Ecclesiastes 5
1 When you enter God’s temple, you should be sure to listen carefully. Doing that is better than offering sacrifices to God [and then not obeying him], which is foolish.
Ritri ka idhi e od Nyasaye. Dhi machiegni mondo ichik iti moloyo chiwo misengini ma joma ofuwo chiwo, jogo ma ok ongʼeyo ni gitimo marach.
2 Think carefully before you speak [MTY] or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. [Do not forget that] God is in heaven [and he is all-powerful] and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you [make any promises to God].
Kik dhogi bed mayot kata kik irikni e chunyi kiwacho, wach moro amora e nyim Nyasaye. Nyasaye ni e polo to in to in e piny, omiyo wechegi onego bed manok.
3 If you are continually thinking [and worrying] about things, you will have bad dreams about them and not rest [well]. And the more you talk, the more likely it will be that you will say things that are foolish.
Kaka lek biro ka nitie paro mathoth, e kaka weche mar ngʼama ofuwo bedo nikech weche mangʼeny.
4 When you solemnly promise God that you will do something, do not be foolish by delaying in doing it, because God is not pleased with foolish people. Do [all] the things that you promise God that you will do.
Ka isingori e nyim Nyasaye, to kik ideki mar timo kamano. Ok omor gi joma ofuwo; omiyo chop singruokni.
5 It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
Ber mondo kik isingri, moloyo singori, bangʼe ok ichopo singoni.
6 Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And [when you promise God to do something and do not do it], do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly [RHQ] become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you [SYN] have worked to acquire.
Kik iwe wecheni iwuon teri e richo, nono to ibiro ywagori e nyim jadolo mar hekalu niya, “Singruok mane atimo kakwongʼora ne ok en adier. Angʼo ma dimi Nyasaye bed kodi gi mirima kuom gik misewacho mi oketh tich lweti?
7 Promising to do something and not doing it is like [SIM] a dream that has no value; instead, revere God [by doing what you promised him that you would do].
Lek mathoth kod weche mangʼeny duto onge tiendgi. Kuom mano chungʼ motegno kiluoro Nyasaye.”
8 Do not be surprised if you see poor [people] being (oppressed/treated cruelly) [by powerful/influential people], or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. [That happens] because the people who do that are supervised [and cheated by] more important officials [DOU],
Ka ineno ka joma odhier isando e gwengʼ moro, kata ok ngʼad buchgi gadiera kod ratiro, to kik gik ma kamago bwogi; nimar jatelo ka jatelo nigi ngʼama duongʼne kendo kargi ji ariyogi gin gi ngʼama otelonegi.
9 and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
Nyak mar piny itiyogo gi ji duto; ruoth bende yudo ohala e nyak mar puothego.
10 Everyone who tries to [get as much] money as they can will never think that they have enough. They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. That also is senseless.
Ngʼat mohero pesa ok bed gi pesa morome; kendo ngʼat mohero mwandu, mwandu moyudo ok rome. Ma bende onge tiende.
11 The more money that we have, the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them. So people who have a lot of money do not [RHQ] benefit from it; they see [MTY] it when they get it, but it soon (disappears/is completely spent).
Kaka mwanduni medore, e kaka joma tiyo kodgi medore. In to ohala miyudo en ngʼeyo mana ni in jamoko?
12 Those who work hard sleep peacefully [at night], even if they do not have much food to eat. But rich [people] do not sleep well, because [they worry] about their money.
Jachan nindo mamuol, kata ka ochiemo matin kata ka ochiemo mathoth, to jo-mwandu parore ma ok nyal nindo.
13 I have seen [another] terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]: People save [up all] their money and become rich, [but] they are not helped by saving a lot of money,
Gima lit maseneno katimore e piny en ni mwandu mopandi inyo mana wuon,
14 [because] something happens that causes their money to be gone, and when they die, there is no money for their children to get/inherit.
kata mwandu molal nikech chandruok moro, maonge gima ginyalo weyo ni nyithindgi ndalo mabiro.
15 When we are born, we do not bring anything with us, and when we die, we take nothing with us from all that we have earned by our working hard.
Mana kaka dhano wuok ei min-gi ka en duk, e kaka obiro dok. Onge gino moago kuom tichne matek monyalo tingʼo e lwete.
16 That also seems senseless. People bring nothing [into the world when they are born], and they leave [this world] taking nothing with them. They have worked hard, but they receive no lasting benefit [MET].
Gima lit ahinya machielo en: Kaka dhano nobiro e pinyni, e kaka obiro wuok e pinyni, koro ere ohala moyudo, kuom tichne matek konyagore mana ne yamo?
17 [Furthermore, rich people] are always miserable [MET] and sad, and depressed/discouraged and often sick and (resentful/thinking that what has happened to them is unfair).
Ndalone duto ochiemo e mudho, ka en gi chandruok malich, rem kod mirima.
18 So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them.
Eka ne afwenyo ni ber kendo longʼo mondo dhano ochiem kendo omethi, kendo mondo oyud mor e tichne matek motimo e bwo wangʼ chiengʼ e kinde matin mar ngimane ma Nyasaye osemiye, nimar mano e pokne kende.
19 If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to (enjoy/be happy with) the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are [also] gifts from God.
Kata kamano, ka Nyasaye omiyo ngʼato mwandu gi ngima maber, kendo oyiene mondo ocham gigo to onego obed mamor kochamogi, nimar mano en mich ma Nyasaye ema chiwo.
20 Those people do not worry much about [everything that has happened] during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.
Ok onyal bedo gi thuolo mar nono kit ngimane e ndalo mosekadho, nikech Nyasaye okete modich gi mor mathoth e chunye.
