Eklezɩyasɩtɩ 2:1-26
2 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ ma-laŋɩyɛ taa se: «Manɩɣ leleŋ nɛ mana kɩbandʋ ndʋ tɩlɩɣ pɩ-taa yɔ.» Ɛlɛ na, pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.
2 Mɔyɔɔdaa se: «Woŋa kɛ kpanzɩyɩtʋ!»
Nɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ leleŋ nɩʋ tɔm se: «Pɩwazɩɣ we?»
3 Mɛntɛm man-taa se mantɩlɩɣ kɩbam mbʋ pɩlɩɣ vɛɛ ñɔʋ taa yɔ;+ ɛlɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa lɛ, mɔnɖɔkʋʋ mɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ kpam; halɩ mɔñɔnɩ kɩmɛlɛndʋ se mana se kɩyakɩŋ pazɩ weyi ɛyaa cakɩ wezuu tɛtʋ yɔɔ yɔ ɩ-taa lɛ, ɛbɛ labʋ wɛ-wɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ.
4 Malabɩ tʋma sɔsɔna.+ Mama man-tɩ ɖɩsɩ;+ manɖʋ viiñi hayɩm.+
5 Manɖʋ man-tɩ kaɖasɩ sɔsɔsɩ nɛ cikpesi, nɛ mɔnsɔ sɩ-taa tɩŋ weyi payɩ ɩlʋlʋʋ pee yɔ ndɩ ndɩ.
6 Mama man-tɩ lɩŋgamɩŋ, se mamɩzɩnɩ lɩm tɩŋ cikpeŋ weyi ɩñɔʋ ma-laʋ tɛɛ yɔ.
7 Mɛwɛnɩ lɩmɖʋyaa abalɩñɩma nɛ halɩñɩma,+ nɛ mɛwɛɛnɩ ɖɔɖɔ lɩmɖʋyaa mba palʋlɩ-wɛ man-ɖɩɣa taa yɔ.* Mɛwɛnɩ ɖɔɖɔ kpɩna sakɩyɛ—naŋ, heŋ nɛ pʋŋ+—nɛ pɩkɩlɩ mba pɛlɛyɩ-m wɛʋ Yeruzalɛm yɔ pe-kpeekpe.
8 Menkpeɣli man-tɩ liidiye nɛ sika,+ awiya ñɩm nɛ ageeta ñɩm.*+ Menkpeɣli man-tɩ hendu teyaa abalɩñɩma nɛ halɩñɩma, pɩkpɛndɩnɩ mbʋ pɩhaɣ ɛyaa piya taa leleŋ sɔsɔŋ yɔ—halʋ, ɛɛɛ, halaa sakɩyɛ.
9 Piyeba nɛ manpɩsɩ sɔsɔ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ mba payɩ pɛlɛyɩ-m wɛʋ Yeruzalɛm yɔ.+ Nɛ ma nɛ mɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ mbʋ.
10 Mbʋ payɩ me-liu kaawɛɛ yɔ,* mantɩpɛ man-tɩ pɩ-taa nabʋyʋ.+ Mantikizini ma-laŋɩyɛ leleŋ nɩʋ nabʋyʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ma-laŋɩyɛ kaawɛ taa leleŋ taa man-tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna kpeekpe yɔɔ, nɛ pɩɩkɛnɩ-m kɩhɛyʋʋ* man-tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna kpeekpe yɔɔ.+
11 Ɛlɛ mamaɣzɩ tʋma wena payɩ me-nesi laba yɔ a-yɔɔ nɛ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna wena payɩ mankʋ man-tɩ nɛ mala yɔ+ a-yɔɔ lɛ, menɖiɣzina se pɩtɩŋa payɩ mbʋ yɔ pɩkɛ falaa, pɩkɛ helim wayɩ seu;+ nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* se pɩwɛnɩ wazaɣ.*+
12 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, manpɩsɩnɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, kpaanzɩyɩtʋ nɛ kɩmɛlɛndʋ yɔɔ.+ (Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ wiyaʋ wayɩ lɛ, ɛyʋ weyi ɛkaɣ kɔm yɔ, ɛbɛ ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛla? Mbʋ pɛtɛm labʋ yɔ pi-ɖeke ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛtasɩ labʋ.)
13 Nɛ menɖiɣzina se lɔŋsɩnɖɛ wɛ wazaɣ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ kɩmɛlɛndʋ,+ ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ ñalɩmɩyɛ wɛʋ wazaɣ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ cɩkpɛndʋʋ yɔ.
14 Lɔŋsɩnɖʋ ɛsa wɛ ɛ-ñʋʋ taa;*+ ɛlɛ kɩmɛlɛŋ ɖɔŋ cɩkpɛndʋʋ taa.+ Mɔnkɔm nɛ menɖiɣzina ɖɔɖɔ se pʋyʋ kʋɖʋm pɩtɛŋnɩ pa-tɩŋa.+
15 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ ma-laŋɩyɛ taa se: «Mbʋ pɩtalɩɣ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔ, mbʋ kaɣnɩ-m talʋʋ ɖɔɖɔ.»+ Ye mbʋ, mɛnɖɛlɛsɩ lɔŋ sɩm mbʋ lɛ, pɩwazɩ-m we? Pʋyɔɔ mɔyɔɔdɩ ma-laŋɩyɛ taa se: «Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.»
