Eklezyas 6
1 Gen yon mal ke m konn wè anba syèl la e ki gaye patou pami lòm—
Also another yuel is, which Y siy vndur the sunne; and certis it is oft vsid anentis men.
2 Yon nonm ke Bondye fin bay richès, byen ak lonè, jiskaske nanm li pa manke anyen nan tout sa ke li dezire. Men Bondye pa kite li manje ladann, paske yon etranje ap jwe benefis yo. Sa se vanite ak gwo malè.
A man is, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and onour; and no thing failith to his soule of alle thingis which he desirith; and God yyueth not power to hym, that he ete therof, but a straunge man shal deuoure it. This is vanyte, and a greet wretchidnesse.
3 Si yon nonm fè yon santèn timoun e viv anpil ane, malgre fòs kantite ke yo kapab ye, men nanm li pa janm satisfè ak bon bagay, e li pa menm ka fè yon bon antèman; alò, mwen di: “Pito li te sòti kon foskouch nan vant li.”
If a man gendrith an hundrid fre sones, and lyueth many yeris, and hath many daies of age, and his soule vsith not the goodis of his catel, and wantith biriyng; Y pronounce of this man, that a deed borun child is betere than he.
4 Paske li parèt an ven e non li vin kouvri nan fènwa.
For he cometh in veyn, and goith to derknessis; and his name schal be don a wei bi foryetyng.
5 Li pa janm wè solèy la, e li p ap janm konnen anyen; li pi bon pase lòt la.
He siy not the sunne, nether knew dyuersyte of good and of yuel;
6 Menm si lòt la viv pandan mil ane de fwa e pa rejwi de bon bagay—èske se pa tout moun ki ale menm kote a?
also thouy he lyueth twei thousynde yeeris, and vsith not goodis; whether alle thingis hasten not to o place?
7 Tout travay a lòm se pou satisfè bouch li; malgre sa, apeti li pa janm satisfè.
Al the trauel of a man is in his mouth, but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with goodis.
8 Paske, se ki lavantaj yon nonm saj genyen sou yon moun san konprann? Ki lavantaj malere a genyen nan konnen jan pou mache devan sila ki vivan yo?
What hath a wijs man more than a fool? and what hath a pore man, no but that he go thidur, where is lijf?
9 Sa ke zye wè pi bon pase sa ke nanm dezire. Sa tou, se san rezon ak kouri dèyè van.
It is betere to se that, that thou coueitist, than to desire that, that thou knowist not; but also this is vanyte, and presumpcioun of spirit.
10 Tout sa ki egziste te gen non deja, e yo tout konnen sa ke lòm nan ye; paske li pa ka goumen ak sila ki pi fò pase l.
The name of hym that schal come, is clepid now, and it is knowun, that he is a man, and he mai not stryue in doom ayens a strongere than hym silf.
11 Paske, gen anpil pawòl ki ogmante vanite. Alò, se ki lavantaj pou yon nonm?
Wordis ben ful manye, and han myche vanyte in dispuytinge.
12 Paske kilès ki konnen sa ki bon pou yon nonm pandan lavi li, pandan ti kras ane lavi li ki san rezon an? Li va pase yo tankou lonbraj. Paske se kilès ki ka di sa k ap rive apre li anba solèy la?
What nede is it to a man to seke grettere thingis than hym silf; sithen he knowith not, what schal bifalle to hym in his lijf, in the noumbre of daies of his pilgrimage, and in the tyme that passith as schadowe? ether who may schewe to hym, what thing vndur sunne schal come aftir hym?
