Ecclesiastes 6
1 I have seen something [else here] on this earth that troubles people.
Mwen wè yon lòt malè sou latè ankò, se bagay ki rive fasil.
2 God enables some people to get a lot of money and possessions and to be honored; they have everything [LIT] that they want. But God [sometimes] does not allow them to continue to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair.
Bondye bay yon moun richès, pozisyon, byen, lwanj. Wi, Bondye ba li tou sa li bezwen san manke yonn. Men Bondye pa kite l' jwi yo. Se yon etranje k'ap jwi yo pito. Tou sa pa vo anyen. Se bagay ki rèd anpil.
3 Someone might have 100 children and live for many years. But if he is not able to enjoy the things that he has acquired, and if he is not buried [properly after he dies], [I say that] a child that is dead when it is born is more fortunate.
Yon nonm te mèt gen san (100) pitit, li te mèt viv lontan, wi li te mèt rive vye granmoun, si li pa jwi anyen nan lavi, si yo pa ka fè bèl lantèman pou li, enben, mwen di nou: Yon timoun ki fèt tou mouri miyò pase l'.
4 That dead baby’s birth is meaningless; it does not even have a name. It goes directly to the place where there is only darkness.
Paske ti pitit la fèt, men sa pa sèvi l' anyen. Li disparèt lamenm. Ata non l' yo pa gen tan konnen.
5 It does not [live to] see the sun or know anything. But it finds more rest than rich people do [who are alive].
Li pa janm wè limyè solèy, li pa janm konnen sa lavi ye. Men, ti pitit la jwenn pi bon repo pase nonm sa a
6 Even if people could live for 2,000 years, if they do not enjoy the things that God gives to them, [it would have been better for them never to have been born]. [All people who live a long time] certainly [RHQ] all go to the same place— [to the grave].
ki viv depase demilan men ki pa janm jwi anyen nan lavi, paske, lè ou gade byen, tou de al menm kote a.
7 People work hard to [earn enough money to buy] food to eat [MTY], but [often] they never get enough to eat.
Tou sa yon nonm fè pase nan bouch, men l'ap toujou grangou.
8 So it seems that [RHQ] wise people do not receive more lasting benefits than foolish people do. And it seems that [RHQ] poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives.
Kisa yon nonm ki gen lespri gen pase yon nonm sòt? Kisa sa rapòte yon pòv malere lè li konnen jan pou l' debat ak lavi a?
9 It is better to enjoy the things that we already have [MTY] than to constantly want more things; continually wanting more things is [senseless], [like] the wind.
Anyen. Pito ou kontan ak sa ou genyen pase pou ou toujou anvi sa ou pa genyen. Sa pa vo anyen, sa pa rapòte anyen.
10 All the things that exist [on the earth] have been given names. And everyone knows what people are like, [so] it is useless to argue with someone (OR, with God) who is stronger than we are.
Tou sa ki rive, depi lontan yo konnen li te la pou rive. Nou deja konnen sa yon moun ye. Li pa ka nan kenbe tèt ak moun ki pi fò pase l'.
11 The more [that we] talk, the more [often we say things that are] senseless, so it certainly does not [RHQ] benefit us to talk a lot.
Plis ou nan pale anpil, plis se tan ou w'ap pèdi. Kisa sa ap rapòte ou?
12 We live for only a short time; we disappear like [SIM] a shadow disappears [in the sunlight]. No one [RHQ] knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one [RHQ] knows what will happen to us after we die [EUP].
Ki moun ki konnen sa ki bon pou yon moun k'ap mennen yon lavi ki pa vo anyen, yon lavi k'ap pase tankou yon nwaj, pandan de twa jou l'ap pase sou tè a? Ki moun ki ka fè lèzòm konnen sa ki gen pou rive sou latè apre y'a fin mouri?
