Mosakoli 6
1 Namoni mabe mosusu na se ya moyi, mpe ezali kilo makasi mpo na bato:
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
2 ezali na bato oyo bazwi kowuta na Nzambe bozwi, biloko ebele mpe lokumu mpo ete bazanga eloko moko te oyo mitema na bango ekoki kozala na yango posa; kasi Ye moko Nzambe apimeli bango makoki ya kosepela na yango, pamba te moto mosusu nde azali kosepela na yango. Wana mpe ezali pamba, mpe ezali mabe oyo epesaka penza mawa.
A man to whom God gives wealth, and riches, and honor, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desires, and God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
3 Soki moto aboti bana nkama moko mpe azwi ngolu ya kowumela mibu ebele na bomoi; bongo, atako awumeli mibu ebele na bomoi, asepeli te na bozwi na ye mpe azangi ata kunda, nalobi solo ete mwana oyo abotami ya kokufa azali malamu koleka ye;
If a man begets one hundred, and lives many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he has not had a grave, I have said, “Better than he [is] the untimely birth.”
4 pamba te, mwana oyo abotami ya kokufa, abotami pamba, azongi kati na molili, mpe bakokanisa ye lisusu te;
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goes, and in darkness his name is covered,
5 atako amoni moyi te to atikali koyeba ata eloko moko te, azali na kimia koleka mozwi.
even the sun he has not seen nor known, more rest has this than that.
6 Ata awumeli na bomoi mibu nkoto moko mbala mibale, akotikala komona esengo te. Boni, bato nyonso bakendaka kaka esika moko te?
And though he had lived one thousand years twice over, yet he has not seen good; does not everyone go to the same place?
7 Pasi nyonso oyo moto amonaka ezali mpo ete akokisa baposa na ye, nzokande baposa yango esilaka kaka te.
All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, And yet the soul is not filled.
8 Moto ya bwanya aleki moto oyo azangi mayele na nini? Litomba nini mobola azali na yango ata ayebi kotambola liboso ya bato mosusu?
For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?
9 Biloko oyo moto azali komona na miso ezali malamu koleka biloko oyo azali na yango na makanisi: yango mpe ezali pamba, ezali lokola moto azali kolanda mopepe.
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This [is] also vanity and distress of spirit.
10 Ekelamu nyonso oyo ezali esila koyebana na kombo na yango, mpe eyebani malamu soki moto azali nani: akoki te kotelemela oyo aleki ye na makasi.
What [is] that which has been? Already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, And he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
11 Soki maloba eleki mingi, makambo ya pamba-pamba eyaka mpe ebele; bongo litomba na yango ezali penza nini?
For there are many things multiplying vanity; What advantage [is] to man?
12 Pamba te, nani ayebi likambo oyo ezali malamu mpo na bomoi ya moto, na mikolo na ye nyonso ya bomoi ya pamba oyo azali kolekisa lokola elili? Nani akoki koyebisa ye makambo oyo ekoya sima na ye, na se ya moyi?
For who knows what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he makes them as a shadow? For who declares to man what is after him under the sun?
