Ekiliziastis 6
1 Ọ dị ihe ọjọọ ọzọ nke m hụrụ nʼokpuru anyanwụ, nke na-anyịdo ụmụ mmadụ.
I have observed another evil here on earth, and it has a great impact on humanity.
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.
God gives wealth, possessions, and honor to someone. They have everything they want. But God doesn't let them enjoy what they have. Instead somebody else does! This is hard to fathom, and is truly evil.
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.
A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.
4 Ọbịbịa ya e nweghị isi, nʼọchịchịrị ka ọ na-ala, ọ bụkwa ọchịchịrị ka e kpuchiri aha ya.
The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.
5 Ọ bụ ezie na ọ gaghị ahụ ihe anwụ anya, ọ makwaghị ihe ọbụla, o nwere izuike karịa nwoke ahụ.
He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this man.
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?
Even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?
7 Ndọgbu niile mmadụ na-adọgbu onwe ya nʼọrụ bụ ka o rijuo afọ, ma o nweghị onye na-enweta ihe na-ezuru ya.
Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
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?
So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
9 Ihe eji anya hụ ka mma karịa oke ọchịchọ! Nke a bụkwa ihe efu na ịchụso ifufe.
Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the 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.
Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
11 Okwu na-aba ụba, nghọta na-adị nta. O nwere uru nke a bara?
For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
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 knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
