Mai Hadishi 1
1 Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.
2 “Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami. “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani! Kome ba shi da amfani!”
Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
What advantage [is there] to a man in all his labor that he takes under the sun?
4 Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever.
5 Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;
6 Iska takan hura zuwa kudu ta kuma juya zuwa arewa; tă yi ta kewayewa, tă yi ta koma inda take fitowa.
arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.
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 rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, there they return again.
8 Dukan abubuwa suna kawo gajiya, gaban magana. Ido ba ya gaji da gani, haka ma kunne yă ƙoshi da ji.
All things are full of labor; a man will not be able to speak [of them]: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled 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.
What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing 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.
[Who is he] that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed 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 memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall at the last [time].
12 Ni, Malami, sarki ne bisa Isra’ila a Urushalima.
I the Preacher 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 applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.
14 Na ga dukan abubuwan da ake yi a duniya, dukansu ba su da amfani, naushin iska ne kawai.
I saw all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, saw, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
15 Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
That which is crooked can’t be made straight: and deficiency can’t be numbered.
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.”
I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know 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.
And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.
18 Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
