Eklezyas 6
1 Mwen wè yon lòt malè sou latè ankò, se bagay ki rive fasil.
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
2 Bondye bay yon moun richès, pozisyon, byen, lwanj. Wi, Bondye ba li tou sa li bezwen san manke yonn. Men Bondye pa kite l' jwi yo. Se yon etranje k'ap jwi yo pito. Tou sa pa vo anyen. Se bagay ki rèd anpil.
A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
3 Yon nonm te mèt gen san (100) pitit, li te mèt viv lontan, wi li te mèt rive vye granmoun, si li pa jwi anyen nan lavi, si yo pa ka fè bèl lantèman pou li, enben, mwen di nou: Yon timoun ki fèt tou mouri miyò pase l'.
If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he [is] the untimely birth.'
4 Paske ti pitit la fèt, men sa pa sèvi l' anyen. Li disparèt lamenm. Ata non l' yo pa gen tan konnen.
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
5 Li pa janm wè limyè solèy, li pa janm konnen sa lavi ye. Men, ti pitit la jwenn pi bon repo pase nonm sa a
Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
6 ki viv depase demilan men ki pa janm jwi anyen nan lavi, paske, lè ou gade byen, tou de al menm kote a.
And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?
7 Tou sa yon nonm fè pase nan bouch, men l'ap toujou grangou.
All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
8 Kisa yon nonm ki gen lespri gen pase yon nonm sòt? Kisa sa rapòte yon pòv malere lè li konnen jan pou l' debat ak lavi a?
For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Anyen. Pito ou kontan ak sa ou genyen pase pou ou toujou anvi sa ou pa genyen. Sa pa vo anyen, sa pa rapòte anyen.
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 Tou sa ki rive, depi lontan yo konnen li te la pou rive. Nou deja konnen sa yon moun ye. Li pa ka nan kenbe tèt ak moun ki pi fò pase l'.
What [is] that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
11 Plis ou nan pale anpil, plis se tan ou w'ap pèdi. Kisa sa ap rapòte ou?
For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?
12 Ki moun ki konnen sa ki bon pou yon moun k'ap mennen yon lavi ki pa vo anyen, yon lavi k'ap pase tankou yon nwaj, pandan de twa jou l'ap pase sou tè a? Ki moun ki ka fè lèzòm konnen sa ki gen pou rive sou latè apre y'a fin mouri?
For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
