Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
Suna mai kyau ya fi turare mai ƙanshi, kuma ranar mutuwa ta fi ranar haihuwa.
2 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.
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 a sad countenance is good for the heart.
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 pleasure.
Zuciyar masu hikima tana a gidan makoki, amma zuciya wawaye tana a gidan shagali.
5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Gara ka saurari tsawatawar mai hikima da ka saurari waƙar wawaye.
6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
Kamar ƙarar ƙayar da take karce gindin tukunya, haka dariyar wawaye take. Wannan ma ba shi da amfani.
7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Zalunci yakan mai da mutum mai hikima wawa, cin hanci kuma yakan lalace hali.
8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Ƙarshen abu ya fi farkonsa, haƙuri kuma ya fi girman kai.
9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Kada ranka yă yi saurin tashi, gama fushi yana zama a cinyar wawaye.
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Kada ka ce, “Me ya sa kwanakin dā sun fi waɗannan?” Gama ba daidai ba ne a yi irin waɗannan tambayoyi.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
Hikima, kamar gādo, abu mai kyau ne tana kuma da amfani ga waɗanda suka ga rana.
12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
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: Who can straighten what He has bent?
Ku lura da abin da Allah ya yi. Wa zai iya miƙe abin da ya tanƙware?
14 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.
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 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.
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 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Kada ka cika yin adalci, fiye da kima, kada kuma ka cika yin hikima, don me za ka hallaka kanka!
17 Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Kada ka cika yin mugunta, kada kuma ka cika yin wauta, don me za ka mutu kafin lokacinka?
18 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.
Yana da kyau ka kama ɗaya ba tare da ka saki wancan ba. Mai tsoron Allah zai guji wuce gona da iri.
19 Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers 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 no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Babu mai adalci a duniya wanda yake yin abin da yake daidai da bai taɓa yin zunubi ba.
21 Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
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 you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Gama kai kanka ka sani cewa sau da yawa ka zagi waɗansu.
23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
Dukan waɗannan na gwada su ta wurin hikima na kuma ce, “Na ƙudurta in zama mai hikima,” amma abin ya fi ƙarfina.
24 What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
Ko da me hikima take, Abin ya yi mana zurfi ƙwarai, yana da wuyar ganewa, wa zai iya gane shi?
25 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.
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 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.
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,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
Malami ya ce, “Duba, abin da na gane ke nan. “Na tara abu guda da wani, don in gane tsarin abubuwa,
28 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.
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 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Wannan ne kaɗai abin da na gane. Allah ya yi mutum tsab amma sai muka rikitar da kanmu.”
