‏ Ecclesiastes 7

Ber mar rieko

1Nying maber longʼo moloyo mo mangʼwe ngʼar,
kendo odiechieng tho ber moloyo odiechieng nywol.
2Ber mondo idhi e od kuyo moloyo ot mitimoe nyasi,
nimar tho e giko ngʼato ka ngʼato;
joma pod ngima nyaka ngʼe ma e chunygi.
3Kuyo ber moloyo nyiero,
nikech wangʼ man-gi lit berne chuny.
4Ngʼat mariek wiye ok wil gi tho,
to ngʼat mofuwo paro mana mor pile.
5Ber mondo ichik iti ne siem ngʼat man-gi rieko,
moloyo chiko iti ne wend joma ofuwo.
6Nyiero mar ngʼama ofuwo onge tiende
omiyo ochalo mana gi kudho mararni e mach e bwo agulu.
Ma bende onge tiende.

7Ka ngʼat mariek mayo ji to obedo ngʼama ofuwo,
to ngʼama kawo asoya kethore kende owuon.

8Giko mar gimoro ber moloyo chakruokne
kendo bedo mos ber moloyo sunga.
9Kik ibed ngʼama chwanyore piyo e chunye;
nikech joma ofuwo ema timo kamano.

10Bende kik ipenjri ni angʼo momiyo ndalo machon gik
moko ne timore maber moloyo ndalogi?
Mano en penjo mar ngʼat mofuwo.

11Rieko ber mana kaka girkeni, en gima ber
kendo en ohala ne joma mangima.
12Rieko en tipo
mana kaka pesa bende en tipo,
nimar rieko kelo
ngima ni ngʼama ni kode.

13Parane gima Nyasaye osetimo: En ngʼa manyalo rieyo
gima osedolo?
14Ka 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.

15E ngima madakie maonge tiendeni asefwenyo ni ngʼat ma ja-ratiro rumo nikech ratiro mare
kendo ngʼat ma jaricho dak ndalo mangʼeny kotimo richo.
16Kik ibed ngʼat mariek ahinya
kata ngʼat mongʼeyo ahinya,
nimar inyalo tiekori kendi iwuon.
17Kik ibed ngʼama timbene mono ahinya
kata ngʼama ofuwo,
nimar angʼo momiyo idwaro ni itho ka ndaloni pok ochopo?
18Kuom mano, e weche ariyogi
kik iher moro moloyo machielo,
nikech ngʼat moluoro Nyasaye ema dhi maber.

19Gima rieko nyalo timo ne ngʼato duongʼ
moloyo gima jotelo apar nyalo timo ne dala maduongʼ.

20Onge ngʼato kata achiel e piny ngima
matimo mana gik mabeyo lilo ma ok oketho.

21Kik ichik iti ni weche ma ji wacho,
dipo ka iwinjo ka jatichni kwongʼi,
22nimar in bende ingʼeyo e chunyi
ni kinde mangʼeny in iwuon isekwongʼo joma moko.

23Ne apimo gigo duto gi rieko ka aketo chunya mondo abed mariek,
to ne ayudo ka ok anyal.
24Ere kaka dhano difweny rieko?
Otut moyombowa,
kendo otek modhierowa winjo.
25Omiyo 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.

26Bangʼe 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.

27Jayalo wacho niya, “Ma e gima asefwenyo kane adwaro tiend wechegi achiel kachiel,
28to 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.
29Gimoro kendo maseyudo en ni
Nyasaye nochweyo ji duto momiyo rieko,
makmana ni dhano osebaro ka dwaro gik mangʼeny.”