1Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
1 Ma si waasu ka salaŋ, Ni laakalo mo ma si waasu ka hay kulu ci Irikoy jine. Zama Irikoy go beene, ni mo go ganda, Woodin sabbay se naŋ ni sanno ma ciya ikayniyo.
2Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
2 Zama hindiri ga kaa muraadu boobo sabbay se, Saamo jinde mo, i g'a bay sanni boobo do.
3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
3 Waati kaŋ ni ga sarti sambu Irikoy jine, ma si alwaato harta, zama a si maa saamey kaani. Kala ni ma haya kaŋ ni n'a sarti sambu nd'a din bana.
4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
4 Dambe day ni ma si sarti sambu, da ni m'a sambu, ni ma s'a bana.
5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
5 Ni ma si yadda ni meyo ma ni gaahamo daŋ zunubi ra. Ma si ne mo Irikoy dontonanta se: «Ay daray no.» Ifo se no Irikoy ga futu ni jinda se, a ma ni kambe goyo mo halaci?
6Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
6 Zama hindiri boobo da sanni boobo ra gonda yaamo. Day ni ma humburu Irikoy.
7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
7 Da ni di i ga talka kankam, i ga cimi ciiti nda adilitaray siirandi mo kawyey ra, ni ma si dambara nda woodin. Zama boro beeri ga boro kaŋ gaze nga gaa laakal, borey kaŋ yaŋ bis'ey mo go no.
8If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
8 Farey albarka ga boro kulu nafa, bonkoono bumbo ga nafa a gaa.
9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
9 Boro kaŋ ga ba nzarfu si kungu nda nzarfu. Koyne, boro kaŋ ga ba yulwa si kungu nda tontoni. Woodin mo yaamo no.
10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
10 Da arzaka tonton, a ŋwaakoy mo ga tonton. Ifo ga ti a koyo albarka, Kal a ma guna nda nga moy hinne?
11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
11 Goy-teeri jirbo ga kaan, Baa a ŋwa ikayna wala iboobo no. Amma arzakante kunguyaŋ si naŋ a ma jirbi.
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
12 Hasaraw bambata go no kaŋ ay di beena cire: Duureyaŋ kaŋ i koyo go g'i batu, i ma ciya a se hasaraw hari.
13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
13 Duura din mo ma halaci saaya jaŋay se. D'a na ize aru hay mo, A sinda hay kulu nga kambe ra.
14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
14 Danga mate kaŋ a fatta nga nyaŋo gunda ra gaa-koonu, A ga ye ka dira yaadin koyne, mate kaŋ a kaa din. A si konda hay kulu mo a goyo riiba ra, Danga a si konda hay kulu nga kambe ra no.
15As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
15 Woone mo hasaraw bambata no: Danga mate kaŋ cine boro kaa, yaadin no a ga ye. Ifo no ga ti a riiba kaŋ a ga ŋwa, Za kaŋ haw faaruyaŋ se no a goy?
16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
16 A jirbey kulu ra a go kubay ra ka margu nda hẽeni korno da doori nda dukuri.
17All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
17 Guna haŋ kaŋ ay di ga boori, a ga saba mo: boro ma ŋwa, a ma haŋ, a ma farhã mo nga goyo kulu ra kaŋ a ga taabi nd'a beena cire, a fundo jirbi kayney kaŋ Irikoy n'a no, zama woodin ga ti a baa.
18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
18 Boro kulu kaŋ no koyne, kaŋ Irikoy n'a no arzaka nda duure, a n'a no mo dabari a ma ŋwa i gaa, a ma du nga baa ka farhã nga goyo ra. Woodin mo Irikoy nooyaŋ no.
19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
19 Zama a si fongu sorro boobo nga fundi jirbey gaa, zama Irikoy n'a bine toonandi nda nga farhã harey.
20For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.