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.
to say I in/on/with heart my to go: come! [emph?] please to test you in/on/with joy and to see: enjoy in/on/with good and behold also he/she/it vanity
2 “Mo wí fún ẹ̀rín pé òmùgọ̀ ni. Àti fún ìre-ayọ̀ pé kí ni ó ń ṣe?”
to/for laughter to say to boast: rave madly and to/for joy what? this to make: do
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.
to spy in/on/with heart my to/for to draw in/on/with wine [obj] flesh my and heart my to lead in/on/with wisdom and to/for to grasp in/on/with folly till which to see: see where? this pleasant to/for son: child [the] man which to make: do underneath: under [the] heaven number day life their
4 Mo ṣe àwọn iṣẹ́ ńlá ńlá. Mo kọ́ ilé púpọ̀ fún ara mi, mo sì gbin ọgbà àjàrà púpọ̀.
to magnify deed: work my to build to/for me house: home to plant to/for me vineyard
5 Mo ṣe ọgbà àti àgbàlá, mo sì gbin onírúurú igi eléso sí inú wọn.
to make to/for me garden and park and to plant in/on/with them tree all fruit
6 Mo gbẹ́ adágún láti máa bu omi rin àwọn igi tí ó ń hù jáde nínú ọgbà.
to make to/for me pool water to/for to water: watering from them wood to spring tree
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.
to buy servant/slave and maidservant and son: child house: home to be to/for me also livestock cattle and flock to multiply to be to/for me from all which/that to be to/for face: before my in/on/with 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.
to gather to/for me also silver: money and gold and possession king and [the] province to make: offer to/for me to sing and to sing and luxury son: child [the] man concubine and concubine
9 Mo di ẹni ńlá ju ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó wà ní Jerusalẹmu ṣáájú mi. Nínú gbogbo èyí, ọgbọ́n mi kò fi mí sílẹ̀.
and to magnify and to add from all which/that to be to/for face: before my in/on/with Jerusalem also wisdom my to stand: stand to/for 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 all which to ask eye my not to reserve from them not to withhold [obj] heart my from all joy for heart my glad from all trouble my and this to be portion my from all trouble my
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 to turn I in/on/with all deed: work my which/that to make: do hand my and in/on/with trouble which/that to toil to/for to make: do and behold [the] all vanity and longing spirit: breath and nothing advantage underneath: 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.
and to turn I to/for to see: examine wisdom and madness and folly for what? [the] man which/that to come (in): come after [the] king [obj] which already to make: do him
13 Mo sì ri wí pé ọgbọ́n dára ju òmùgọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ti dára ju òkùnkùn lọ.
and to see: see I which/that there advantage to/for wisdom from [the] folly like/as advantage [the] light from [the] 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 eye his in/on/with head his and [the] fool in/on/with darkness to go: walk and to know also I which/that accident one to meet [obj] all their
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 to say I in/on/with heart my like/as accident [the] fool also I to meet me and to/for what? be wise I then advantage and to speak: speak in/on/with heart my which/that also this vanity
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 nothing memorial to/for wise with [the] fool to/for forever: enduring in/on/with which/that already [the] day [the] to come (in): come [the] all to forget and how? to die [the] wise 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.
and to hate [obj] [the] life for bad: harmful upon me [the] deed: work which/that to make: do underneath: under [the] sun for [the] all vanity and longing spirit: breath
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 to hate I [obj] all trouble my which/that I laborious underneath: under [the] sun which/that to rest him to/for man which/that to be 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? to know wise to be or fool and to domineer in/on/with all trouble my which/that to toil and which/that be wise underneath: under [the] sun also this vanity
20 Nítorí náà, ọkàn mi bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní kábámọ̀ lórí gbogbo àìsimi iṣẹ́ ṣíṣe mi ní abẹ́ oòrùn.
and to turn: turn I to/for to despair [obj] heart my upon all [the] trouble which/that to toil underneath: 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 man which/that trouble his in/on/with wisdom and in/on/with knowledge and in/on/with skill and to/for man which/that not to toil in/on/with him to give: put him portion his also this vanity and distress: evil many
22 Kí ni ohun tí ènìyàn rí gbà fún gbogbo wàhálà àti ìpọ́njú tí ó fi ṣiṣẹ́ lábẹ́ oòrùn?
for what? to be to/for man in/on/with all trouble his and in/on/with striving heart his which/that he/she/it laborious underneath: 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 day his pain and vexation task his also in/on/with night not to lie down: sleep heart his also this vanity he/she/it
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.
nothing pleasant in/on/with man which/that to eat and to drink and to see: enjoy [obj] soul: myself his good in/on/with trouble his also this to see: see I for from hand: power [the] God he/she/it
25 Nítorí wí pé láìsí òun, ta ni ó le jẹ tàbí kí ó mọ adùn?
for who? to eat and who? to enjoy outside from me
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 to/for man which/that pleasant to/for face: before his to give: give wisdom and knowledge and joy and to/for to sin to give: give task to/for to gather and to/for to gather to/for to give: give to/for pleasant to/for face: before [the] God also this vanity and longing spirit: breath
