1And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.
1 Koyne, ay guna ka di kankami goy kulu kaŋ dumi i go ga te beena cire. Guna mo, borey kaŋ i goono ga kankam yaŋ din, Ay di i mundey, Ay di mo i sinda kunfako. I toonyekoy do haray mo dabari go no, Amma ngey wo sinda kunfako.
2Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
2 Ay na buukoy kaŋ yaŋ jin ka bu sifa ka ne i bisa fundikooney kaŋ yaŋ gonda fundi sohõ bonkaanay.
3and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
3 Oho, ay di kaŋ nga kaŋ bisa ihinka kulu bonkaanay ga ti boro kaŋ mana te, Zama a mana di goy laalo kulu kaŋ go ga te beena cire.
4And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
4 Woodin banda, ay di kaŋ goy kulu da gonitaray kulu kaŋ i go ga te, i kulu si te kala gaaziga kaŋ go boro nda nga gorokasin game ra din se. Woodin mo yaamo no da haw gaarayyaŋ.
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
5 Saamo ga nga kambe koli ka nga bumbo gaahamo ŋwa.
6Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.
6 Kambe fo kaŋ to da fulanzamay bisa kambe me hinka kaŋ to da taabi da haw gaarayyaŋ.
7And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
7 Gaa no ay bare ka ye ka guna ka di hari yaamo kaŋ go beena cire.
8There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.
8 Boro fo go no nga hinne, a sinda boro kulu, A sinda ize wala nya-ize, Kulu nda yaadin a taabo sinda me. Daahir, a moy mana kungu nda arzaka. A mana hã mo ka ne: «May se binde no ay go ga taabi k'ay boŋ ganji ndunnya kaani?» Woodin mo yaamo nda goy kaŋ ga taabandi no.
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
9 Dambe ihinka, a bisa afo, Zama i ga du arzaka ngey goyo ra.
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!
10 Zama d'afo kaŋ, afa ga nga hangasino tunandi. Amma kaari boro kaŋ go nga hinne waati kaŋ a kaŋ, A sinda boro kaŋ g'a tunandi.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
11 Koyne, da boro hinka ga kani nangu fo, I ga maa dungay, Amma mate boro folloŋ ga te ka maa dungay?
12And if a [man] overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
12 Koyne, da boro folloŋ ga hin boro kaŋ go nga hinne ka zeeri, Kulu boro hinka wo ga du ka kay a se. Korfo kar-care hinza mo si tara ka pati.
13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.
13 Dambe arwasu talka amma laakalkooni no, a ga bisa bonkooni zeeno kaŋ saamo no, kaŋ ga wangu ka saaware ta mo.
14For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.
14 Zama arwaso ga hin ka fun kasu ra ka ciya bonkooni, baa kaŋ i n'a hay talka nga laabo ra.
15I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.
15 Ay di kaŋ fundikooney kulu kaŋ goono ga dira beena cire ga margu arwasu hinkanta din banda, nga kaŋ ga boro jina nango sambu.
16[There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.
16 Borey kaŋ yaŋ se a te jine boro sinda me. Kulu nda yaadin borey kaŋ yaŋ ga kaa banda si maa a kaani. Haciika, woodin mo yaamo no da haw gaarayyaŋ.
17 Haggoy da ni ca waati kaŋ ni ga koy Irikoy windo do, zama ni ma koy noodin ka maa a bisa ni ma saamey sargay salle. Zama goy laalo no i go ga te, amma i si bay a gaa.