Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
2 Vanity of vanities, says 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 profit has a man of all his labour which he takes under the sun?
Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides for ever.
Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
5 The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hastes to his place where he arose.
Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his 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; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither 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; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Dukan abubuwa suna kawo gajiya, gaban magana. Ido ba ya gaji da gani, haka ma kunne yă ƙoshi da ji.
9 The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that 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 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was 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 remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
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 gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail has God given to the sons of man to be exercised 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 have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation 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 cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.
Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have got more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of 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 I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation 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 much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
