< Ecclesiastes 7 >
1 pleasant name from oil pleasant and day [the] death from day to beget he
Ibizo elihle lingcono kulamakha amnandi, lelanga lokufa lingcono kulelanga lokuzalwa.
2 pleasant to/for to go: went to(wards) house: home mourning from to go: went to(wards) house: home feast in/on/with in which he/she/it end all [the] man and [the] alive to give: put to(wards) heart his
Kungcono ukuya endlini yesililo kulokuya endlini yamadili, ngoba ukufa kuyisiphetho somuntu wonke; abaphilayo kabakunanzelele lokho.
3 pleasant vexation from laughter for in/on/with evil face be good heart
Usizi lungcono kulokuhleka, ngoba ubuso obudanileyo buyayisiza inhliziyo.
4 heart wise in/on/with house: home mourning and heart fool in/on/with house: home joy
Inhliziyo yabahlakaniphileyo isendlini yokulila, kodwa inhliziyo yeziwula isendlini yokuzithokozisa.
5 pleasant to/for to hear: hear rebuke wise from man: anyone to hear: hear song fool
Kungcono ukulalela izixwayiso zomuntu ohlakaniphileyo kulokulalela ingoma yeziwula.
6 for like/as voice: sound [the] thorn underneath: under [the] pot so laughter [the] fool and also this vanity
Njengokuchachamba kwameva ngaphansi kwembiza, lunjalo uhleko lweziwula. Lokhu lakho kuyize.
7 for [the] oppression to boast: rave madly wise and to perish [obj] heart gift
Ukuqilibezela kwenza ohlakaniphileyo abe yisiwula, lesivalamlomo siyayona inhliziyo.
8 pleasant end word: thing from first: beginning his pleasant slow spirit from high spirit
Isiphetho sendaba singcono kulokuqala kwayo, lokubekezela kungcono kulokuqinisa intamo.
9 not to dismay in/on/with spirit: temper your to/for to provoke for vexation in/on/with bosom: embrace fool to rest
Ungaphangisi ukufuthelana ngaphakathi, ngoba ulaka luhlezi lugonwe yiziwula.
10 not to say what? to be which/that [the] day [the] first: previous to be pleasant from these for not from wisdom to ask upon this
Ungaze wathi, “Kungani insuku zayizolo zazingcono kulalezi?” Ngoba kakukuhle ukubuza imibuzo enjalo.
11 pleasant wisdom with inheritance and advantage to/for to see: see [the] sun
Ukuhlakanipha, njengelifa, kuyinto enhle njalo kuyabasiza bonke abaphilayo.
12 for in/on/with shadow [the] wisdom in/on/with shadow [the] silver: money and advantage knowledge [the] wisdom to live master: owning her
Ukuhlakanipha kuyisiphephelo njengoba imali iyisiphephelo, kodwa ubungcono bolwazi yilobu: ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kuyayilondoloza impilo yalowo olakho.
13 to see: examine [obj] deed: work [the] God for who? be able to/for be straight [obj] which to pervert him
Nakana ngalokho uNkulunkulu akwenzayo: Ngubani ongakuqondisa lokho akwenze kwagoba na?
14 in/on/with day welfare to be in/on/with good and in/on/with day distress: harm to see: examine also [obj] this to/for close this to make [the] God upon cause which/that not to find [the] man after him anything
Ngezikhathi konke kukuhle, thokoza; kodwa ngezikhathi zobubi, cabanga ukuthi: uNkulunkulu ukwenzile lokhu kanye lalokhuyana njalo. Ngakho-ke umuntu ngeke akwazi ukuthi ikusasa lakhe lizakuba yini.
15 [obj] [the] all to see: see in/on/with day vanity my there righteous to perish in/on/with righteousness his and there wicked to prolong in/on/with distress: evil his
Kuyonale impilo yami eyize sengizibonile izinto lezi zombili: umuntu olungileyo uyafa elungile enjalo, lomuntu omubi uba lempilo enhle emubi enjalo.
16 not to be righteous to multiply and not be wise advantage to/for what? be desolate: destroyed
Ungalungi wedlulise, futhi ungabi lokuhlakanipha okweqileyo kambe uzibulalelani na?
17 not be wicked to multiply and not to be fool to/for what? to die in/on/with not time your
Ungaxhwali okudlulisileyo, njalo ungabi yisiwula kambe ufelani singakafiki isikhathi sakho?
18 pleasant which to grasp in/on/with this and also from this not to rest [obj] hand your for afraid God to come out: come [obj] all their
Kuhle ukuthi uthi ubambe lokhu ungayekeli uphunyukwe ngokunye. Umuntu owesaba uNkulunkulu kedlulisi amalawulo.
19 [the] wisdom be strong to/for wise from ten domineering which to be in/on/with city
Ukuhlakanipha kwenza umuntu ohlakaniphileyo oyedwa abe lamandla kulababusi abalitshumi edolobheni.
20 for man nothing righteous in/on/with land: country/planet which to make: do good and not to sin
Akulamuntu loyedwa olungileyo emhlabeni owenza okulungileyo ongazake enze isono.
21 also to/for all [the] word: thing which to speak: speak not to give: put heart your which not to hear: hear [obj] servant/slave your to lighten you
Ungaphiki ngokulalela wonke amazwi akhulunywa ngabantu, funa uzwe inceku yakho ikuthuka
22 for also beat many to know heart your which also (you(m. s.) *Q(K)*) to lighten another
ngoba uyakwazi enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi wena ngokwakho uyawubathuke abanye.
23 all this to test in/on/with wisdom to say be wise and he/she/it distant from me
Konke lokhu ngakuhlolisisa ngokuhlakanipha ngathi, “Ngizimisele ukuhlakanipha” kodwa lokhu kwakungaphezu kwami.
24 distant what? which/that to be and deep deep who? to find him
Ukuhlakanipha okungabe kukhona, kukhatshana kakhulu njalo kuzikile kakhulu: ngubani ongakufinyelela na?
25 to turn: turn I and heart my to/for to know and to/for to spy and to seek wisdom and explanation and to/for to know wickedness loin and [the] folly madness
Ngasengibeka ingqondo yami ukuthi ngizwisise, ngidingisise njalo ngichwayisise ukuhlakanipha kanye lesimo sezinto lokuzwisisa ubuphukuphuku bokuxhwala lobuhlanya lobuwula.
26 and to find I bitter from death [obj] [the] woman which he/she/it net and net heart her bond hand her pleasant to/for face: before [the] God to escape from her and to sin to capture in/on/with her
Ngibona ukuthi uyingozi eyedlula ukufa umfazi ongumjibila, onhliziyo yakhe iyisithiyo njalo ozandla zakhe zingamaketane. Indoda eyesaba uNkulunkulu izaphepha kuye, kodwa isigangi uzasihilela.
27 to see: behold! this to find to say preacher one to/for one to/for to find explanation
Uthi uMtshumayeli, “Khangela, nanku esengikunanzelele: Ngihlanganisa lokhu lalokhu ngizama ukubona isimo sezinto
28 which still to seek soul my and not to find man one from thousand to find and woman in/on/with all these not to find
ngilokhu ngisachwayisisa kodwa ngingatholi ngafumanisa indoda eyodwa elungileyo kwabayinkulungwane, kodwa ngitsho loyedwa umfazi oqondileyo kubo.
29 to/for alone to see: behold! this to find which to make [the] God [obj] [the] man upright and they(masc.) to seek invention many
Yilokhu kuphela esengikufumene: UNkulunkulu wamenza umuntu wabaqotho, kodwa abantu basuka bazenzele okwabo.”