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?
Enyanyu lyomuuyamba inali gwana
1 Oku na oshiponga shoka nda mono kohi yetango tashi thindile uuntu pohi. 2 Omuntu ngoka a pewa kuKalunga uuyamba nomaliko nesimano, ina hepa we sha, ihe Kalunga ite mu pe ompito yoku yi nyanyukilwa, oshoka omuyeni ote yi nyanyukilwa. Shika eihepeko lyowala nuuwehame uululululu. 3 Omuntu nge ta vala aanona ethele nota kala ko olule, omimvo nokuli odhindji, ihe omwenyo gwe itagu kuta uuwanawa ye ita fumvikwa nokuli nawa, nena otandi ti: Omupononwa oku na elago e mu vule. 4 Oshoka te ya po owala nota yi momilema, nedhina lye otali siikilwa komilema. 5 Ina mona etango noine li tseya. Oku na evululuko e vule omuntu ngo. 6 Eeno, nando omuntu ngoka na kale e na omwenyo lwoomvula omayuvi gaali, ihe ina nyanyukilwa uuwanawa — ayihe itayi ka hulila pehala limwe?
7 Iilonga yuupyakadhi ayihe yomuntu oyokokana ke, ihe uuhalu itau fudhithwa. 8 Oshoka omunawino oku na shike e vule omusama, nohepele otayi mono shike mokutseya okukala mokati kaanamwenyo? 9 Okuligamena nomeho oku vule okweendagula kuuhalu. Naashika owaleelela nokutidha ombepo.
10 Ashihe shoka tashi ningwa, oshu uthwa nale; osha tseyika nale kutya omuntu omushike, ita vulu okutamaneka ngoka e mu vule. 11 Oohapu odhindji otadhi indjipalitha uupyakadhi, omuntu oti imonene mo shike? 12 Oshoka olye ta tseya shoka tashi opalele omuntu momasiku gokukalamwenyo kwe okufupi, ga fa omuzizimba? Olye ta tseyithile omuntu shoka tashi ka kala ko konima ye kohi yetango?
