Don't Depend on Wealth
1 There is something else terribly unfair, and it troubles everyone on earth. 2 God may give you everything you want—money, property, and wealth. Then God doesn't let you enjoy it, and someone you don't even know gets it all. That's senseless and terribly unfair!
3 You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial. 4-5 That child will never live to see the sun or to have a name, and it will go straight to the world of darkness. But it will still find more rest than you, 6 even if you live two thousand years and don't enjoy life. As you know, we all end up in the same place.
7 We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied. 8 We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right. 9 It's better to enjoy what we have than to always want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.
10 Everything that happens was decided long ago. We humans know what we are like, and we can't argue with God, because he is too strong for us. 11 The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk? 12 Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?
Oupuna oo auke inau wana
1 Oku noshiponga osho nde shi mona koshi yetango, osho tashi djuupaleke unene ovanhu: 2 Omulumenhu ou a pewa kuKalunga oupuna nomamona nefimano, ye ita pumbwa sha vali mwaashishe e shi hala, ndelenee Kalunga ite mu itavelele oku i hafela, osheshi omukwao te i hafele. Osho ongahoelela nehepeko. 3 Omulumenhu nande a dale ovana efele limwe ndele a kale ngeno e nomwenyo omido dihapu nomafiku mahapu omido daye nomwenyo itau wana kouwa ndele ita ka lilwa eefya; opo nee handi ti: ohele i mu dule. 4 Osheshi yo otai uya ngaho ndele tai i momulaulu, nedina layo tali tuvikwa komulaulu. 5 Yo inai mona etango ile inai li shiiva. Etulumuko layo oliwa li dule laawinya. 6 Heeno, nande a kale e nomwenyo luvali omido deyovi limwe, ndelenee ita mono elao, aveshe ndishi tava i monhele imwe aike?
7 Oupyakadi aushe womunhu otau ningilwa okanya kaye, ndelenee ouhalu waye itau mono ekuta. 8 Osheshi ouwa womunongo u dule ngahelipi ngeno oo welai, nomukwanaluhepo ota mono ekwafo lashike, ye eshi ta dulu okweenda nawa mokati kovanamwenyo? 9 Okutala kweisho ku dule okweelaela kwomwenyo. Okwo yo ongahoelela nokushikula ashike omhepo! 10 Naashi shi li ko, osha lukwa nokuli nale, ndele kwa shiivika, omunhu ta ka kala a tya ngahelipi. Ye ita dulu okuhokololifa ou e mu dule meenghono. 11 Osheshi apa pe neendjovo dihapu, otadi hapupalifa okupopyaana kwongaho. Omunhu e nekwafo lashike kudo? 12 Osheshi olyelye e shi shii kutya oshike tashi wapalele omunhu mokukalamwenyo, momafiku mahapu omokukalamwenyo kwaye kwongaho muo ye ta kala ngaashi omudidimbe. Ndele olyelye ta hololele omunhu osho tashi ke uya konima yaye koshi yetango?