1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
1 Laala fo go no kaŋ ay di beena cire, a ga baa mo Adam-izey do.
2one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.
2 Nga neeya: boro kaŋ Irikoy no arzaka nda duure da gaakuri hal a bina mana jaŋ hay kulu kaŋ a ga ba, amma kulu nda yaadin Irikoy man'a no hina a m'i ŋwa, amma yaw no g'i ŋwa. Woodin mo koyne, yaamo no da doori laalo.
3If a man beget a hundred [sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.
3 Baa boro na ize zangu hay, a to jiiri boobo mo, hal a jiirey jirbey baa, amma a bina mana kungu nda hari hanno, woodin banda a si baa du fijiyaŋ hanno -- haciika gunde hasaraw bisa bora din.
4For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
4 Zama se a kaa yaamo, a ye kubay ra mo. A maa mo go ga tugu kubay ra.
5moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.
5 Woodin banda, a mana di wayna, a man'a bay mo, woone bisa afa din.
6Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
6 Zama baa afa din te jiiri zambar hala sorro hinka, amma a si maa albarka kaani, manti i kulu nangu folloŋ no i ga koy?
7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
7 Boro taabi kulu mo, a meyo se no a g'a te. Kulu nda yaadin, bine si kungu nda duure.
8For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
8 Ifo no ga ti laakalkooni nafa binde kaŋ a gonda ka bisa saamo? Wala nafa woofo no talka se, Kaŋ a ga bay mate kaŋ nga ga hima ka dira nd'a fundikooney jine?
9Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
9 Haŋ kaŋ mo ga di ga bisa haŋ kaŋ bine ga ba. Woodin mo yaamo no nda haw gaarayyaŋ.
10That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.
10 Hay kulu kaŋ go no, I na maa daŋ a gaa za doŋ, I bay mo haŋ kaŋ ga ti boro. A sinda hin ka kakaw da boro kaŋ bisa nga hina.
11For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
11 Za kaŋ sanni boobo go no kaŋ ga yaamo tonton, Yaadin gaa ifo no ga ti i nafa boro se?
12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
12 Amma may no ga bay haŋ kaŋ ga boori boro se a zamana ra, a fundo jirbi kayna yaama ra? I go ga bisa danga tuuri bi cine. Zama may no ga ci boro se haŋ kaŋ no ga te a banda beena cire?