Nyagblɔla 6
1 Ke meganya nu tso nya sesẽ aɖe ŋu le afi sia afi.
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
2 Nya siae nye Mawu tsɔ kesinɔnu geɖe kple bubu na ame aɖewo, ale be woate ŋu akpɔ nu sia nu si wodi la, ke mena lãmesesẽ wo be woaɖu agbe kple nu siawo o. Wokuna, eye ame bubuwo sãa xɔa kesinɔnu siawo katã! Nu sia nye nu masɔmasɔ, tofloko kple vodada gã aɖe.
A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
3 Ne viŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple vinyɔnu alafa ɖeka anɔ ame aɖe si, eye wòatsi axɔ ƒe geɖe, gake ga si wòagblẽ ɖi hafi aku la le sue ale gbegbe be viawo mate ŋu aɖii, ade bubu eŋu o la, mele egblɔm be anyo nɛ wu ne eku le eƒe dzigbe,
If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
4 elabena togbɔ be eƒe dzidzi anye tofloko le ɣe ma ɣi, eye wòawu enu le viviti me, eye womatsɔ ŋkɔ nɛ gɔ̃ hã o,
For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
5 makpɔ ɣe kpɔ o, eye manya be ɣe li gɔ̃ hã o la, anyo nɛ alea sãa wu be wòava zu amegãɖeɖi si makpɔ dzidzɔ aɖeke o.
He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
6 Ne ame aɖe anɔ agbe ƒe akpe ɖeka zi eve gake makpɔ dzidzeme aɖeke o la, ekema viɖe kae le eƒe agbenɔnɔ ŋu?
Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
7 Ame ƒe sreɖidzedzewo katã ku ɖe eƒe nuɖuɖu ko ŋu, ke meɖia ƒo ɣe aɖeke ɣi o.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
8 Nu kae nunyala tsɔ nyo wu bometsila? Viɖe kae ame dahe kpɔna ne enya ale si wòalé eɖokui le amewo ŋkume?
What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
9 Nukpɔkpɔ kple ŋku nyo wu nudzroame ƒe tsaglalãtsatsa le susu me. Drɔ̃ekuku dzodzro le nu nyuiwo ŋu nye bometsitsi eye wòganye dagbadagba ɖe yame ko.
Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
10 Dzɔgbesee ɖoa nu sia nu dana ɖi; woɖo nu sia nu si ame ava zu la da ɖi xoxo eya ta viɖe aɖeke mele nyahehe kple Mawu tso ale si wòwɔ wo la ŋu o.
He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
11 Ne wò nyawo sɔ gbɔ la, gɔmesese geɖe manɔ wo ŋu o, ekema nu ka ta nàɖe fu na ɖokuiwò be yeaƒo nu kura?
There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
12 Le míaƒe agbemeŋkeke ʋɛ siawo me la, ame ka ate ŋu agblɔ ale si ame nawɔ eƒe ŋkekewo ŋu dɔ nyuie? Ame ka ate ŋu anya nu si ava nye nyuitɔ le ŋgɔgbea ne amea nu va yi? Elabena ame kae nya etsɔ me?
What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
