Mai Hadishi 7
1 Suna mai kyau ya fi turare mai ƙanshi, kuma ranar mutuwa ta fi ranar haihuwa.
A good name is better than precious perfume, and the day of one's death than the day of his birth.
2 Gara a tafi gidan makoki da a je gidan biki, gama mutuwa ce ƙaddarar kowane mutum; ya kamata masu rai su lura da haka.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart.
3 Baƙin ciki ya fi dariya, gama baƙin ciki yakan kawo gyara.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 Zuciyar masu hikima tana a gidan makoki, amma zuciya wawaye tana a gidan shagali.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Gara ka saurari tsawatawar mai hikima da ka saurari waƙar wawaye.
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
6 Kamar ƙarar ƙayar da take karce gindin tukunya, haka dariyar wawaye take. Wannan ma ba shi da amfani.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool. This also is vanity.
7 Zalunci yakan mai da mutum mai hikima wawa, cin hanci kuma yakan lalace hali.
Surely the gain of oppression maketh a wise man foolish, and a gift corrupteth the understanding.
8 Ƙarshen abu ya fi farkonsa, haƙuri kuma ya fi girman kai.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. Better is the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit.
9 Kada ranka yă yi saurin tashi, gama fushi yana zama a cinyar wawaye.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10 Kada ka ce, “Me ya sa kwanakin dā sun fi waɗannan?” Gama ba daidai ba ne a yi irin waɗannan tambayoyi.
Say not, “What is the cause that the former days were better than these?” For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
11 Hikima, kamar gādo, abu mai kyau ne tana kuma da amfani ga waɗanda suka ga rana.
Wisdom is as good as an estate? yea, it hath an advantage over it for them that see the sun.
12 Hikima mafaka ce takan kāre mutum kamar yadda kuɗi suke yi. Kiyayewar da hikima takan yi wa mai ita ita ce amfanin ilimi.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence. But knowledge hath the advantage. For wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13 Ku lura da abin da Allah ya yi. Wa zai iya miƙe abin da ya tanƙware?
Consider the work of God! Who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
14 Sa’ad da al’amura suke tafiya daidai, ka yi farin ciki, amma sa’ad da suka lalace, ka tuna, Allah ne ya yi wancan shi ne kuma ya yi wannan. Saboda haka, mutum ba zai san wani abu game da nan gabansa ba.
In the day of prosperity be joyful; but look for a day of adversity! for this also, as well as the other, hath God appointed, to the end that a man should not find out any thing which shall be after him.
15 A cikin rayuwan nan ta rashin amfani nawa, na lura da waɗannan abubuwa biyu, mai adalci yana hallakawa cikin adalcinsa, mai mugunta kuma yana tsawon rai cikin muguntarsa.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity. There are righteous men who perish in their righteousness, and there are wicked men who live long in their wickedness.
16 Kada ka cika yin adalci, fiye da kima, kada kuma ka cika yin hikima, don me za ka hallaka kanka!
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself over-wise! Why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
17 Kada ka cika yin mugunta, kada kuma ka cika yin wauta, don me za ka mutu kafin lokacinka?
Be not overmuch wicked; neither be thou a fool! Why shouldst thou die before thy time?
18 Yana da kyau ka kama ɗaya ba tare da ka saki wancan ba. Mai tsoron Allah zai guji wuce gona da iri.
It is good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yea, also, from that withdraw not thy hand. For he that feareth God shall escape all those things.
19 Hikima takan sa mutum guda mai hikima yă yi ƙarfi fiye da masu mulki goma a cikin birni.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city.
20 Babu mai adalci a duniya wanda yake yin abin da yake daidai da bai taɓa yin zunubi ba.
Truly there is not a righteous man upon the earth who doeth good and sinneth not.
21 Kada ka mai da hankali ga dukan abin da mutane suke faɗi, in ba haka ba wata rana za ka ji bayinka suna zaginka.
Give no heed to all the words which are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee!
22 Gama kai kanka ka sani cewa sau da yawa ka zagi waɗansu.
For many times thine own heart knoweth also that even thou thyself hast cursed others.
23 Dukan waɗannan na gwada su ta wurin hikima na kuma ce, “Na ƙudurta in zama mai hikima,” amma abin ya fi ƙarfina.
All this have I tried by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 Ko da me hikima take, Abin ya yi mana zurfi ƙwarai, yana da wuyar ganewa, wa zai iya gane shi?
That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25 Saboda haka na mai da hankalina ga fahimi, don in bincika in nemi hikima da yadda aka tsara abubuwa, in kuma fahimci wawancin mugunta da haukar wauta.
I applied my mind earnestly to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and intelligence, and to know wickedness and folly, yea, foolishness and madness.
26 Sai na iske wani abin da ya fi mutuwa ɗaci mace wadda take tarko ne, wadda zuciyarta tarko ne wadda kuma hannuwanta sarƙa ne. Mutumin da ya gamshi Allah zai tsere mata, amma za tă kama mai zunubi.
And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
27 Malami ya ce, “Duba, abin da na gane ke nan. “Na tara abu guda da wani, don in gane tsarin abubuwa,
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, putting one thing to another to find knowledge.
28 yayinda nake cikin nema amma ban samu ba, sai na sami adali guda cikin dubu, amma ba mace mai adalci guda a cikinsu duka.
That which my soul hath hitherto sought, and I have not found, is this: a man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among a thousand have I not found.
29 Wannan ne kaɗai abin da na gane. Allah ya yi mutum tsab amma sai muka rikitar da kanmu.”
Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
