Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.
Ani afaanana omuntu omugezi amanyi okunnyonnyola buli kintu? Amagezi gaakaayakanyisa obwenyi bw’omuntu, ne gakyusa emitaafu gyamu.
2 I counsel thee: keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Nkugamba nti gondera ekiragiro kya kabaka, kubanga walayira mu maaso ga Katonda.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Toyanguyiriza kuva mu maaso ga kabaka. Kyokka ensonga bw’ebanga etali ntuufu, tobanga ku ludda lumuwakanya, kubanga ye akola buli ky’ayagala.
4 Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'
Kubanga ekigambo kya kabaka kisukkuluma byonna; kale ani ayinza okumubuuza nti, “Okola ki ekyo?”
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment.
Oyo agondera ekiragiro kye talituukibwako kabi, omutima ogw’amagezi gulimanya ekiseera ekisaana okukoleramu ekintu gundi, n’engeri ey’okukolamu ekintu ekyo.
6 For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
Kubanga waliwo ekiseera ekituufu n’enkola esaana ku buli kintu, newaakubadde ng’obuyinike bw’omuntu bumuzitoowerera okukamala.
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
Nga bwe watali muntu amanyi binaabaawo, kale ani ayinza okumutegeeza ebinajja?
8 There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Tewali muntu alina buyinza kufuga mpewo; bwe kityo tewali n’omu alina buyinza ku lunaku lwa kufa kwe. Ng’omuntu bw’aweebwa ebiragiro mu biseera eby’olutalo, bwe kityo n’obutali butuukirivu bwe buduumira abo ababutambuliramu.
9 All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt.
Ebyo byonna bye nalaba bwe nagezaako okwekenneenya buli kintu ekikolebwa wansi w’enjuba. Waliwo ekiseera omufuzi buli lw’abinika baafuga, kyokka nga yeerumya yekka.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, and they entered into their rest; but they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city; this also is vanity.
Ndabye abantu abakozi b’ebibi nga baziikibwa, abo abaawaanibwanga mu kibuga nga bazze mu kifo ekitukuvu. Na kino nakyo butaliimu.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil;
Omuntu bw’asalirwa omusango n’atabonererezebwawo, emitima gy’ababi gijjula kuteekateeka kukola bubi.
12 because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days — though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him;
Newaakubadde ng’omuntu omubi azza emisango kikumi, ate n’awangaala, nkimanyi ng’abatuukirivu, abo abatya Katonda bijja kubagendera bulungi.
13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
Naye olwokubanga abakozi b’ebibi tebatya Katonda, tebiyinza kubagendera bulungi, era n’ennaku zaabwe zinaayitanga mangu ng’ekisiikirize.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous — I said that this also is vanity.
Waliwo ekintu ekirala ekiraga obutaliimu ekiri ku nsi: abantu abatuukirivu batukibwako ebyo ebisaanira ababi, ate abatali batuukirivu ne batuukibwako ebyo ebigwanira abatuukirivu. Kino nakyo nkiyita butaliimu.
15 So I commended mirth, that a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry, and that this should accompany him in his labour all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.
Bwe ntyo nteesa nti omuntu yeyagalire mu bulamu: kubanga wansi w’enjuba tewali kisinga, wabula omuntu okulya n’okunywa n’okweyagala. Kale essanyu linaamuwerekeranga mu mirimu gye, ennaku zonna ez’obulamu bwe Katonda bw’amuwadde wansi w’enjuba.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth — for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes —
Bwe nanoonyereza amagezi ne neetegereza okutegana kw’omuntu ku nsi kuno, nga teyeebaka emisana n’ekiro.
17 then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Ne ndaba ebyo byonna Katonda by’akoze, nga tewali n’omu ayinza kutegeera Katonda by’akola wansi w’enjuba, omuntu ne bw’agezaako ennyo okukinoonyereza tayinza kukivumbula. Newaakubadde omuntu omugezi yeefuula nti akimanyi, tayinza kukitegeera.
