Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.
Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
“Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami. “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani! Kome ba shi da amfani!”
3 What advantage [is there] to a man in all his labour that he takes under the sun?
Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever.
Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
5 And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws towards its place;
Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
6 arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round towards the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.
Iska takan hura zuwa kudu ta kuma juya zuwa arewa; tă yi ta kewayewa, tă yi ta koma inda take fitowa.
7 All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, there they return again.
Dukan rafuffuka sukan gangara zuwa teku, duk da haka teku ba ya cika. Daga inda rafuffukan suke fitowa, a can suke komawa kuma.
8 All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak [of them]: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.
Dukan abubuwa suna kawo gajiya, gaban magana. Ido ba ya gaji da gani, haka ma kunne yă ƙoshi da ji.
9 What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Abin da ya taɓa kasancewa, zai sāke kasance, abin da aka yi za a sāke yi kuma; babu wani abu sabo a duniya.
10 [Who is he] that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.
Akwai wani abin da za a ce, “Duba! Ga wani abu sabo”? Abin yana nan, tun dā can, ya kasance kafin lokacinmu.
11 There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall at the last [time].
Ba a tunawa da mutanen dā, haka su ma da ba a haifa ba tukuna waɗanda za su biyo bayansu ba za a tuna da su ba.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ni, Malami, sarki ne bisa Isra’ila a Urushalima.
13 And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.
Na dauri aniyata in gwada don in bincika ta wurin hikima dukan abin da ake yi a duniya. Kaya mai nauyi ne Allah ya ɗora a kan mutane!
14 I saw all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, saw, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Na ga dukan abubuwan da ake yi a duniya, dukansu ba su da amfani, naushin iska ne kawai.
15 That which is crooked can’t be made straight: and deficiency can’t be numbered.
Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
16 I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge.
Na yi tunani a raina na ce, “Duba, na yi girma, na kuma ƙaru da hikima fiye da duk wanda ya taɓa mulki a bisa Urushalima kafin ni; na ɗanɗana hikima mai yawa da kuma ilimi.”
17 And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.
Sa’an nan na ɗaura aniyata ga fahimtar hikima, in kuma san bambanci tsakanin hauka da wauta, amma na koyi cewa wannan ma, naushin iska ne kawai.
18 For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
