1I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
1 Ay ne ay bina se: «Naŋ day ay ma ni si da kaani maayaŋ, kala ni ma ndunnya kaani ŋwa.» Amma woodin mo yaamo no.
2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
2 Ay ne haaruyaŋ se follay no. Ay ne kaani maayaŋ mo se, ifo no a ga hanse?
3I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.
3 Ay fintal ay bina ra, mate kaŋ ay g'ay gaahamo si da duvan*. Alwaato din ay bina go g'ay laakalo cabe laakal fondo. Ay ceeci mate kaŋ ay ga te ka saamotaray di, hal ay ma di haŋ kaŋ ga boori Adam-izey se i m'a te beena cire i fundey jirbi kayney ra.
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
4 Ay na goy beeriyaŋ te ay boŋ se. Ay na fuyaŋ cina ay boŋ se, ay na reyzin* kaliyaŋ tilam ay boŋ se mo.
5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
5 Ay na kaliyaŋ da haw faaruyaŋ batamayaŋ te ay boŋ se. Ay n'i tilam da tuuri-nya dumi-dumi kulu kaŋ ga ize kaanoyaŋ hay.
6I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
6 Ay na banguyaŋ te ay boŋ se, zama ay ma tuuri zugay haŋandi nd'ey hal i ma beeri.
7I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
7 Ay na bannyayaŋ da koŋŋayaŋ day, i na tamyaŋ hay ay se mo. Koyne, ay gonda haw da feeji da hincin kuruyaŋ kaŋ ga beeri ka bisa boro kulu kaŋ n'ay jin Urusalima ra waney.
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
8 Ay na nzarfu nda wura margu, da koyey arzaka nda laabey wane. Ay du ay boŋ se doonkoyaŋ, alboro nda wayboro, da Adam-izey farhã hariyaŋ, kaŋ ga ti koŋŋayaŋ kaŋ sinda me.
9And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
9 Ay du beeray, ay tonton gumo ka bisa borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ n'ay jin Urusalima ra. Ay laakalo mo man'ay taŋ.
10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
10 Hay kulu kaŋ ay moy di kaŋ ay ga ba, Ay mana wangu nd'a i se. Ay mana ay bina ganji farhã hari kulu kaŋ no, Zama ay bina maa kaani ay goyey kulu sabbay se. Woodin mo ga ti ay baa ay goyey kulu ra.
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
11 Waato gaa ay n'ay goyey kulu guna, Kaŋ ay kambey taabi ka te, Da mo goyey kaŋ ay te ka tonton. Guna, ay kookaro kulu yaamo no, Haw gaarayyaŋ day no. A sinda nafa fo kulu beena cire.
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.
12 Kal ay bare zama ay ma laakal da follokomtaray da saamotaray guna. Zama boro kaŋ ga kaa bonkoono banda, Ifo no a ga te kala day haŋ kaŋ i jin ka te?
13And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
13 Waato gaa ay di kaŋ laakal bisa saamotaray danga mate kaŋ cine kaari bisa kubay.
14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
14 Laakalkooni moy go a boŋo ra, Day saamo ga dira kubay ra. Amma ay di kaŋ hay folloŋ no ga kaa i kulu gaa.
15And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
15 Gaa no ay ne ay boŋ se: «Saamo koddoro ga ti ay koddoro. Yaadin gaa, mate gaa no ay bis'a laakal?» Ay ne ay bina ra: «Woodin mo yaamo no.»
16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
16 I sinda laakalkooni se fonguyaŋ ka bisa saamo. I kulu afo no, Za kaŋ zamana kaŋ ga kaa ra i ga dinya i kulu gaa. Kaari! laakalkooni buuyaŋ da saamo wane, I kulu afo no.
17And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
17 Woodin sabbay se no ay konna fundi, zama goyo kaŋ i go ga goy beena cire din, doori hari no ay se, zama hay kulu yaamo no, da haw gaarayyaŋ mo.
18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
18 Ay mo, ay konna hay kulu kaŋ ay taabi ka te beena cire nafa, zama tilas ay m'a naŋ boro kaŋ ga kaa ay banda din se.
19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
19 May no ga bay mo hala hambara a ga ciya laakalkooni no wala saamo? Kulu nda yaadin, a ga hay kulu kaŋ ay taabi ka du may, haŋ kaŋ ay na laakal cabe ka taabi a ra beena cire. Woodin mo yaamo no.
20Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
20 Woodin se no koyne ay na bine kaa ay goy kulu kaŋ ay taabi ka te beena cire gaa.
21For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
21 Amma da boro go no kaŋ goy da laakal da bayray da gonitaray, gaa no a ga dira k'a naŋ boro kaŋ mana goy a ra se, woodin mo yaamo no da hasaraw beeri.
22For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
22 Zama ifo no boro ga du nga goyo kulu nda nga kookaro kulu ra, kaŋ a maa taabi a ra beena cire?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
23 Za kaŋ a jirbey kulu ra a sinda hari kulu kala day taabi, a taabo mo bine saray hari no. Oho, baa cin a laakal si kani bo. Woodin mo yaamo no.
24There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
24 Hay kulu si no kaŋ ga bisa boro se a ma ŋwa, a ma haŋ, a ma maa kaani nga goyo ra. Woone mo ay di, Irikoy kambe ra no a ga fun.
25For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?
25 Zama may no ga hin ka ŋwa, ka maa bine kaani, Irikoy baa si?
26For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
26 Zama boro kaŋ Irikoy ga maa a kaani, a se no a ga laakal, da bayray, da farhã no. Amma a na zunubikooni no a ma taabi ka margu-margu, ka gu citila mo, zama Irikoy m'a no boro kaŋ ga kaan nga se din se. Woodin mo yaamo da haw gaarayyaŋ no.