Don't Depend on Wealth
1 There is something else terribly unfair, and it troubles everyone on earth. 2 God may give you everything you want—money, property, and wealth. Then God doesn't let you enjoy it, and someone you don't even know gets it all. That's senseless and terribly unfair!
3 You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial. 4-5 That child will never live to see the sun or to have a name, and it will go straight to the world of darkness. But it will still find more rest than you, 6 even if you live two thousand years and don't enjoy life. As you know, we all end up in the same place.
7 We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied. 8 We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right. 9 It's better to enjoy what we have than to always want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.
10 Everything that happens was decided long ago. We humans know what we are like, and we can't argue with God, because he is too strong for us. 11 The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk? 12 Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?
1 Ami mba muna otjipo tjimwe tji tji ṋiṋikiza ovandu mouye mbwi: 2 Porumwe Ndjambi ma yandja outumbe nouini nondjozikiro komundu, kokutja a ha kaere otjiṋa mu imbi avihe mbi ma zeri; nu vari Ndjambi ke nokumuyandjera kutja a vyare mu vyo; nungwari omundu wozonganda ongu ma vyara mu vyo. Avihe mbi omungandjo, nu ma rire omuhihamo omuzeu. 3 Porumwe omundu ma kwata ovanatje esere rimwe na hupu orure; nungwari nandarire kutja eye wa hupu orure pu pe ṱeki pi, eye tje hi nokukara nondjoroka na ha munu ombakero ombwa, ami me tja okanatje ku ka kwatwa nokuhinomuinyo oko okananḓengu pu ye. 4 Oko ka yenda monḓorera, nu make yaruka monḓorera; nandarire ena rako mari vandekwa i onḓorera. 5 Oko kamaake munu ondjerera yeyuva, nu kamaake tjiwa kutja omuinyo otjikeṋa, nungwari oko ka muna omasuviro pu ye. 6 Nandarire kutja omundu kaaṋi ma hupu oure wozombura omayovi yevari, eye kamaa kara nenyando mehupiro re. Indu nai aveyevari kave nokuyenda koṋa kumwe are?
7 Omundu u ungura oviungura vye avihe kokutja a mune otjiṋa okurya, nungwari onḓero ye kai kovisiwa. 8 Omundu onongo u nonḓengu yatjike peyova? Nu mape vatere tjike komusyona, nanda tjiwa okuritjinda nawa komurungu wovandu ovakwao? 9 Okokuwa okukara nohange na imbi mbi u na vyo komeho yokuvanga okukara notjiṋa tjarwe aruhe. Imbi wina omungandjo, nu vi ri tjimuna okurambera ombepo uriri.
10 Otjiṋa atjihe tji tja kara okuza koruveze orukuru tji nena ratjo; omundu wina u tjiukwa kutja eye otjikeṋa; eye kamaa sora okupatasana na ingwi ngu nomasa pu ye. 11 Punga amo patasana tjinene, omambo woye opunga amaye ririre ko omungandjo; nomundu hapo ma munine po tjike mu wo? 12 Owaṋi ngu ma tjiwa kutja otjiṋa otjikeṋa tji tji ri otjiwa komundu moure womuinyo we omusupi mbu kapita otja otjizire? Owaṋi ngu ma sora okuserekarera omundu imbi mbi maavi katjitwa mouye mbwi kombunda yonḓiro ye?
