Omubuulizi 6
1 Waliwo ekibi ekirala kye ndabye wansi w’enjuba era kibuutikidde abantu.
I have observed another evil here on earth, and it has a great impact on humanity.
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 wealth, possessions, and honor to someone. They have everything they want. But God doesn't let them enjoy what they have. Instead somebody else does! This is hard to fathom, and is truly evil.
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 could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.
4 Omwana oyo ajja nga taliiko ky’amanyi n’agendera mu butamanya era n’erinnya lye ne libulira mu butamanya.
The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.
5 Newaakubadde talabye njuba, wadde okubaako ky’amanya, kyokka awummula bulungi okusinga omusajja oyo:
He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this 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 this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?
7 Buli muntu ateganira mumwa gwe, naye tasobola kukkuta by’alina.
Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
8 Kale omuntu omugezi asinga oyo omusirusiru? Omwavu bw’amanya okwefuga mu maaso g’abalala, agasibwa ki?
So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
9 Amaaso kye galaba kisinga olufulube lw’ebirowoozo. Era na kino nakyo butaliimu, na kugoberera mpewo.
Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.
10 Buli ekibaawo ky’ateekebwateekebwa dda, n’omuntu kyali kyamanyibwa, tewali muntu ayinza kulwana n’oyo amusinza amaanyi, n’amusobola.
Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
11 Ebigambo gye bikoma obungi, gye bikoma n’obutabaamu makulu; kale ekyo kigasa kitya omuntu?
For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
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?
Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
