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 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.
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 his 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 to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man 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 the fool: this also is vanity.
7 Zalunci yakan mai da mutum mai hikima wawa, cin hanci kuma yakan lalace hali.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Ƙarshen abu ya fi farkonsa, haƙuri kuma ya fi girman kai.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning: and the patient in spirit is better 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 thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11 Hikima, kamar gādo, abu mai kyau ne tana kuma da amfani ga waɗanda suka ga rana.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to 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 the excellency of knowledge is, that 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: for who can make that straight, 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 in the day of adversity consider: God also hath appointed the one as well as the other, to the end that man should find nothing 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 things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his 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 over much; 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 over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest 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 shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall escape from them all.
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.
For there is not a just man upon 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.
Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22 Gama kai kanka ka sani cewa sau da yawa ka zagi waɗansu.
For often also thy own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise 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 proved 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 exceedingly 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 heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of 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 find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken 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, counting one by one, to find out the account:
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.
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those 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 hath made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
