Kohelethu 4
1 Ningĩ nĩndarorire na ngĩona kũhinyanĩrĩria kũrĩa gwathiiaga na mbere gũkũ thĩ kwaraga riũa: Ngĩona maithori ma arĩa ahinyĩrĩrie, na matirĩ na mũndũ wa kũmahooreria; arĩa maamahinyagĩrĩria nĩo maarĩ na ũhoti, no acio maahinyagĩrĩrio matiarĩ na mũndũ wa kũmahooreria.
And I returned I and I saw all the oppression which [were being] done under the sun and there! - [the] tear[s] of the oppressed and not [belonged] to them a comforter and [was] from [the] hand of oppressors their power and there not [belonged] to them a comforter.
2 Tondũ ũcio ngiuga atĩ andũ arĩa akuũ, o acio marĩkĩtie gũkua, nĩmakenaga gũkĩra arĩa marĩ muoyo, o acio marĩ muoyo o na rĩu.
And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.
3 No rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa mwega gũkĩra acio eerĩ nĩ ũrĩa ũtarĩ mũciare, o ũcio ũtoneete ũũru ũrĩa wĩkagwo gũkũ thĩ kwaraga riũa.
And [is] good more than both of them [one] who still not he has been [one] who not he has seen the activity evil which it is done under the sun.
4 Ningĩ ngĩona atĩ wĩra wothe na maũndũ marĩa mũndũ agĩĩaga namo moimanaga na mũndũ kũiguĩra mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake ũiru. Ũndũ ũcio o naguo no wa tũhũ, o ta gũtengʼeria rũhuho.
And I considered I all [the] toil and all [the] skill of the work that it [is] envy of everyone from neighbor his also this [is] futility and striving of wind.
5 Mũndũ mũkĩĩgu enyiitanagĩria moko, akeyananga we mwene.
The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.
6 Nĩ kaba mũndũ akorwo na kĩndũ kĩnini na akorwo na ũhooreri, gũkĩra gwĩtungumania agĩe na indo nyingĩ, na gũtengʼeria rũhuho.
[is] good Fullness of hand of quietness more than [the] fullness of two hands toil and striving of wind.
7 Ningĩ ngĩona ũndũ wa tũhũ gũkũ thĩ kwaraga riũa:
And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.
8 Kwarĩ na mũndũ watũũraga arĩ wiki; ndaarĩ na mũriũ kana mũrũ wa nyina. No rĩrĩ, aatũũraga etungumanagia, no maitho make matiaiganagwo nĩ ũtonga. Eyũririe atĩrĩ, “Nũũ ũratũma ndĩtungumanie ũũ, na noge, na nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma ndĩiime ikeno?” Ũndũ ũcio o naguo nĩ wa tũhũ, no wĩra wa gũthĩĩnĩka!
There [was] one [person] and there not [was] a second also a son and a brother not [belonged] to him and there not [was] an end to all toil his also (eye his *Q(K)*) not it was satisfied wealth and for whom? - [am] I a laborer and depriving self my from good also this [is] futility and [is] a task of evil it.
9 Nĩ kaba andũ eerĩ gũkĩra ũmwe, tondũ nĩmoonaga uumithio mwega wa wĩra wao:
[are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.
10 Ũmwe angĩgũa thĩ-rĩ, mũratawe no amuoe. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩgũa thĩ na ndarĩ na wa kũmuoya-rĩ, kaĩ ũcio nĩ wa kũiguĩrwo tha-ĩ!
That except they will fall down the one he will raise companion his and woe! to him the one who will fall down and there not [is] a second [person] to raise him.
11 Ningĩ-rĩ, andũ eerĩ mangĩkoma hamwe nĩmaiguithanagia ũrugarĩ. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩhota kũigua ũrugarĩ atĩa arĩ o wiki?
Also if they will lie down two [people] and it will be warm to them and to one [person] how? will it be warm.
12 Mũndũ ũmwe no akĩrio hinya, no andũ eerĩ no mahote kwĩgitĩra. Mũhĩndo mũrame na ndigi ithatũ ndũngĩtuĩka narua.
And though someone will overpower him the one [person] the two [people] they will stand before him and the thread threefold not quickly it will be torn apart.
13 Nĩ kaba mũndũ mwĩthĩ mũthĩĩni no nĩ mũũgĩ, gũkĩra mũthamaki mũkũrũ no nĩ mũkĩĩgu, ũrĩa ũtangĩtaarĩka.
[is] good A youth poor and wise more than a king old and a fool who not he knows to be warned still.
14 Mũndũ mwĩthĩ ũcio no akorwo oimĩte njeera agatuuo mũthamaki, kana akorwo aaciarirwo arĩ mũthĩĩni o kũu ũthamaki-inĩ wake.
For from [the] house of the prisoners he came out to become king for also in own kingdom his he had been born a poor [person].
15 Ngĩkĩona atĩ andũ arĩa othe matũũraga na magathiiagĩra gũkũ thĩ kwaraga riũa maarũmĩrĩire mwanake ũcio mũthĩĩni, o ũcio wacookire ithenya rĩa mũthamaki.
I saw all the living who are walking about under the sun with the youth second who he will arise in place of him.
16 Andũ arĩa othe maathagwo nĩwe matingĩtarĩka. No rĩrĩ, andũ arĩa mookire thuutha wake matiakenirio nĩ ũcio wacookire ithenya rĩa mũthamaki. Ũndũ ũyũ o naguo nĩ wa tũhũ, o ta gũtengʼeria rũhuho.
There not [is] an end to all the people to all [those] whom he was before them also the subsequent [people] not they will rejoice in him for also this [is] futility and a striving of wind.
