Ekiliziastis 6
1 Ọ dị ihe ọjọọ ọzọ nke m hụrụ nʼokpuru anyanwụ, nke na-anyịdo ụmụ mmadụ.
There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among 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 hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.
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 beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, and his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.
4 Ọbịbịa ya e nweghị isi, nʼọchịchịrị ka ọ na-ala, ọ bụkwa ọchịchịrị ka e kpuchiri aha ya.
For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.
5 Ọ bụ ezie na ọ gaghị ahụ ihe anwụ anya, ọ makwaghị ihe ọbụla, o nwere izuike karịa nwoke ahụ.
Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then 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 if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one 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 labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.
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?
For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?
9 Ihe eji anya hụ ka mma karịa oke ọchịchọ! Nke a bụkwa ihe efu na ịchụso ifufe.
The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
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.
What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.
11 Okwu na-aba ụba, nghọta na-adị nta. O nwere uru nke a bara?
Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?
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?
For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
