Omubuulizi 2
1 Nayogera munda yange nti, “Jjangu kaakano ngezese okusanyuka. Weesanyuse.” Naye laba, na kino kyali butaliimu.
I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it [is] vanity.
2 Nagamba nti, “Okuseka busirusiru. Era okusanyuka kugasa ki?”
Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What [is] this it is doing?'
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 have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where [is] this — the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
4 Natandikawo emirimu egy’amaanyi: ne neezimbira amayumba ne neesimbira ennimiro ez’emizabbibu.
I made great my works, I builded 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 paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
6 Ne neesimira ebidiba omuva amazzi ag’okufukirira ebibira by’emiti emito.
I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth 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 men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance — herd and flock — above all who had been 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 gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man — a wife and wives.
9 Ne nfuuka mukulu ne nsukkirira bonna abansooka mu Yerusaalemi. Mu ebyo byonna nasigala siweebuuse mu magezi.
And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood 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 all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my 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 I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage 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 to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who cometh after the king? that which [is] already — they have done it!
13 Awo ne ndaba amagezi nga gasinga obusirusiru, n’ekitangaala nga kisinga ekizikiza.
And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
14 Omugezi amaaso ge gali mu mutwe gwe, naye atalina magezi atambulira mu kizikiza. Kyokka ne ntegeera nga bombi akabi kabatuukako.
The wise! — his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with 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.
and I said in my heart, 'As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this [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.
That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
17 Awo ne nkyawa obulamu kubanga buli ekikolebwa wansi w’enjuba kindeetera buyinike. Byonna butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 Nakyawa okutegana kwange kwonna kwe nateganamu wansi w’enjuba, kubanga byonna ndi wakubirekera oyo alinzirira mu bigere.
And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is 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 knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also [is] vanity.
20 Awo ne nterebuka olw’okutegana kwange kwonna wansi w’enjuba.
And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at 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 labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it — his portion! Even this [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 hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at 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 sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; 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 good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.
25 kubanga awatali ye, ani ayinza okulya oba asobola okusanyuka?
For who eateth and who hasteth out more than 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.
For to a man who [is] good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
