Omubuulizi 2
1 Nayogera munda yange nti, “Jjangu kaakano ngezese okusanyuka. Weesanyuse.” Naye laba, na kino kyali butaliimu.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. And, behold, this also was vanity.
2 Nagamba nti, “Okuseka busirusiru. Era okusanyuka kugasa ki?”
I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?
3 Nanoonyereza n’omutima gwange, bwe nnaasanyusa omubiri gwange n’omwenge, nga nkyagoberera okunoonya amagezi. Nayagala okulaba abantu kyebasaanira okukola wansi w’enjuba mu nnaku ez’obulamu bwabwe entono.
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine (my heart yet guiding me with wisdom), and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
4 Natandikawo emirimu egy’amaanyi: ne neezimbira amayumba ne neesimbira ennimiro ez’emizabbibu.
I made for me great works. I built for me houses. I planted for me vineyards.
5 Ne neerimira ennimiro, ne neekolera n’ebifo ebigazi, ne nsimbamu buli ngeri ya miti egy’ebibala.
I made for me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 Ne neesimira ebidiba omuva amazzi ag’okufukirira ebibira by’emiti emito.
I made for me pools of water, to water from there the forest where trees were reared.
7 Neefunira abaddu abasajja n’abakazi, era nalina abaddu abaazaalirwa mu nnyumba yange. Ne mbeera n’amagana g’ente n’ebisibo by’endiga okusinga bonna abansooka okubeera mu Yerusaalemi.
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 Ne neekuŋŋaanyiza ffeeza ne zaabu ebyavanga mu misolo, egyampebwanga bakabaka n’egyavanga mu bwakabaka bwabwe. Neefunira abayimbi abasajja n’abakazi, ne nfuna n’ebintu byonna ebisanyusa omuntu, ne neefunira n’abakazi.
I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, and a wife and wives.
9 Ne nfuuka mukulu ne nsukkirira bonna abansooka mu Yerusaalemi. Mu ebyo byonna nasigala siweebuuse mu magezi.
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
10 Na buli amaaso gange kye gaayagala okulaba sa kigamma, omutima gwange ne ngusanyusa mu buli kimu. Omutima gwange gwasanyukira bye nakola byonna, era eyo y’empeera yange olw’okutegana kwange kwonna.
And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
11 Awo bwe nalowooza byonna emikono gyange bye gyakola, n’okutegana kwonna nga nkola, laba, byonna bwali butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo, tewaali na kimu kye nagobolola wansi w’enjuba.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Awo ne nkyuka ne ndowooza ku magezi, ne ku ddalu ne ku busirusiru, kubanga oyo aliddirira kabaka mu bigere alibaako ki ky’akola, okuggyako ekyo kabaka ky’akoze?
And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Even that which has been done long ago.
13 Awo ne ndaba amagezi nga gasinga obusirusiru, n’ekitangaala nga kisinga ekizikiza.
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.
14 Omugezi amaaso ge gali mu mutwe gwe, naye atalina magezi atambulira mu kizikiza. Kyokka ne ntegeera nga bombi akabi kabatuukako.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Ne ndyoka njogera mu mutima gwange nti, “Ekyo ekigwa ku musirusiru nange kirintuukako. Kale lwaki mbeera omugezi?” Era na kino ne nkizuula nga butaliimu.
Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 Kubanga ku mugezi ne ku musirusiru tewaliwo ajjukirwa lubeerera; mu nnaku ezirijja bombi baliba beerabirwa dda. Okufaanana ng’omusirusiru n’omugezi naye alifa.
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance forever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how the wise man dies even as the fool!
17 Awo ne nkyawa obulamu kubanga buli ekikolebwa wansi w’enjuba kindeetera buyinike. Byonna butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.
18 Nakyawa okutegana kwange kwonna kwe nateganamu wansi w’enjuba, kubanga byonna ndi wakubirekera oyo alinzirira mu bigere.
And I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.
19 Kale ani amanyi obanga aliba musajja mugezi oba musirusiru? Kyokka ye y’aliba mukama w’ebyo byonna bye nateganira nga nkozesa amagezi gange wansi w’enjuba; era na kino nakyo butaliimu.
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Awo ne nterebuka olw’okutegana kwange kwonna wansi w’enjuba.
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 Kubanga oluusi omuntu ategana ng’akozesa amagezi ge n’okumanya awamu n’obukalabakalaba bwe, naye byonna ateekwa okubirekera oyo atabiteganiranga nako. Na kino nakyo butaliimu na kabi keereere.
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet he shall leave it to a man who has not labored in it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 Omuntu afuna ki mu kutegana kwe kwonna n’okukaluubirirwa mu ebyo by’ateganamu wansi w’enjuba?
For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart in which he labors under the sun?
23 Kubanga ennaku ze zonna n’okutegana kwe bijjula bulumi; era ne mu kiro omutima gwe teguwummula; na kino nakyo butaliimu.
For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief, yea, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
24 Tewali kisingira muntu kulya na kunywa na kusanyukira mu ebyo by’akola. Na kino nkiraba, kiva mu mukono gwa Katonda,
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 kubanga awatali ye, ani ayinza okulya oba asobola okusanyuka?
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, without him?
26 Kubanga omuntu asanyusa Katonda, Katonda amuwa amagezi n’okumanya n’essanyu; naye omwonoonyi Katonda amuwa omulimu gw’okukuŋŋaanyiza oyo asanyusa Katonda. Na kino nakyo butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
