Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.
Suna mai kyau ya fi turare mai ƙanshi, kuma ranar mutuwa ta fi ranar haihuwa.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
Gara a tafi gidan makoki da a je gidan biki, gama mutuwa ce ƙaddarar kowane mutum; ya kamata masu rai su lura da haka.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
Baƙin ciki ya fi dariya, gama baƙin ciki yakan kawo gyara.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Zuciyar masu hikima tana a gidan makoki, amma zuciya wawaye tana a gidan shagali.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Gara ka saurari tsawatawar mai hikima da ka saurari waƙar wawaye.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Kamar ƙarar ƙayar da take karce gindin tukunya, haka dariyar wawaye take. Wannan ma ba shi da amfani.
7 Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Zalunci yakan mai da mutum mai hikima wawa, cin hanci kuma yakan lalace hali.
8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ƙarshen abu ya fi farkonsa, haƙuri kuma ya fi girman kai.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Kada ranka yă yi saurin tashi, gama fushi yana zama a cinyar wawaye.
10 Say thou not, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? For thou do not inquire wisely concerning this.
Kada ka ce, “Me ya sa kwanakin dā sun fi waɗannan?” Gama ba daidai ba ne a yi irin waɗannan tambayoyi.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Hikima, kamar gādo, abu mai kyau ne tana kuma da amfani ga waɗanda suka ga rana.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense. But the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Hikima mafaka ce takan kāre mutum kamar yadda kuɗi suke yi. Kiyayewar da hikima takan yi wa mai ita ita ce amfanin ilimi.
13 Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
Ku lura da abin da Allah ya yi. Wa zai iya miƙe abin da ya tanƙware?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Sa’ad da al’amura suke tafiya daidai, ka yi farin ciki, amma sa’ad da suka lalace, ka tuna, Allah ne ya yi wancan shi ne kuma ya yi wannan. Saboda haka, mutum ba zai san wani abu game da nan gabansa ba.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.
A cikin rayuwan nan ta rashin amfani nawa, na lura da waɗannan abubuwa biyu, mai adalci yana hallakawa cikin adalcinsa, mai mugunta kuma yana tsawon rai cikin muguntarsa.
16 Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise. Why should thou destroy thyself?
Kada ka cika yin adalci, fiye da kima, kada kuma ka cika yin hikima, don me za ka hallaka kanka!
17 Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?
Kada ka cika yin mugunta, kada kuma ka cika yin wauta, don me za ka mutu kafin lokacinka?
18 It is good that thou should take hold of this, yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand. For he who fears God shall come forth from them all.
Yana da kyau ka kama ɗaya ba tare da ka saki wancan ba. Mai tsoron Allah zai guji wuce gona da iri.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Hikima takan sa mutum guda mai hikima yă yi ƙarfi fiye da masu mulki goma a cikin birni.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth that does good, and sins not.
Babu mai adalci a duniya wanda yake yin abin da yake daidai da bai taɓa yin zunubi ba.
21 Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
Kada ka mai da hankali ga dukan abin da mutane suke faɗi, in ba haka ba wata rana za ka ji bayinka suna zaginka.
22 For many times also thine own heart knows that thou thyself likewise have cursed others.
Gama kai kanka ka sani cewa sau da yawa ka zagi waɗansu.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Dukan waɗannan na gwada su ta wurin hikima na kuma ce, “Na ƙudurta in zama mai hikima,” amma abin ya fi ƙarfina.
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
Ko da me hikima take, Abin ya yi mana zurfi ƙwarai, yana da wuyar ganewa, wa zai iya gane shi?
25 I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
Saboda haka na mai da hankalina ga fahimi, don in bincika in nemi hikima da yadda aka tsara abubuwa, in kuma fahimci wawancin mugunta da haukar wauta.
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Sai na iske wani abin da ya fi mutuwa ɗaci mace wadda take tarko ne, wadda zuciyarta tarko ne wadda kuma hannuwanta sarƙa ne. Mutumin da ya gamshi Allah zai tsere mata, amma za tă kama mai zunubi.
27 Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account,
Malami ya ce, “Duba, abin da na gane ke nan. “Na tara abu guda da wani, don in gane tsarin abubuwa,
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found: among a thousand I have found one man, but among all those I have not found a woman.
yayinda nake cikin nema amma ban samu ba, sai na sami adali guda cikin dubu, amma ba mace mai adalci guda a cikinsu duka.
29 Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.
Wannan ne kaɗai abin da na gane. Allah ya yi mutum tsab amma sai muka rikitar da kanmu.”
