Ecclesiastes 4 - Listen Online

¹ BẸ̃NI mo pada, mo si rò inilara gbogbo ti a nṣe labẹ õrùn; mo si wò omije awọn ti a nnilara, nwọn kò si ni olutunu; ati lọwọ aninilara wọn ni ipá wà; ṣugbọn nwọn kò ni olutunu.

¹ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

² Nitorina mo yìn okú ti o ti kú pẹ jù awọn alãye ti o wà lãye sibẹ.

² Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

³ Nitõtọ, ẹniti kò ti isi san jù awọn mejeji; ẹniti kò ti iri iṣẹ buburu ti a nṣe labẹ õrùn.

³ Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

⁴ Ati pẹlu, mo rò gbogbo lãla ati ìmọ iṣẹ gbogbo, pe eyiyi ni ilara ẹnikini lati ọdọ ẹnikeji rẹ̀. Asan li eyi pẹlu ati imulẹmofo.

⁴ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁵ Aṣiwère fọwọ rẹ̀ lọwọ, o si njẹ ẹran-ara rẹ̀.

⁵ The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

⁶ Onjẹ ikunwọ kan pẹlu idakẹjẹ, o san jù ikunwọ meji lọ ti o kun fun lãla ati imulẹmofo.

⁶ Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

⁷ Nigbana ni mo pada, mo si ri asan labẹ õrun.

⁷ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

⁸ Ẹnikan ṣoṣo wà, kò si ni ẹnikeji; nitõtọ kò li ọmọ, bẹ̃ni kò li arakunrin: sibẹ kò si opin ninu lãla rẹ̀ gbogbo; bẹ̃li ọrọ̀ kò tẹ oju rẹ̀ lọrun: bẹ̃ni kò si wipe, Nitori tali emi nṣe lãla, ti mo si nfi ire dù ọkàn mi? Eyi pẹlu asan ni ati iṣẹ òṣi.

⁸ There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

⁹ Ẹni meji san jù ẹnikan; nitori nwọn ni ère rere fun lãla wọn.

⁹ Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

¹⁰ Nitoripe bi nwọn ba ṣubu, ẹnikini yio gbe ọ̀gba rẹ̀ dide: ṣugbọn egbe ni fun ẹniti o ṣe on nikan nigbati o ba ṣubu; ti kò li ẹlomiran ti yio gbé e dide.

¹⁰ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

¹¹ Ati pẹlu, bi ẹni meji ba dubulẹ pọ̀, nigbana ni nwọn o mõru: ṣugbọn ẹnikan yio ha ti ṣe mõru?

¹¹ Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

¹² Bi ẹnikan ba kọlu ẹnikan, ẹni meji yio kò o loju; ati okùn onikọ mẹta kì iyá fàja.

¹² And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

¹³ Otoṣi ipẹ̃rẹ ti o ṣe ọlọgbọ́n, o san jù arugbo ati aṣiwère ọba lọ ti kò mọ̀ bi a ti igbà ìmọran.

¹³ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

¹⁴ Nitoripe lati inu tubu li o ti jade wá ijọba; bi a tilẹ ti bi i ni talaka ni ijọba rẹ̀.

¹⁴ For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

¹⁵ Mo ri gbogbo alãye ti nrìn labẹ õrun, pẹlu ipẹ̃rẹ ekeji ti yio dide duro ni ipò rẹ̀.

¹⁵ I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

¹⁶ Kò si opin gbogbo awọn enia na, ani fun gbogbo awọn ti on wà ṣiwaju wọn: awọn pẹlu ti mbọ̀ lẹhin kì yio yọ̀ si i. Nitõtọ asan li eyi pẹlu ati imulẹmofo.

¹⁶ There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.