Mai Hadishi 1
1 Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami. “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani! Kome ba shi da amfani!”
Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.
3 Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
4 Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.
5 Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in, —yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.
6 Iska takan hura zuwa kudu ta kuma juya zuwa arewa; tă yi ta kewayewa, tă yi ta koma inda take fitowa.
Going unto the south, and circling unto the north, —circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.
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 streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, —unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.
8 Dukan abubuwa suna kawo gajiya, gaban magana. Ido ba ya gaji da gani, haka ma kunne yă ƙoshi da ji.
All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, —not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with 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 hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, —and there is, nothing new, 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 a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, [it is something] 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 remembrance, of the thing before, —nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.
12 Ni, Malami, sarki ne bisa Isra’ila a Urushalima.
I, the Proclaimer, 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 seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, —the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,
14 Na ga dukan abubuwan da ake yi a duniya, dukansu ba su da amfani, naushin iska ne kawai.
I saw all the works which were done under the sun, —and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
15 Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
That which is crooked, cannot be straight, —and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.
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.”
Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, —and, my heart, hath 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.
yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, —I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.
18 Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
For, in much wisdom, is much vexation, —and, he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth pain.
