Ekiliziastis 6
1 Ọ dị ihe ọjọọ ọzọ nke m hụrụ nʼokpuru anyanwụ, nke na-anyịdo ụmụ mmadụ.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;
2 Chineke na-enye mmadụ akụnụba, na ihe nnweta, na nsọpụrụ, na-emekwa ka ha nwee ihe niile ha chọrọ, ma ọ dịghị enye ha ike ịnụ ụtọ ha; ma onye ọzọ na-anụ ụtọ ha. Nke a bụ ihe efu, bụrụkwa ihe jọgburu onwe ya.
A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
3 Mmadụ nwere ike mụta narị ụmụ, o nwekwara ike nwee ndụ ogologo ruo agadi, ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ike ịnụ ụtọ akụnụba ya, ọ bụrụkwa na o nwetaghị ụdị olili ruru ya, ana m asị, na nwa nwụrụ nʼafọ dị mma karịa ya.
If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
4 Ọbịbịa ya e nweghị isi, nʼọchịchịrị ka ọ na-ala, ọ bụkwa ọchịchịrị ka e kpuchiri aha ya.
In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.
5 Ọ bụ ezie na ọ gaghị ahụ ihe anwụ anya, ọ makwaghị ihe ọbụla, o nwere izuike karịa nwoke ahụ.
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.
6 A sịkwarị na o biri ndụ puku afọ, okpukpu abụọ, ma ọ nụghị ụtọ akụnụba ya. Ọ bụghị nʼotu ebe ka ha niile na-ala?
And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?
7 Ndọgbu niile mmadụ na-adọgbu onwe ya nʼọrụ bụ ka o rijuo afọ, ma o nweghị onye na-enweta ihe na-ezuru ya.
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
8 Olee ụzọ onye maara ihe si dị mma karịa onye nzuzu? Gịnị bụ uru dịịrị onye ogbenye na ọ maara otu e si akpa ezi agwa nʼihu ndị dị ndụ?
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
9 Ihe eji anya hụ ka mma karịa oke ọchịchọ! Nke a bụkwa ihe efu na ịchụso ifufe.
What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
10 Ihe ọbụla dị ugbu a, ka akpọrọ aha na mgbe gara aga. Amakwaara ihe mmadụ bụ, mmadụ ọbụla apụghị ịlụso onye ka ya ike ọgụ.
That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.
11 Okwu na-aba ụba, nghọta na-adị nta. O nwere uru nke a bara?
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
12 Onye mara ihe dịrị mmadụ mma na ndụ, nʼụbọchị ole na ole nke na-abaghị uru o nwere ịgabiga ndụ a dịka onyinyo? Onye pụrụ ịgwa ya ihe ga-eme nʼokpuru anyanwụ, mgbe ọ nwụsịrị?
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
