Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than costly perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
Nying maber longʼo moloyo mo mangʼwe ngʼar, kendo odiechieng tho ber moloyo odiechieng nywol.
2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, for mourning comes to all people at the end of life, so living people must take this to heart.
Ber mondo idhi e od kuyo moloyo ot mitimoe nyasi, nimar tho e giko ngʼato ka ngʼato; joma pod ngima nyaka ngʼe ma e chunygi.
3 Grief is better than laughter, for after sadness of face comes gladness of heart.
Kuyo ber moloyo nyiero, nikech wangʼ man-gi lit berne chuny.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of feasting.
Ngʼat mariek wiye ok wil gi tho, to ngʼat mofuwo paro mana mor pile.
5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.
Ber mondo ichik iti ne siem ngʼat man-gi rieko, moloyo chiko iti ne wend joma ofuwo.
6 For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools. This, too, is vapor.
Nyiero mar ngʼama ofuwo onge tiende omiyo ochalo mana gi kudho mararni e mach e bwo agulu. Ma bende onge tiende.
7 Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Ka ngʼat mariek mayo ji to obedo ngʼama ofuwo, to ngʼama kawo asoya kethore kende owuon.
8 Better is the end of a matter than the beginning; and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
Giko mar gimoro ber moloyo chakruokne kendo bedo mos ber moloyo sunga.
9 Do not be quick to anger in your spirit, for anger resides in the hearts of fools.
Kik ibed ngʼama chwanyore piyo e chunye; nikech joma ofuwo ema timo kamano.
10 Do not say, “Why were the days of old better than these?” For it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question.
Bende kik ipenjri ni angʼo momiyo ndalo machon gik moko ne timore maber moloyo ndalogi? Mano en penjo mar ngʼat mofuwo.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good. It benefits those who see the sun.
Rieko ber mana kaka girkeni, en gima ber kendo en ohala ne joma mangima.
12 For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.
Rieko en tipo mana kaka pesa bende en tipo, nimar rieko kelo ngima ni ngʼama ni kode.
13 Consider the deeds of God: Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked?
Parane gima Nyasaye osetimo: En ngʼa manyalo rieyo gima osedolo?
14 When times are good, live happily in that good, but when times are bad, consider this: God has allowed both to exist side by side. For this reason, no one will find out anything that is coming after him.
Ka gik moko dhini maber, to bed mamor, to ka chandruok omaki; to ngʼe ni Nyasaye ema oyie mondo gik moko ariyogo otimre. Emomiyo, dhano ok nyal fwenyo gimoro amora mabiro timorene e ndalo mabiro.
15 I have seen many things in my meaningless days. There are righteous people who perish in spite of their righteousness, and there are wicked people who live a long life in spite of their evil.
E ngima madakie maonge tiendeni asefwenyo ni ngʼat ma ja-ratiro rumo nikech ratiro mare kendo ngʼat ma jaricho dak ndalo mangʼeny kotimo richo.
16 Do not be self-righteous, wise in your own eyes. Why should you destroy yourself?
Kik ibed ngʼat mariek ahinya kata ngʼat mongʼeyo ahinya, nimar inyalo tiekori kendi iwuon.
17 Do not be too wicked or foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Kik ibed ngʼama timbene mono ahinya kata ngʼama ofuwo, nimar angʼo momiyo idwaro ni itho ka ndaloni pok ochopo?
18 It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom, and that you should not let go of righteousness. For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations.
Kuom mano, e weche ariyogi kik iher moro moloyo machielo, nikech ngʼat moluoro Nyasaye ema dhi maber.
19 Wisdom is powerful in the wise man, more than ten rulers in a city.
Gima rieko nyalo timo ne ngʼato duongʼ moloyo gima jotelo apar nyalo timo ne dala maduongʼ.
20 There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Onge ngʼato kata achiel e piny ngima matimo mana gik mabeyo lilo ma ok oketho.
21 Do not listen to every word that is spoken, because you might hear your servant curse you.
Kik ichik iti ni weche ma ji wacho, dipo ka iwinjo ka jatichni kwongʼi,
22 Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart you have often cursed others.
nimar in bende ingʼeyo e chunyi ni kinde mangʼeny in iwuon isekwongʼo joma moko.
23 All this have I proven by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was more than I could be.
Ne apimo gigo duto gi rieko ka aketo chunya mondo abed mariek, to ne ayudo ka ok anyal.
24 Wisdom is far off and very deep. Who can find it?
Ere kaka dhano difweny rieko? Otut moyombowa, kendo otek modhierowa winjo.
25 I turned my heart to learn and examine and seek wisdom and the explanations of reality, and to understand that evil is stupid and that folly is madness.
Omiyo ne aloko pacha mondo anon kendo awinj tiend rieko, kaachiel gi chenro mar gik moko, bangʼe to ne ayudo ni ngʼat mofuwo en jaricho kendo janeko.
26 I found that more bitter than death is any woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Bangʼe ne ayudo ni dhako ma jachode rach moloyo, tho nimar chunye en obadho, to lwetene gin nyororo. Ngʼat moluoro Nyasaye notony e lwete, to jaricho to nokelne mana chandruok.
27 “Consider what I have discovered,” says the Teacher. “I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
Jayalo wacho niya, “Ma e gima asefwenyo kane adwaro tiend wechegi achiel kachiel,
28 This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find.
to kane pod anono wechegi, to ne ayudo ni kuom ji alufu achiel, dichwo achiel kende ema nyalo bedo gi rieko, to dhako to onge mariek kata achiel.
29 I have discovered only this: That God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties.”
Gimoro kendo maseyudo en ni Nyasaye nochweyo ji duto momiyo rieko, makmana ni dhano osebaro ka dwaro gik mangʼeny.”
