Mai Hadishi 12
1 Ka tuna da Mahaliccinka a kwanakin ƙuruciyarka, kafin lokacin wahala ta zo shekaru kuma su ƙarato sa’ad da za ka ce, “Ba na jin daɗinsu,”
While you are still young, keep thinking about [God], who created you. Do that before [you are old] and you experience many troubles, during the years when you say “I no [longer] enjoy being alive.”
2 kafin rana da haske wata da taurari su daina haske, gizagizai kuma su tattaru bayan da suka sheƙa ruwa;
[When you become old], the light from the sun and moon and stars will [seem] dim [to you], and [it will seem that the rain] clouds [always] return [quickly] after it rains.
3 sa’ad da masu tsaron gida suke rawar jiki, majiya ƙarfi kuma suka rasa ƙarfi, sa’ad da masu niƙa suka daina don ba su da yawa, idanun da suke duba ta taga suka duhunta;
Then your [arms that you use to protect] [MET] your bodies will shake/tremble, and your [legs that support] [MET] your bodies will become weak. Many of your [teeth that you use to] grind/chew [your food] will fall out, and your [eyes that you use to] look out of windows will not see clearly.
4 sa’ad da aka rufe ƙofofin shiga tituna ƙarar niƙa kuma ya tsagaita; sa’ad da kukan tsuntsaye ta farkar da mutane, ba a kuwa jin waƙoƙinsu,
Your [ears] [MET] will not hear the noise in the streets, and you will not be able to hear clearly the sound of people grinding grain with millstones. You will be awakened in the morning by hearing the birds singing/chirping, [but] you will not be able to hear well the songs that (the birds/people) sing.
5 sa’ad da mutane suke jin tsoron tudu da kuma hatsarori a tituna; sa’ad da itacen almon ya toho, fāra kuma ya yi ta jan jikinsa da ƙyar, sha’awace-sha’awace sun kafe. Daga nan mutum ya tafi madawwamiyar gidansa ya bar masu makoki suna ta yi.
You will be afraid to be in high places and afraid of dangers on the roads that you walk on. [Your hair] will become [white like] [MET] the flowers of almond trees. [When you try to walk], you will drag yourself along like [MET] grasshoppers, and you will no longer desire [to have sex]. Then you will [die and] go to your eternal home, and people who will mourn for you will be in the streets.
6 Ka tuna da shi, kafin igiyar azurfa ta katse, ko tasar zinariya ta fashe; kafin tulu yă ragargaje a maɓulɓula, ko guga ta tsinke a rijiya,
[Think much about God now, because] soon our lives will end, [like] [MET] silver chains or golden bowls that break easily, or like pitchers/jugs that are broken at the water fountain, or like broken pulleys at a well.
7 turɓaya ta koma ƙasar da ta fito, rai kuma yă koma ga Allah wanda ya ba da shi.
Then our corpses will [decay and] become dirt again, and our spirits will return to God, the one who gave us our spirits.
8 “Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami, “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani!”
[So] I say [again] that it is difficult to understand why everything happens; everything is mysterious.
9 Ba kawai Malami ya kasance mai hikima ba, amma kuma ya koyar da mutane. Ya yi tunani ya kuma yi binciken da ya tsara karin magana masu yawa.
I was considered to be a very wise man, and I taught the people many things. I assembled/collected and wrote down many proverbs, and I carefully thought about and studied them.
10 Malami ya yi bincike don yă sami kalmomin da suka dace, kuma abin da ya rubuta daidai ne da kuma gaskiya.
I searched for the right words, and what I have written is reliable and true.
11 Kalmomin masu hikima kamar tsinken tsokanar dabba ne, tarin maganganunsu kuma kamar ƙusoshi ne da aka kafa daram, da aka ba wa Makiyayi guda.
The things that [I and other] wise people say [teach people what they should do]; they are like [SIM] (goads/sharp sticks that people use to strike animals to direct where they should go). They are like [SIM] nails that stick out of pieces of wood. They are given to us by [God, who is like] [MET] our shepherd.
12 Ka yi hankali ɗana, game da duk wani ƙari a kan waɗannan. Wallafa littattafai ba shi da iyaka, kuma yawan karatu yakan gajiyar da jiki.
[So], my son, pay careful attention to what I have written, and choose carefully what you read that others have written, [because] writing proverbs/books is endless, and [trying to] study them all will cause you to become exhausted.
13 Yanzu an ji kome; ga ƙarshen magana. Ka ji tsoron Allah ka kuma kiyaye umarnansa, gama wannan shi ne dukan hakkin mutum.
[Now] you have heard all [that I have told you], and here is the conclusion: Revere God, and obey his commandments, because those commandments summarize everything that people should do.
14 Gama Allah zai shari’anta kowane irin aiki, har da waɗanda aka yi a ɓoye, ko nagari ne, ko mugu.
And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do, good things and bad things, [even] things that we do secretly.