16 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ paakaɣ tɔzʋʋ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ yɔɔ tam, nɛ mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ paakaɣ tɔzʋʋ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔɔ tam.+ Kɩyakɩŋ weyi ɩwɛnɩ ɛsɩndaa yɔ ɩ-taa, pakaɣ pa-tɩŋa pɔ-yɔɔ sɔʋ. Nɛ ɛzɩma lɔŋsɩnɖʋ kaɣ sɩbʋ? Ɛkaɣ sɩbʋ ɛzɩ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔ.+
17 Pʋyɔɔ manpaɖɩ wezuu,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mbʋ payɩ palakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ,* pɩwɛ-m ɛzɩ pɩkɛ kʋñɔŋ yem yɔ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pɩtɩŋa payɩ mbʋ yɔ pɩkɛ falaa,+ pɩkɛ helim wayɩ seu.+
18 Mɔnkɔm nɛ manpaɖɩ mbʋ payɩ malabɩ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna siŋŋ nɛ mehiɣ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ma-wayɩ lɛ, weyi ɛkaɣ kɔm yɔ, pɩkaɣ pɔzʋʋ se meyebini-i pʋ.+
19 Nɛ nɔɔyʋ ɛɛsɩŋ se lɔŋsɩnɖʋ yaa kɩmɛlɛŋ ɛkaɣ kɛʋ.+ Paa mbʋ yɔ, ɛkaɣ wɛnʋʋ ɖoŋ mbʋ payɩ pɩ-yɔɔ mañaɣ pana siŋŋ nɛ mbʋ payɩ malabɩnɩ tʋmɩyɛ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ mehiɣ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ* pɩ-yɔɔ. Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.
20 Pʋyɔɔ ma-laŋɩyɛ lesi lidaʋ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna wena payɩ mankʋ man-tɩ nɛ mala tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ* a-yɔɔ.
21 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, sɩmtʋ nɛ lɛɣtʋ pɩzɩɣ nɛ piɖiyi ɛyʋ nɛ ɛla tʋmɩyɛ ɖoŋ ñɩnɖɛ, ɛlɛ pɩkaɣ pɔzʋʋ se ɛcɛlɩ pɩtɩŋa* ɛyʋ weyi ɛtɩñaɣ pana pɩ-yɔɔ yɔ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa nɛ asɛyʋʋ sɔsɔʋ.
22 Tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna wena payɩ ɛyʋ lakɩ yɔ, nɛ kaɖʋwa ŋga kotuyuu-i* nɛ ɛlakɩ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ,* kɛzɛɣa ŋga ɖeyi ɖeyi ehikiɣ pɩ-taa?+
23 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ e-wezuu caɣʋ kɩyakɩŋ kpeekpe taa, ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ kɔŋnɩ wɩzasɩ nɛ laŋwɛɛkɩyɛ;+ nɛ halɩ ɖoo taa maɣmaɣ, ɛ-laŋɩyɛ ɛɛhɛzɩɣ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.
24 Nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ ɛyʋ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ se ɛtɔɔ nɛ ɛñɔɔ nɛ ɛnɩɩ leleŋ* ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ ɖoŋ ñɩnɖɛ labʋ taa.+ Menɖiɣzinaa se pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ nesi taa pɩlɩnaa,+
25 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ atɔkɩ nɛ ɛñɔʋ camɩyɛ nɛ pɩkɩlɩɣ-m?+
26 Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ haɣ ɛyʋ weyi ɛ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ-ɩ yɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, sɩmtʋ nɛ taa leleŋ;+ ɛlɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ ɛlɛ lɛ, ɛɖʋʋ-ɩ tʋmɩyɛ se ekpeɣli ñɩm nɛ ɛkaa-pʋ huwa nɛ ɛcɛlɩ ɛyʋ weyi ɛ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ yɔ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa, pɩkɛ helim wayɩ seu.
Pɩ-tɛɛ tɔm
^ Piye piye, «mɛwɛɛnɩ ɖɔɖɔ ɖɩɣa taa pɩyalaa.»
^ Yaa «ñɩm mbʋ pɩmʋnɩ awiya nɛ ageeta yɔ.»
^ Yaa «pɩɩkɛnɩ men-ɖeɖe.»
^ Piye piye, «Mbʋ payɩ mɛ-ɛsa pɔzaɣ yɔ.»
^ Piye piye, «fɛyɩ wɩsɩ tɛɛ.»
^ Yaa «se pɩmʋ ñɩm siŋŋ.»
^ Yaa «ɛsa kulaa.»
^ Piye piye, «palakɩ wɩsɩ tɛɛ yɔ.»
^ Piye piye, «mehiɣ wɩsɩ tɛɛ yɔ.»
^ Piye piye, «mala wɩsɩ tɛɛ yɔ.»
^ Yaa «e-ɖeɖe.»
^ Piye piye, «nɛ mbʋ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ taŋ.»
^ Piye piye, «ɖoŋ ñɩna wɩsɩ tɛɛ yɔ.»
^ Yaa «nɛ ɛñɔɔ nɛ ɛla nɛ ɛ-kalɩzaɣ hiɣ kɩbandʋ.»