Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of Kohelet, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
2 “Vanity of vanities,” says Kohelet; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
“Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami. “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani! Kome ba shi da amfani!”
3 What does man gain from all his labour in which he labours under the sun?
Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
6 The wind goes towards the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
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 where the rivers flow, there they flow 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 weariness beyond uttering. 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 That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been 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 a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were 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 memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, amongst 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, Kohelet, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ni, Malami, sarki ne bisa Isra’ila a Urushalima.
13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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 a chasing after wind.
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 that which is lacking can’t be counted.
Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has 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 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
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 who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
