Ecclesiastes 2
1 Mo rò nínú ọkàn mi, “Wá nísinsin yìí, èmi yóò sì dán ọ wò pẹ̀lú ìgbádùn láti ṣe àwárí ohun tí ó dára.” Ṣùgbọ́n eléyìí náà jásí asán.
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
2 “Mo wí fún ẹ̀rín pé òmùgọ̀ ni. Àti fún ìre-ayọ̀ pé kí ni ó ń ṣe?”
I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why do you this:
3 Mo tiraka láti dun ara mi nínú pẹ̀lú ọtí wáìnì, àti láti fi ọwọ́ lé òmùgọ̀—ọkàn mi sì ń tọ́ mi pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n. Mo fẹ́ wo ohun tí ó yẹ ní ṣíṣe fún ènìyàn ní abẹ́ ọ̀run ní ìwọ̀nba ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀.
And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as [with] wine, (though my heart guided [me] in wisdom, ) and [I desired] to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life.
4 Mo ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ ńlá ńlá. Mo kọ́ ilé púpọ̀ fún ara mi, mo sì gbin ọgbà àjàrà púpọ̀.
I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
5 Mo ṣe ọgbà àti àgbàlá, mo sì gbin onírúurú igi eléso sí inú wọn.
I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit tree.
6 Mo gbẹ́ adágún láti máa bu omi rin àwọn igi tí ó ń hù jáde nínú ọgbà.
I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.
7 Mo ra àwọn ẹrú ọkùnrin àti àwọn ẹrú obìnrin, mo sì tún ní àwọn ẹrú mìíràn tí a bí sí ilé mi. Mo sì tún ní ẹran ọ̀sìn ju ẹnikẹ́ni ní Jerusalẹmu lọ.
I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 Mo kó fàdákà àti wúrà jọ fún ara mi àti àwọn ohun ìṣúra ti ọba àti ìgbèríko. Mo ní àwọn akọrin ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, àti dídùn inú ọmọ ènìyàn, aya àti obìnrin púpọ̀.
Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.
9 Mo di ẹni ńlá ju ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó wà ní Jerusalẹmu ṣáájú mi. Nínú gbogbo èyí, ọgbọ́n mi kò fi mí sílẹ̀.
So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.
10 Èmi kò jẹ́ kí ojú mi ṣe aláìrí ohun tí ó bá ń fẹ́. N kò sì jẹ́ kí ọkàn mi ó ṣe aláìní ìgbádùn. Ọkàn mi yọ̀ nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ mi, èyí sì ni èrè fún gbogbo wàhálà mi.
And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Síbẹ̀, nígbà tí mo wo gbogbo ohun tí ọwọ́ mi ti ṣe àti ohun tí mo ti ṣe wàhálà láti ní: gbogbo rẹ̀, asán ni. Ó dàbí ẹni gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́, kò sí èrè kan ní abẹ́ oòrùn; ọgbọ́n àti òmùgọ̀, asán ni.
And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
12 Nígbà náà ni mo tún bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ọgbọ́n, àti ìsínwín àti àìgbọ́n kí ni ọba tí ó jẹ lẹ́yìn tí ọba kan kú le è ṣe ju èyí tí ọba ìṣáájú ti ṣe lọ.
Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it?
13 Mo sì ri wí pé ọgbọ́n dára ju òmùgọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ti dára ju òkùnkùn lọ.
And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.
14 Ojú ọlọ́gbọ́n ń bẹ lágbárí rẹ̀, nígbà tí aṣiwèrè ń rìn nínú òkùnkùn, ṣùgbọ́n mo wá padà mọ̀ wí pé ìpín kan náà ni ó ń dúró de ìsọ̀rí àwọn ènìyàn méjèèjì.
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.
15 Nígbà náà ni mo rò nínú ọkàn wí pé, “Irú ìpín tí òmùgọ̀ ní yóò bá èmi náà pẹ̀lú kí wá ni ohun tí mo jẹ ní èrè nípa ọgbọ́n?” Mo sọ nínú ọkàn mi wí pé, “Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú.”
And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.
16 Nítorí pé ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí i òmùgọ̀, a kì yóò rántí rẹ̀ fún ìgbà pípẹ́; gbogbo wọn ni yóò di ohun ìgbàgbé ní ọjọ́ tó ń bọ̀. Ikú tí ó pa aṣiwèrè náà ni yóò pa ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn.
For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now [in] the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?
17 Nítorí náà, mo kórìíra ìwàláàyè, nítorí pé iṣẹ́ tí wọn ń ṣe ní abẹ́ oòrùn ti mú ìdààmú bá mi. Gbogbo rẹ̀ asán ni, ó dàbí ẹni ń gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́ ni.
So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
18 Mo kórìíra gbogbo ohun tí mo ti ṣiṣẹ́ fún ní abẹ́ oòrùn, nítorí pé mo ní láti fi wọ́n sílẹ̀ fún ẹni tí ó wà lẹ́yìn mi ni.
And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
19 Ta ni ó wá mọ̀ bóyá ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn ni yóò jẹ́ tàbí aṣiwèrè? Síbẹ̀ yóò ní láti ṣe àkóso lórí gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí mo tí ṣe yìí pẹ̀lú.
And who knows whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.
20 Nítorí náà, ọkàn mi bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní kábámọ̀ lórí gbogbo àìsimi iṣẹ́ ṣíṣe mi ní abẹ́ oòrùn.
so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
21 Nítorí pé ènìyàn le è ṣe iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìmọ̀ ní abẹ́ oòrùn, tí ó sì ti kọ́ ṣe iṣẹ́ fúnra rẹ̀. Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú àti àdánù ńlá.
For there is [such] a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; [yet] this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.
22 Kí ni ohun tí ènìyàn rí gbà fún gbogbo wàhálà àti ìpọ́njú tí ó fi ṣiṣẹ́ lábẹ́ oòrùn?
For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun.
23 Gbogbo ọjọ́ rẹ, iṣẹ́ rẹ kún fún ìrora, àti ìbànújẹ́, kódà ọkàn rẹ̀ kì í ní ìsinmi ní alẹ́. Asán ni eléyìí pẹ̀lú.
For all his days [are days] of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
24 Ènìyàn kò le è ṣe ohunkóhun tí ó dára jù pé kí ó jẹ kí ó sì mu, kí ó sì rí ìtẹ́lọ́rùn nínú iṣẹ́ rẹ̀. Mo rí wí pé eléyìí pẹ̀lú wá láti ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run.
A man has nothing [really] good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul [as] good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 Nítorí wí pé láìsí òun, ta ni ó le jẹ tàbí kí ó mọ adùn?
For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
26 Fún ẹni tí ó bá tẹ́ Ọlọ́run lọ́rùn ni Ọlọ́run yóò fún ní ọgbọ́n, ìmọ̀ àti ìdùnnú, ṣùgbọ́n fún ẹni dẹ́ṣẹ̀, Ó fún un ní iṣẹ́ láti ṣà àti láti kó ohun ìní pamọ́ kí ó sì fi fún ẹni tí ó tẹ́ Ọlọ́run lọ́rùn. Eléyìí pẹ̀lú, asán ni, ó dàbí ẹni gbìyànjú àti mú afẹ́fẹ́.
For [God] has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
