to live thousand year beat and welfare not to see: enjoy not to(wards) place one [the] all to go: went

Mpo sɛ ɔtena ase mfeɛ apem mmɔho na wammfa nʼahonyadeɛ annye nʼani a, wɔn nyinaa nkɔ faako anaa?

7 all trouble [the] man to/for lip his and also [the] soul: appetite not to fill

Onipa brɛ nyinaa yɛ nʼano ntia, nanso nʼakɔnnɔdeɛ mmee no da.

8 for what? advantage to/for wise from [the] fool what? to/for afflicted to know to/for to go: walk before [the] alive

Na ɛdeɛn na onyansafoɔ wɔ de sene ɔkwasea? Sɛ ohiani yɛ nʼakwan yie wɔ afoforɔ anim a mfasoɔ bɛn na ɔbɛnya?

9 pleasant appearance eye from to go: walk soul: appetite also this vanity and longing spirit: breath

Deɛ aniwa hunu no yɛ sene deɛ akɔnnɔ kyini hwehwɛ. Yei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ. Ɛte sɛ wotaa mframa.

10 what? which/that to be already to call: call by name his and to know which he/she/it man and not be able to/for to judge with (which/that mighty *Q(K)*) from him

Deɛ ɛwɔ hɔ biara, wɔato edin dada, na sɛdeɛ onipa teɛ nso, wɔnim dada; onipa biara rentumi ne deɛ ɔwɔ ahoɔden sene noɔ nnye yei ho akyinnyeɛ.

11 for there word to multiply to multiply vanity what? advantage to/for man

Nsɛm dɔɔso a, emu aba yɛ kakraa bi, na ɛho wɔ mfasoɔ ma onipa anaa?

12 for who? to know what? pleasant to/for man in/on/with life number day life vanity his and to make: do them like/as shadow which who? to tell to/for man what? to be after him underneath: under [the] sun

Na hwan na ɔnim deɛ ɛyɛ ma onipa wɔ ne nkwanna kakra bi a ɛyɛ ahuhudeɛ na ɔfa mu kɔ sɛ sunsumma no? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka deɛ ɛbɛsi wɔ owia yi ase akyerɛ no ɛberɛ a ɔkorɔ no.