Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith 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 hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?
Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
6 The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according 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; yet the sea [is] not full; to 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 labor; 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 hath 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 of which it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath 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 grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.
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 wanting 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 my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to great estate, and have gained more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: and 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 increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
