Omubuulizi 2
1 Nayogera munda yange nti, “Jjangu kaakano ngezese okusanyuka. Weesanyuse.” Naye laba, na kino kyali butaliimu.
I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.
2 Nagamba nti, “Okuseka busirusiru. Era okusanyuka kugasa ki?”
Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
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 thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
4 Natandikawo emirimu egy’amaanyi: ne neezimbira amayumba ne neesimbira ennimiro ez’emizabbibu.
I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
5 Ne neerimira ennimiro, ne neekolera n’ebifo ebigazi, ne nsimbamu buli ngeri ya miti egy’ebibala.
I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
6 Ne neesimira ebidiba omuva amazzi ag’okufukirira ebibira by’emiti emito.
And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
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 got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that 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 heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:
9 Ne nfuuka mukulu ne nsukkirira bonna abansooka mu Yerusaalemi. Mu ebyo byonna nasigala siweebuuse mu magezi.
And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also 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 whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.
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.
And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting 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?
I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)
13 Awo ne ndaba amagezi nga gasinga obusirusiru, n’ekitangaala nga kisinga ekizikiza.
And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.
14 Omugezi amaaso ge gali mu mutwe gwe, naye atalina magezi atambulira mu kizikiza. Kyokka ne ntegeera nga bombi akabi kabatuukako.
The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.
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.
And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was 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 there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
17 Awo ne nkyawa obulamu kubanga buli ekikolebwa wansi w’enjuba kindeetera buyinike. Byonna butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Nakyawa okutegana kwange kwonna kwe nateganamu wansi w’enjuba, kubanga byonna ndi wakubirekera oyo alinzirira mu bigere.
Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir 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.
Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
20 Awo ne nterebuka olw’okutegana kwange kwonna wansi w’enjuba.
Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more 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 when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so 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 profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun?
23 Kubanga ennaku ze zonna n’okutegana kwe bijjula bulumi; era ne mu kiro omutima gwe teguwummula; na kino nakyo butaliimu.
All his days axe full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
24 Tewali kisingira muntu kulya na kunywa na kusanyukira mu ebyo by’akola. Na kino nkiraba, kiva mu mukono gwa Katonda,
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
25 kubanga awatali ye, ani ayinza okulya oba asobola okusanyuka?
Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?
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.
God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
