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?
1 I have noticed that in this world a serious injustice is done. 2 God will give us wealth, honor, and property, yes, everything we want, but then will not let us enjoy it. Some stranger will enjoy it instead. It is useless, and it just isn't right. 3 We may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long we live, if we do not get our share of happiness and do not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off. 4 It does that baby no good to be born; it disappears into darkness, where it is forgotten. 5 It never sees the light of day or knows what life is like, but at least it has found rest— 6 more so than the man who never enjoys life, though he may live two thousand years. After all, both of them are going to the same place.
7 We do all our work just to get something to eat, but we never have enough. 8 How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life? 9 It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.
10 Everything that happens was already determined long ago, and we all know that you cannot argue with someone who is stronger than you. 11 The longer you argue, the more useless it is, and you are no better off. 12 How can anyone know what is best for us in this short, useless life of ours—a life that passes like a shadow? How can we know what will happen in the world after we die?
