1I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind: 2God gives some people wealth, possessions and honour, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
3A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. 4It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded. 5Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man – 6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
7Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
yet their appetite is never satisfied.
8What advantage have the wise over fools?
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
9Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
10Whatever exists has already been named,
and what humanity is has been known;
no-one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
11The more the words,
the less the meaning,
and how does that profit anyone?
12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
Obutaliimu bw’Obugagga n’Ettiibwatiibwa
1Waliwo ekibi ekirala kye ndabye wansi w’enjuba era kibuutikidde abantu. 26:2 a Zab 17:14; Mub 5:19 b Mub 5:13Katonda 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!
36:3 a Yob 3:16; Mub 4:3 b Yob 3:3Omuntu 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. 4Omwana oyo ajja nga taliiko ky’amanyi n’agendera mu butamanya era n’erinnya lye ne libulira mu butamanya. 5Newaakubadde talabye njuba, wadde okubaako ky’amanya, kyokka awummula bulungi okusinga omusajja oyo: 6omusajja oyo ne bw’awangaala emyaka enkumi bbiri, naye n’atasanyukira mu bya bugagga bwe. Bombi tebalaga mu kifo kye kimu?
76:7 Nge 16:26; 27:20Buli muntu ateganira mumwa gwe,
naye tasobola kukkuta by’alina.
86:8 Mub 2:15Kale omuntu omugezi asinga oyo omusirusiru?
Omwavu bw’amanya okwefuga mu maaso g’abalala,
agasibwa ki?
96:9 Mub 1:14Amaaso kye galaba
kisinga olufulube lw’ebirowoozo.
Era na kino nakyo butaliimu,
na kugoberera mpewo.
10Buli ekibaawo ky’ateekebwateekebwa dda,
n’omuntu kyali kyamanyibwa,
tewali muntu ayinza kulwana n’oyo amusinza amaanyi,
n’amusobola.
11Ebigambo gye bikoma obungi,
gye bikoma n’obutabaamu makulu;
kale ekyo kigasa kitya omuntu?
126:12 a Yob 10:20 b Yob 14:2; Zab 39:6; Yak 4:14Kale 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?
