Omubuulizi 4
1 Ate nalaba okunnyigirizibwa kwonna okukolebwa wansi w’enjuba. Ate laba, amaziga gaabo abanyigirizibwa, era nga tebalina wakugabasangulako! Ababanyigiriza baalina obuyinza, kyokka nga tewali asobola kubagambako.
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
2 Ne ndowooza ku abo abaafa, nga baali ba mukisa okusinga abo abakyali abalamu;
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
3 naye abasinga abo, y’oyo atannaba kuzaalibwa, atannalaba bibi obukolebwa wansi w’enjuba.
Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
4 Awo ne ndaba ng’okutegana, n’okutuukiriza mu bikolebwa, kuva mu kukwatirwa obuggya muliraanwa. Na kino butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
5 Omusirusiru awumba emikono gye, ne yeezikiriza yekka.
The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
6 Kirungi okuba n’emirembe emijjuvu okusinga okujjula okubonaabona n’okugoberera empewo.
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
7 Ate era ne ndaba obutaliimu wansi w’enjuba:
Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
8 nalaba omuntu ng’ali bwannamunigina, nga talina mwana wabulenzi wadde muganda we, naye ng’ategana okukamala, nga tamatira na bugagga bwe, ne yeebuuza nti, “Nteganira ani ne neefiiriza essanyu? Kino nakyo butaliimu, era tekiriiko kye kigasa.”
It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
9 Ababiri basinga omu, kubanga bagasibwa nnyo mu kukola kwabwe.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
10 Kubanga singa omu agwa, munne amuyimusa. Naye zimusanze oyo ali obw’omu, bw’agwa tabaako amuyimusa.
And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
11 Ababiri bwe bagalamira bombi awamu babuguma; naye oyo ali obw’omu, ayinza atya okubuguma?
So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?
12 Omu awangulwa mangu, kyokka ababiri bayinza okwerwanako. Kubanga omuguwa ogw’emiyondo esatu tegukutuka mangu.
And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.
13 Omuvubuka omwavu nga mugezi, akira kabaka amusinga emyaka nga musirusiru, atafaayo ku kubuulirirwa.
A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
14 Omuvubuka ayinza okuba ng’avudde mu kkomera n’alya obwakabaka, oba okulya obwakabaka ng’abadde mwavu.
Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.
15 Nalaba abalamu bonna abatambula wansi w’enjuba nga bagoberera omuvubuka oyo ow’okulya obwakabaka.
I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.
16 Abantu be yafuganga baali bangi nnyo. Naye abo abajja oluvannyuma lwe tebaamusiima. Na kino nakyo butaliimu na kugoberera mpewo.
There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
