Omubuulizi 6
1 Waliwo ekibi ekirala kye ndabye wansi w’enjuba era kibuutikidde abantu.
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
2 Katonda awa omuntu obugagga, n’amuwa ebintu ebingi awamu n’ekitiibwa, na buli mutima gwe kye gwetaaga n’akifuna; naye Katonda n’amumma okubisanyukiramu, kyokka omugwira n’ajja n’abisanyukiramu. Kino butaliimu era kya bubalagaze!
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
3 Omuntu ayinza okuba n’abaana kikumi, n’awangaala; bw’atasanyukira mu bugagga bwe, era n’ataziikwa mu kitiibwa, ne bw’aba ng’awangadde nnyo, omwana afiira mu lubuto ng’agenda okuzaalibwa amusingira wala.
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
4 Omwana oyo ajja nga taliiko ky’amanyi n’agendera mu butamanya era n’erinnya lye ne libulira mu butamanya.
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
5 Newaakubadde talabye njuba, wadde okubaako ky’amanya, kyokka awummula bulungi okusinga omusajja oyo:
The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
6 omusajja oyo ne bw’awangaala emyaka enkumi bbiri, naye n’atasanyukira mu bya bugagga bwe. Bombi tebalaga mu kifo kye kimu?
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
7 Buli muntu ateganira mumwa gwe, naye tasobola kukkuta by’alina.
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
8 Kale omuntu omugezi asinga oyo omusirusiru? Omwavu bw’amanya okwefuga mu maaso g’abalala, agasibwa ki?
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
9 Amaaso kye galaba kisinga olufulube lw’ebirowoozo. Era na kino nakyo butaliimu, na kugoberera mpewo.
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
10 Buli ekibaawo ky’ateekebwateekebwa dda, n’omuntu kyali kyamanyibwa, tewali muntu ayinza kulwana n’oyo amusinza amaanyi, n’amusobola.
Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
11 Ebigambo gye bikoma obungi, gye bikoma n’obutabaamu makulu; kale ekyo kigasa kitya omuntu?
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
12 Kale ani amanyi ekirungi eri omuntu, mu nnaku ezo entono z’amala mu bulamu bwe obutaliimu, obuli ng’ekisiikirize? Ani wansi w’enjuba ayinza okutegeeza ekirimubaako ng’avudde mu bulamu buno?
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
