Mai Hadishi 7
1 Suna mai kyau ya fi turare mai ƙanshi, kuma ranar mutuwa ta fi ranar haihuwa.
Better a name, than precious ointment, —and the day of death, than the day of one’s 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.
Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, —and, the living, should take it to his heart.
3 Baƙin ciki ya fi dariya, gama baƙin ciki yakan kawo gyara.
Better is grief than laughter, —for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.
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 dullards, in the house of mirth.
5 Gara ka saurari tsawatawar mai hikima da ka saurari waƙar wawaye.
Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,
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 the dullard, —even this, then, was vanity.
7 Zalunci yakan mai da mutum mai hikima wawa, cin hanci kuma yakan lalace hali.
For, oppression, maddeneth the wise, —and a bribe, destroyeth the understanding.
8 Ƙarshen abu ya fi farkonsa, haƙuri kuma ya fi girman kai.
Better the latter end of a thing, than the beginning thereof, —Better a patient spirit, than a haughty spirit.
9 Kada ranka yă yi saurin tashi, gama fushi yana zama a cinyar wawaye.
Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant, —for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.
10 Kada ka ce, “Me ya sa kwanakin dā sun fi waɗannan?” Gama ba daidai ba ne a yi irin waɗannan tambayoyi.
Do not say, What hath happened, that, the former days, were better than these? for, not wisely, askest thou concerning this.
11 Hikima, kamar gādo, abu mai kyau ne tana kuma da amfani ga waɗanda suka ga rana.
Good is wisdom, with an inheritance, —and a profit, to such as 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, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver, —but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.
13 Ku lura da abin da Allah ya yi. Wa zai iya miƙe abin da ya tanƙware?
Consider the work of God, —for who can straighten what he hath bent?
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, in the day of misfortune, consider, —Even the one equally with the other, hath God made, to the end man might find out—after him—nothing.
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.
Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity, —Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.
16 Kada ka cika yin adalci, fiye da kima, kada kuma ka cika yin hikima, don me za ka hallaka kanka!
Do not become so very righteous, neither count thyself wise beyond measure, —wherefore shouldst thou destroy thyself?
17 Kada ka cika yin mugunta, kada kuma ka cika yin wauta, don me za ka mutu kafin lokacinka?
Do not be so very lawless, neither become thou foolish, —wherefore 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 well that thou shouldst lay fast hold of this, but, even from the other, do not withdraw thy hand, —for, he that revereth God, shall come forth out of them all.
19 Hikima takan sa mutum guda mai hikima yă yi ƙarfi fiye da masu mulki goma a cikin birni.
Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.
20 Babu mai adalci a duniya wanda yake yin abin da yake daidai da bai taɓa yin zunubi ba.
For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that 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.
Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, —lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!
22 Gama kai kanka ka sani cewa sau da yawa ka zagi waɗansu.
For truly, many times, thy heart knoweth, —that, even thou thyself, hast reviled 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 proved by wisdom, —I said, I will be wise, but, that, 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?
Far away, is that which hath been, —and deep, 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.
Resolved, I, in my heart, to know and search out, and to seek wisdom, and a conclusion, —and to know lawlessness [to be] stupidity, and folly to be 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.
I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds, —whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.
27 Malami ya ce, “Duba, abin da na gane ke nan. “Na tara abu guda da wani, don in gane tsarin abubuwa,
See! this, have I found, saith the Proclaimer [counting] one by one, to find a conclusion;
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.
what my soul still sought, yet I found not, —one man out of a thousand, have I found, but, a woman among all these, have I not found.
29 Wannan ne kaɗai abin da na gane. Allah ya yi mutum tsab amma sai muka rikitar da kanmu.”
Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.
