1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was 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.
1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
2 Ay ne haaruyaŋ se follay no. Ay ne kaani maayaŋ mo se, ifo no a ga hanse?
2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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.
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself 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.
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds 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.
5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.
6 Ay na banguyaŋ te ay boŋ se, zama ay ma tuuri zugay haŋandi nd'ey hal i ma beeri.
6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
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.
7I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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.
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also 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.
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
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.
10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after 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.
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
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?
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been done long ago.
13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
13 Waato gaa ay di kaŋ laakal bisa saamotaray danga mate kaŋ cine kaari bisa kubay.
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens 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.
14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more 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.»
15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like 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.
16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after 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.
17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes 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.
18And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself 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.
19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
20 Woodin se no koyne ay na bine kaa ay goy kulu kaŋ ay taabi ka te beena cire gaa.
20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. 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.
21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors 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?
22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes 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.
23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is 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.
24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
25 Zama may no ga hin ka ŋwa, ka maa bine kaani, Irikoy baa si?
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after 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.
26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.