Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavy on men.
Adda ti kinadakes a nakitak iti baba ti init, ket nakaro daytoy para kadagiti tattao.
2 God might give riches, wealth, and honor to a man so that he lacks nothing that he desires for himself, but then God gives him no ability to enjoy it. Instead, someone else uses his things. This is vapor, an evil affliction.
Mabalin nga ipaay ti Dios ti kinabaknang, sanikua ken dayaw iti maysa a tao tapno awan ti pagkurangan iti tartarigagayanna para iti bagina, ngem saan isuna nga ipaayan ti Dios iti kabaelan a mangragsak iti daytoy. Ngem ketdi, usaren ti sabali dagiti banag a kukuana. Kasla alingasaw daytoy, maysa a dakes a panagsagaba.
3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but if his heart is not satisfied with good and he is not buried, then I say that a baby that is born dead is better off than he is.
No ti maysa a tao ket ama ti sangagasut nga annak ken agbiag iti adu a tawen, tapno umado dagiti aldaw dagiti tawenna, ngem no saan a mapnek ti pusona iti kinasayaat ken saan isuna a maitanem nga addaan iti dayaw, ket ibagak ngarud a nasaysayaat ti maysa a maladaga a naiyanak a natay ngem isuna.
4 Even such a baby is born in futility and passes away in darkness, and its name remains hidden.
Uray pay naiyanak ti maladaga nga awan mamaayna ken natay iti kasipngetan, ken agtalinaed a nakadulin ti naganna.
5 Although this child does not see the sun or know anything, it has rest even though that man did not.
Uray pay saan a makita daytoy nga ubing ti init wenno awan ti ammona, addaan daytoy ti inana idinto a dayta a tao ket awan.
6 Even if a man should live for two thousand years but does not learn to enjoy good things, he goes to the same place as everyone else.
Uray no agbiag ti tao iti dua ribu a tawen ngem saanna a masursuro ti agragsak kadagiti nasayaat a banbanag, mapan isuna iti isu met laeng a disso a kas iti dadduma.
7 All a man's work is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
Uray no amin a panagtrabaho ti tao ket tapno punnoenna ti ngiwatna, ngem saan a mapnek ti ganasna.
8 Indeed, what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have even if he knows how to act in front of other people?
Pudno unay, ania ti pangatiwan ti masirib a tao iti maag? Ania ti pagsayaatan ti tao a nakurapay uray no ammona ti agtignay iti sangoanan dagiti dadduma a tattao?
9 It is better to be satisfied with what the eyes see than to desire what a wandering appetite craves, which is also vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.
Nasaysayaat iti mapnek iti makitkita ti mata ngem ti agtarigagay iti kalkalikaguman ti maiyaw-aw-awan a ganas, nga alingasaw met laeng ken panangpadas a mangipastor iti angin.
10 Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all.
Aniaman nga immaddan ket naikkanen iti nagan, ken aniaman ti kaiyarigan ti sangkataoan ket nabayagen a naammoan. Isu a nagbalin nga awan ti serserbina ti makisinnuppiat iti mannakabalin nga ukom ti amin.
11 The more words that are spoken, the more futility increases, so what advantage is that to a man?
No ad-adu ti sao a maibalikas, ad-adu met ti maibalikas nga awan ti mamaayna, isu nga ania ngay ti pagsayaatanna dayta iti tao?
12 For who knows what is good for man in his life during his futile, numbered days through which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come under the sun after he passes?
Ta siasino ti makaammo no ania ti nasayaat para iti biag ti tao kabayatan ti kinaawan ti mamaayna, dagiti nabilang nga aldawna a paglablabasanna a kasla aniniwan? Siasino ti makaibaga iti tao no ania ti dumteng iti baba ti init kalpasan ti ipapatayna?
