Ecclesiastes 1
1 These are the words of the Teacher, the descendant of David and king in Jerusalem.
Maloba ya Moteyi, mwana mobali ya Davidi, mokonzi na Yelusalemi.
2 The Teacher says this. “Like a vapor of mist, like a breeze in the wind, everything vanishes, leaving many questions.
Pamba na pamba, elobi Moteyi; pamba na pamba, nyonso ezali kaka pamba.
3 What profit does mankind gain from all the work that they labor at under the sun?
Moto azwaka litomba nini penza na misala nyonso oyo amonelaka pasi na se ya moyi?
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
Eleko moko eleki, mpe eleko mosusu eyei, kasi mabele etikalaka kaka seko na seko.
5 The sun rises, and it goes down and hurries back to the place where it rises again.
Moyi ebimaka mpe elalaka, bongo ezongaka na lombangu na esika oyo ebimelaka.
6 The wind blows south and circles around to the north, always going around along its pathway and coming back again.
Mopepe ekeyi na ngambo ya sude, ebaluki na ngambo ya nor, ebaluki-baluki mpe ekeyi lisusu, ezongelaka kaka banzela wana.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. To the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
Mayi nyonso ekendaka na ebale monene, kasi ebale monene etondaka te; mpe mayi yango ezongaka lisusu epai ewutaka.
8 Everything becomes wearisome, and no one can explain it. The eye is not satisfied by what it sees, nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears.
Makambo nyonso elembisaka, moto oyo akoki kobeta na yango tembe azali te; nzokande, miso etondaka te na kotala, mpe matoyi etondaka te na koyoka.
9 Whatever has been is what will be, and whatever has been done is what will be done. There is nothing new under the sun.
Oyo ezalaki ekozala lisusu, oyo esalemaki ekosalema lisusu: likambo ya sika ezalaka te na se ya moyi.
10 Is there anything about which it may be said, 'Look, this is new'? Whatever exists has already existed for a long time, during ages which came long before us.
Boni, ezali penza na likambo moko oyo moto akoki koloba na tina yango: « Tala, oyo penza ezali likambo ya sika? » Te, esila komizalela kala, kala penza liboso ya eleko na biso.
11 No one seems to remember the things that happened in ancient times, and the things that happened much later and that will happen in the future will not likely be remembered either.”
Ndenge bato bayebaka lisusu bato ya kala te, ndenge wana mpe bato oyo bakoya sima bakotikala koyeba bango te na bato oyo bakolanda.
12 I am the Teacher, and I have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ngai, Moteyi, nazalaki mokonzi ya Isalaele, na Yelusalemi.
13 I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with.
Namipesaki mpo na koyekola mpe kososola na nzela ya bwanya, makambo nyonso oyo esalemaka na se ya moyi. Nzokande, ezali na yango kaka mosala ya mpunda oyo Nzambe apesa na bana ya bato mpo ete bamonela yango pasi!
14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and chasing the wind.
Namona misala nyonso oyo esalemaka na se ya moyi; nyonso wana ezali kaka pamba, ezali lokola moto azali kolanda mopepe.
15 The twisted cannot be straightened! The missing cannot be counted!
Bakoki te kosembola eloko oyo etengama, bakoki mpe te kotanga eloko oyo ezali te.
16 I have spoken to my heart saying, “Look, I have acquired greater wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My mind has seen great wisdom and knowledge.”
Namilobelaki: « Tala, nakolisi mpe nabakisi bwanya mingi koleka moto nyonso oyo azalaki liboso na ngai, na Yelusalemi. » Motema na ngai etondaki penza na bwanya mpe na boyebi ebele.
17 So I applied my heart to know wisdom and also madness and folly. I came to understand that this also was an attempt to shepherd the wind.
Namipesaki makasi mpo na koyekola bwanya mpe, lisusu, makambo ya bozoba mpe ya liboma; kasi nasosolaki ete yango mpe ezali kaka lokola moto azali kolanda mopepe.
18 For in the abundance of wisdom there is much frustration, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Pamba te kozala na bwanya mingi ememelaka moto pasi, mpe kozala na mayele mingi etungisaka motema.
