Mai Hadishi 1
1 Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami. “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani! Kome ba shi da amfani!”
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
3 Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
4 Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
5 Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
6 Iska takan hura zuwa kudu ta kuma juya zuwa arewa; tă yi ta kewayewa, tă yi ta koma inda take fitowa.
The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
7 Dukan rafuffuka sukan gangara zuwa teku, duk da haka teku ba ya cika. Daga inda rafuffukan suke fitowa, a can suke komawa kuma.
All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
8 Dukan abubuwa suna kawo gajiya, gaban magana. Ido ba ya gaji da gani, haka ma kunne yă ƙoshi da ji.
All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
9 Abin da ya taɓa kasancewa, zai sāke kasance, abin da aka yi za a sāke yi kuma; babu wani abu sabo a duniya.
That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Akwai wani abin da za a ce, “Duba! Ga wani abu sabo”? Abin yana nan, tun dā can, ya kasance kafin lokacinmu.
Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
11 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.
There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.
12 Ni, Malami, sarki ne bisa Isra’ila a Urushalima.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 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!
And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
14 Na ga dukan abubuwan da ake yi a duniya, dukansu ba su da amfani, naushin iska ne kawai.
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
15 Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
16 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.”
I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem — yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
17 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.
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
18 Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
