Ecclesiastes 6

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Mwen wè yon lòt malè sou latè ankò, se bagay ki rive fasil.

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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.

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

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'.

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

Paske ti pitit la fèt, men sa pa sèvi l' anyen. Li disparèt lamenm. Ata non l' yo pa gen tan konnen.

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

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

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

ki viv depase demilan men ki pa janm jwi anyen nan lavi, paske, lè ou gade byen, tou de al menm kote a.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Tou sa yon nonm fè pase nan bouch, men l'ap toujou grangou.

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

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?

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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.

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

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'.

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Plis ou nan pale anpil, plis se tan ou w'ap pèdi. Kisa sa ap rapòte ou?

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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?