Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Nying maber longʼo moloyo mo mangʼwe ngʼar, kendo odiechieng tho ber moloyo odiechieng nywol.
2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
Ber mondo idhi e od kuyo moloyo ot mitimoe nyasi, nimar tho e giko ngʼato ka ngʼato; joma pod ngima nyaka ngʼe ma e chunygi.
3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
Kuyo ber moloyo nyiero, nikech wangʼ man-gi lit berne chuny.
4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
Ngʼat mariek wiye ok wil gi tho, to ngʼat mofuwo paro mana mor pile.
5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
Ber mondo ichik iti ne siem ngʼat man-gi rieko, moloyo chiko iti ne wend joma ofuwo.
6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
Nyiero mar ngʼama ofuwo onge tiende omiyo ochalo mana gi kudho mararni e mach e bwo agulu. Ma bende onge tiende.
7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Ka ngʼat mariek mayo ji to obedo ngʼama ofuwo, to ngʼama kawo asoya kethore kende owuon.
8 The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
Giko mar gimoro ber moloyo chakruokne kendo bedo mos ber moloyo sunga.
9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
Kik ibed ngʼama chwanyore piyo e chunye; nikech joma ofuwo ema timo kamano.
10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
Bende kik ipenjri ni angʼo momiyo ndalo machon gik moko ne timore maber moloyo ndalogi? Mano en penjo mar ngʼat mofuwo.
11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Rieko ber mana kaka girkeni, en gima ber kendo en ohala ne joma mangima.
12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Rieko en tipo mana kaka pesa bende en tipo, nimar rieko kelo ngima ni ngʼama ni kode.
13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
Parane gima Nyasaye osetimo: En ngʼa manyalo rieyo gima osedolo?
14 In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
Ka gik moko dhini maber, to bed mamor, to ka chandruok omaki; to ngʼe ni Nyasaye ema oyie mondo gik moko ariyogo otimre. Emomiyo, dhano ok nyal fwenyo gimoro amora mabiro timorene e ndalo mabiro.
15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
E ngima madakie maonge tiendeni asefwenyo ni ngʼat ma ja-ratiro rumo nikech ratiro mare kendo ngʼat ma jaricho dak ndalo mangʼeny kotimo richo.
16 Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
Kik ibed ngʼat mariek ahinya kata ngʼat mongʼeyo ahinya, nimar inyalo tiekori kendi iwuon.
17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
Kik ibed ngʼama timbene mono ahinya kata ngʼama ofuwo, nimar angʼo momiyo idwaro ni itho ka ndaloni pok ochopo?
18 It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
Kuom mano, e weche ariyogi kik iher moro moloyo machielo, nikech ngʼat moluoro Nyasaye ema dhi maber.
19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
Gima rieko nyalo timo ne ngʼato duongʼ moloyo gima jotelo apar nyalo timo ne dala maduongʼ.
20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Onge ngʼato kata achiel e piny ngima matimo mana gik mabeyo lilo ma ok oketho.
21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
Kik ichik iti ni weche ma ji wacho, dipo ka iwinjo ka jatichni kwongʼi,
22 Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
nimar in bende ingʼeyo e chunyi ni kinde mangʼeny in iwuon isekwongʼo joma moko.
23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Ne apimo gigo duto gi rieko ka aketo chunya mondo abed mariek, to ne ayudo ka ok anyal.
24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
Ere kaka dhano difweny rieko? Otut moyombowa, kendo otek modhierowa winjo.
25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
Omiyo ne aloko pacha mondo anon kendo awinj tiend rieko, kaachiel gi chenro mar gik moko, bangʼe to ne ayudo ni ngʼat mofuwo en jaricho kendo janeko.
26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Bangʼe ne ayudo ni dhako ma jachode rach moloyo, tho nimar chunye en obadho, to lwetene gin nyororo. Ngʼat moluoro Nyasaye notony e lwete, to jaricho to nokelne mana chandruok.
27 Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
Jayalo wacho niya, “Ma e gima asefwenyo kane adwaro tiend wechegi achiel kachiel,
28 For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
to kane pod anono wechegi, to ne ayudo ni kuom ji alufu achiel, dichwo achiel kende ema nyalo bedo gi rieko, to dhako to onge mariek kata achiel.
29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
Gimoro kendo maseyudo en ni Nyasaye nochweyo ji duto momiyo rieko, makmana ni dhano osebaro ka dwaro gik mangʼeny.”
