Ekiliziastis 5
1 Mgbe ị na-aba nʼụlọ ukwu Chineke, lezie anya. Meghee ntị gị nke ọma, karịa ịchụ aja onyinye nke ndị nzuzu, ndị na-amaghị na ha na-eme ihe ọjọọ.
When you enter God’s temple, you should be sure to listen carefully. Doing that is better than offering sacrifices to God [and then not obeying him], which is foolish.
2 Abụla onye na-eme ọsịịsọ ikwu okwu maọbụ ime ngwangwa nʼime echiche obi gị, maọbụ ikwe Chineke nkwa ọnụ efu. Nʼihi na Chineke nọ nʼeluigwe ma naanị nʼụwa ka ị nọ, nʼihi ya ka okwu ọnụ gị dị ole na ole.
Think carefully before you speak [MTY] or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. [Do not forget that] God is in heaven [and he is all-powerful] and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you [make any promises to God].
3 Dị ka ọtụtụ nchekasị si eweta ị rọọ nrọ, otu a ka okwu onye nzuzu si dị mgbe ọtụtụ okwu dị ya nʼọnụ.
If you are continually thinking [and worrying] about things, you will have bad dreams about them and not rest [well]. And the more you talk, the more likely it will be that you will say things that are foolish.
4 Nʼihi ya, mgbe ị na-ekwe Chineke nkwa, atụfula oge imezu ihe ahụ, nʼihi na ihe banyere ndị nzuzu adịghị atọ Chineke ụtọ. Mezuo nkwa niile i kwere Chineke.
When you solemnly promise God that you will do something, do not be foolish by delaying in doing it, because God is not pleased with foolish people. Do [all] the things that you promise God that you will do.
5 Ọ ka mma na ị gbara nkịtị karịa na ị ga-ekwe nkwa ma ị gaghị emezu ya.
It is better to not promise [anything] than to promise to do something, and [then] not doing it.
6 Ekwela ka ọnụ gị duba gị na mmehie. Azọkwala onwe gị site nʼịgwa onyeozi Chineke, “na i kwere nkwa a na-amaghị ama.” Nʼihi gịnị ka Chineke ga-eji wee iwe nʼihi ihe ị kwuru, ma bibiekwa ọrụ aka gị?
Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And [when you promise God to do something and do not do it], do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly [RHQ] become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you [SYN] have worked to acquire.
7 Aga m eme, aga m eme, ma e meghị ya bụ naanị okwu efu. Ya mere, tụọ egwu Chineke.
Promising to do something and not doing it is like [SIM] a dream that has no value; instead, revere God [by doing what you promised him that you would do].
8 Ọ bụrụ na ị hụ ebe a na-emegbu ndị ogbenye, na-anapụkwa ha ihe ruru ha site nʼikpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi na mpaghara obodo a na-achị achị, ya ejula gị anya, nʼihi na onyeisi ọbụla nwere onye na-atụrụ ya. Ndịisi na-atụ iwu nwekwara ndị kachasị ha elu. Otu a kwa, ọ dịkwa ndị dị elu karịa ha.
Do not be surprised if you see poor [people] being (oppressed/treated cruelly) [by powerful/influential people], or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. [That happens] because the people who do that are supervised [and cheated by] more important officials [DOU],
9 Mgbe ihe nnweta si nʼala ubi bara ụba, ọ na-abara onye ọbụla uru; ọ na-abakwara eze nʼonwe ya uru.
and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.
10 Onye ọbụla hụrụ ego nʼanya, ọ gaghị eju ya afọ. Onye ọbụla hụrụ akụnụba nʼanya adịghị enwe afọ ojuju nʼihe ọbụla. Nke a bụkwa ihe efu.
Everyone who tries to [get as much] money as they can will never think that they have enough. They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. That also is senseless.
11 Akụ na-abawanye, ndị na-eri ya na-abawanyekwa. Olee uru ha bara nye onyenwe ha karịa iji anya ya abụọ na-ele ha?
The more money that we have, the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them. So people who have a lot of money do not [RHQ] benefit from it; they see [MTY] it when they get it, but it soon (disappears/is completely spent).
12 Onye na-arụsị ọrụ ike na-arahụ ụra nke ọma, ma o riri nri nta ma o rikwaranụ nke dị ukwuu, ma oke iriju afọ onye ọgaranya anaghị ekwe ya rahụ ụra.
Those who work hard sleep peacefully [at night], even if they do not have much food to eat. But rich [people] do not sleep well, because [they worry] about their money.
13 Ahụrụ m ihe ọjọọ ọzọ nʼokpuru anyanwụ, mmadụ debere akụnụba ruo mgbe o wetara ya ihe mgbu,
I have seen [another] terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]: People save [up all] their money and become rich, [but] they are not helped by saving a lot of money,
14 ma akụnụba ndị ahụ bụ ihe furu site nʼọdachi nke bụ na mgbe ha mụtara ụmụ, o nwekwaghị ihe fọdụrụ ụmụ ahụ iketa.
[because] something happens that causes their money to be gone, and when they die, there is no money for their children to get/inherit.
15 Dịka mmadụ si gbara ọtọ site nʼafọ nne ya bata nʼụwa, otu a ka anyị ga-esi hapụ ya. O nweghị ihe ọ ga-ebu pụọ site na ndọgbu niile ọ dọgburu onwe ya nʼọrụ.
When we are born, we do not bring anything with us, and when we die, we take nothing with us from all that we have earned by our working hard.
16 Ma nke a bụ ihe ọjọọ nke na-egbu mgbu nʼobi. Mmadụ na-ala dịka o siri bịa. Gịnị bụ uru ya, mgbe ọ na-adọgbu onwe ya nʼọrụ nye ifufe?
That also seems senseless. People bring nothing [into the world when they are born], and they leave [this world] taking nothing with them. They have worked hard, but they receive no lasting benefit [MET].
17 Ụbọchị ndụ ya niile, ọ na-eri ihe nʼọchịchịrị, site oke mgbagwoju anya, na nsogbu na iwe.
[Furthermore, rich people] are always miserable [MET] and sad, and depressed/discouraged and often sick and (resentful/thinking that what has happened to them is unfair).
18 Ma achọpụtara m na ọ bụ ihe dị mma na ihe kwesiri omume, ka nwoke rie ihe ma ṅụọkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ Ka ọ chọtakwa afọ ojuju nʼime ndọgbu niile nke ọrụ ọ ruru nʼokpuru anyanwụ, nʼoge mkpụmkpụ ndụ nke Chineke nyere ya. Nʼihi na nke a bụ oke ya.
So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them.
19 Ọzọkwa, ọ bụrụ na Chineke enye mmadụ akụnụba na ihe nweta, ma nyekwa ya ike ọ ga-eji kporie ndụ nʼime ihe ndị a, ya nabata nke a dị ka oke ya ma were ọṅụ rụọ ọrụ ya. Ha bụ onyinye si nʼaka Chineke.
If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to (enjoy/be happy with) the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are [also] gifts from God.
20 Ebe ọ bụ na Chineke enyela ya obi ụtọ, ụbọchị ndụ ya ekwesighị iwetara ya oke echiche.
Those people do not worry much about [everything that has happened] during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.
