Ecclesiastes 77EcclesiastesWisdom for an uncertain lifeKiswahili Contemporary Version

Kiswahili Contemporary VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. 1NENAfadhali sifa nzuri kuliko manukato safi, nayo siku ya kufa kuliko ya kuzaliwa.BSBBSB: A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
2. 2NENAfadhali kwenda kwenye nyumba ya msiba kuliko kwenda kwenye nyumba ya karamu, kwa kuwa kifo ni hatima ya kila mwanadamu, imewapasa walio hai kuliweka hili mioyoni mwao.BSBBSB: It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
3. 3NENHuzuni ni afadhali kuliko kicheko, kwa sababu uso wenye huzuni wafaa kwa moyo.BSBBSB: Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
4. 4NENMoyo wa wenye hekima uko katika nyumba ya msiba, lakini moyo wa wapumbavu uko katika nyumba ya anasa.BSBBSB: The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
5. 5NENAfadhali kusikia karipio la mtu mwenye hekima, kuliko kusikiliza wimbo wa wapumbavu.BSBBSB: It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
6. 6NENKama ilivyo kuvunjika kwa miiba chini ya sufuria, ndivyo kilivyo kicheko cha wapumbavu. Hili nalo pia ni ubatili.BSBBSB: For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
7. 7NENDhuluma humfanya mtu mwenye hekima kuwa mpumbavu, nayo rushwa huuharibu moyo.BSBBSB: Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8. 8NENMwisho wa jambo ni bora kuliko mwanzo wake, uvumilivu ni bora kuliko kiburi.BSBBSB: The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
9. 9NENUsiwe mwepesi kukasirika rohoni mwako, kwa kuwa hasira hukaa kifuani mwa wapumbavu.BSBBSB: Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
10. 10NENUsiseme, “Kwa nini siku za kale zilikuwa bora kuliko siku hizi?” Kwa maana si hekima kuuliza maswali kama hayo.BSBBSB: Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
11. 11NENHekima, kama ulivyo urithi, ni kitu chema na huwafaidia wale walionalo jua.BSBBSB: Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
12. 12NENHekima ni ulinzi kama fedha ilivyo ulinzi, lakini faida ya maarifa ni hii: kwamba hekima huhifadhi maisha ya aliye nayo.BSBBSB: For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
13. 13NENTafakari kile Mungu alichokitenda: Nani awezaye kunyoosha kile ambacho yeye amekipinda?BSBBSB: Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
14. 14NENNyakati zikiwa nzuri, ufurahi, lakini nyakati zikiwa mbaya, tafakari: Mungu amefanya hiyo moja, naam, sanjari na hiyo nyingine. Kwa hiyo, mwanadamu hawezi kugundua kitu chochote kuhusu maisha yake ya baadaye.BSBBSB: In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
15. 15NENKatika maisha haya yangu ya ubatili nimeshaona haya mawili: mtu mwadilifu akiangamia katika uadilifu wake, naye mtu mwovu akiishi maisha marefu katika uovu wake.BSBBSB: In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
16. 16NENUsiwe mwenye haki kupita kiasi, wala usiwe na hekima kupita kiasi: kwa nini kujiangamiza mwenyewe?BSBBSB: Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17. 17NENUsiwe mwovu kupita kiasi, wala usiwe mpumbavu: kwa nini kufa kabla ya wakati wako?BSBBSB: Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
18. 18NENNi vyema kushika hilo moja na wala usiache hilo jingine likupite. Mtu amchaye Mungu ataepuka huko kupita kiasi.BSBBSB: It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
19. 19NENHekima humfanya yeye aliye nayo kuwa na uwezo zaidi kuliko watawala kumi katika mji.BSBBSB: Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
20. 20NENHakuna mtu mwenye haki duniani ambaye hufanya mambo ya haki na kamwe asitende dhambi.BSBBSB: Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21. 21NENUsitie maanani kila neno linalosemwa na watu, la sivyo, waweza kumsikia mtumishi wako akikulaani:BSBBSB: Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
22. 22NENkwa kuwa unafahamu moyoni mwako kwamba wewe mwenyewe mara nyingi umewalaani wengine.BSBBSB: For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
23. 23NENYote haya niliyajaribu kwa hekima, nikasema, “Nimeamua kuwa na hekima”: lakini hii ilikuwa nje ya uwezo wangu.BSBBSB: All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
24. 24NENVyovyote hekima ilivyo, hekima iko mbali sana na imejificha, ni nani awezaye kuigundua?BSBBSB: What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
25. 25NENNikageuza fikira zangu ili kuelewa, kuchunguza na kuitafuta hekima na kusudi la mambo, na ili kuelewa ujinga wa uovu, na wazimu wa upumbavu.BSBBSB: I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
26. 26NENNimeona jambo lililo chungu kuliko mauti, mwanamke ambaye ni mtego, ambaye moyo wake ni wavu wa kutegea na mikono yake ni minyororo. Mtu ampendezaye Mungu atamkwepa, bali mwenye dhambi atanaswa naye.BSBBSB: And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
27. 27NENMhubiri anasema, “Tazama, hili ndilo nililogundua: “Nimegundua kitu kimoja baada ya kingine nilipokuwa katika kusudi la mambo:BSBBSB: “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
28. 28NENningali natafiti lakini sipati: nilimpata mwanaume mmoja mnyofu miongoni mwa elfu, lakini hakuna mwanamke mmoja mnyofu miongoni mwao.BSBBSB: While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
29. 29NENHili ndilo peke yake nililolipata: Mungu amemuumba mwanadamu mnyofu, lakini mwanadamu amebuni mambo mengi.”BSBBSB: Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

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