Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ọ dị ihe ọjọọ ọzọ nke m hụrụ nʼokpuru anyanwụ, nke na-anyịdo ụmụ mmadụ.
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Chineke na-enye mmadụ akụnụba, na ihe nnweta, na nsọpụrụ, na-emekwa ka ha nwee ihe niile ha chọrọ, ma ọ dịghị enye ha ike ịnụ ụtọ ha; ma onye ọzọ na-anụ ụtọ ha. Nke a bụ ihe efu, bụrụkwa ihe jọgburu onwe ya.
3 If a man begetteth an hundred children, and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Mmadụ nwere ike mụta narị ụmụ, o nwekwara ike nwee ndụ ogologo ruo agadi, ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ike ịnụ ụtọ akụnụba ya, ọ bụrụkwa na o nwetaghị ụdị olili ruru ya, ana m asị, na nwa nwụrụ nʼafọ dị mma karịa ya.
4 For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Ọbịbịa ya e nweghị isi, nʼọchịchịrị ka ọ na-ala, ọ bụkwa ọchịchịrị ka e kpuchiri aha ya.
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
Ọ bụ ezie na ọ gaghị ahụ ihe anwụ anya, ọ makwaghị ihe ọbụla, o nwere izuike karịa nwoke ahụ.
6 Yea, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
A sịkwarị na o biri ndụ puku afọ, okpukpu abụọ, ma ọ nụghị ụtọ akụnụba ya. Ọ bụghị nʼotu ebe ka ha niile na-ala?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Ndọgbu niile mmadụ na-adọgbu onwe ya nʼọrụ bụ ka o rijuo afọ, ma o nweghị onye na-enweta ihe na-ezuru ya.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Olee ụzọ onye maara ihe si dị mma karịa onye nzuzu? Gịnị bụ uru dịịrị onye ogbenye na ọ maara otu e si akpa ezi agwa nʼihu ndị dị ndụ?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ihe eji anya hụ ka mma karịa oke ọchịchọ! Nke a bụkwa ihe efu na ịchụso ifufe.
10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Ihe ọbụla dị ugbu a, ka akpọrọ aha na mgbe gara aga. Amakwaara ihe mmadụ bụ, mmadụ ọbụla apụghị ịlụso onye ka ya ike ọgụ.
11 Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Okwu na-aba ụba, nghọta na-adị nta. O nwere uru nke a bara?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Onye mara ihe dịrị mmadụ mma na ndụ, nʼụbọchị ole na ole nke na-abaghị uru o nwere ịgabiga ndụ a dịka onyinyo? Onye pụrụ ịgwa ya ihe ga-eme nʼokpuru anyanwụ, mgbe ọ nwụsịrị?
