Omubuulizi 5
1 Weekuume ng’oyingira mu nnyumba ya Katonda; okumusemberera n’okumuwuliriza, kisinga okuwaayo ssaddaaka ng’ez’abasirusiru abatamanyi nga bakola ebibi.
Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
2 Toyanguyirizanga na kamwa ko okwogera ekigambo, wadde omutima gwo ogwanguyiriza, okwogera ekigambo mu maaso ga Katonda. Katonda ali mu ggulu ng’ate ggwe oli ku nsi; kale ebigambo byo bibeerenga bitono.
Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 Ng’okutawaana ennyo bwe kuleetera omuntu ebirooto, n’ebigambo by’omusirusiru bwe bityo bwe biba nga bingi.
For a dream cometh through being much employed [with something], and the voice of a fool cometh with a multitude of words.
4 Bwe weeyamanga obweyamo eri Katonda tolwanga kubutuukiriza, kubanga tasanyukira basirusiru. Tuukirizanga obweyamo bwo.
When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.
5 Obuteyama kisinga okweyama n’ototuukiriza kye weeyamye.
It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
6 Akamwa ko kaleme ku kwonoonyesa, n’ogamba oyo atumiddwa gy’oli nti, “Nakola kisobyo okweyama.” Kale lwaki weeretako okusunguwalirwa Katonda olw’ebigambo byo, n’azikiriza emirimu gy’emikono gyo?
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
7 Ebirooto entoko n’ebigambo ebingi temuli makulu; noolwekyo otyanga Katonda.
For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.
8 Bw’olabanga ng’omwavu anyigirizibwa mu ssaza, amazima n’obwenkanya nga tewali, teweewuunyanga! Kubanga omukungu waalyo alinako amusinga, ate nga bombi balina ababatwala.
If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.
9 Bonna balya ku bibala bya nsi eyo; kabaka yennyini mu nnimiro zaayo mw’afuna.
But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.
10 Oyo alulunkanira ensimbi, tasobola kuba na nsimbi zimumala; wadde oyo alulunkanira obugagga n’amagoba: na kino nakyo butaliimu.
He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity.
11 Ebintu nga bwe byeyongera obungi, n’ababirya gye bakoma okweyongera. Kale nnyini byo agasibwa ki, okuggyako okusanyusa amaaso ge?
When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it [likewise] increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see [it] with his eyes?
12 Otulo tuwoomera omupakasi ne bw’aba agabana bitono oba bingi. Naye obugagga bw’omugagga obuyitiridde, tebumuganya kwebaka.
Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Waliwo ekibi ekinene kye nalaba wansi w’enjuba: nannyini bugagga abuterekera mu kwerumya,
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely, ] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
14 ebyembi bw’ebigwawo eby’obugagga ebyo bibula, kale bw’aba ne mutabani tewabaawo mutabani we ky’asigaza.
And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:
15 Omuntu nga bwe yava mu lubuto lwa nnyina n’ajja mu nsi nga talina kintu, bw’atyo bw’aliddayo nga mwereere ng’ava mu nsi. Tewali ky’aggya mu mirimu gye, wadde kyayinza okugenda nakyo mu mukono gwe.
As he came forth out of his mother's womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.
16 Na kino kya bulumi bwereere: nga bwe yajja era bw’atyo bw’aligenda; mugaso ki gwe yafuna mu kugoberera empewo?
And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?
17 Era yamala obulamu bwe bwonna mu kizikiza ne mu buyinike, ne mu kweraliikirira, ne mu bulumi ne mu kunyiiga.
All his days also had he to eat in darkness, and hath had much vexation and wrath with his sickness.
18 Ne ndyoka ntegeera nti kituufu omuntu okulya n’okunywa n’okulaba nga yeyagalira mu kutakabana ne mu kukola kwe wansi w’enjuba, mu nnaku ze entono Katonda z’amuwadde, kubanga ekyo gwe mugabo gwe.
Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one's toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
19 Ate Katonda bw’awa omuntu obugagga, n’ebintu n’amusobozesa okubyeyagaliramu, n’okutegeera omugabo gwe n’okusanyukira by’akoze, ekyo kiba kirabo ekivudde ewa Katonda.
Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil— this is the gift of God.
20 Emirundi giba mitono gy’alowoolezaamu ekiseera ky’obulamu ky’amaze, kubanga Katonda ajjuza omutima gw’omuntu oyo essanyu.
Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.
