Mai Hadishi 1
1 Kalmomin Malami, ɗan Dawuda, Sarki a Urushalima.
The words of Koheleth, the son of David, the king in Jerusalem.
2 “Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami. “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani! Kome ba shi da amfani!”
Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth, vanity of vanities: all is vanity.
3 Wace riba ce mutum yake samu daga wahalar da yake fama a duniya?
What profit hath a man of all his toil which he toil-eth under the sun?
4 Zamanai sukan zo zamanai su wuce, amma duniya tana nan har abada.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth endureth for ever.
5 Rana takan fito rana ta kuma fāɗi, ta kuma gaggauta zuwa inda takan fito.
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and striving to reach his place he riseth again there.
6 Iska takan hura zuwa kudu ta kuma juya zuwa arewa; tă yi ta kewayewa, tă yi ta koma inda take fitowa.
Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again.
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; yet the sea is never full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither will they continue to go.
8 Dukan abubuwa suna kawo gajiya, gaban magana. Ido ba ya gaji da gani, haka ma kunne yă ƙoshi da ji.
All things weary themselves [constantly]; man can not utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear 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.
That which hath been, is the same which will be; and that which hath been done, is the same which will be done; and there is nothing new 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.
If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times which were 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.
[Only] there is no recollection of former [generations]; and also of the later ones, that are to be—of these [likewise] there will be no recollection with those that will be still later.
12 Ni, Malami, sarki ne bisa Isra’ila a Urushalima.
I Koheleth 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 directed my heart to inquire and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this is an evil employment which God hath given to the sons of man to busy themselves therewith.
14 Na ga dukan abubuwan da ake yi a duniya, dukansu ba su da amfani, naushin iska ne kawai.
I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
15 Abin da yake tanƙwararre ba zai miƙu ba; ba za a kuma iya ƙidaya abin da ba shi ba.
What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is defective cannot 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 with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have truly obtained greater and more wisdom than all those who have been before me over Jerusalem: yea, my heart had seen much 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 I directed my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; [but] I have perceived that this also is a torture of the spirit.
18 Gama yawan hikima yakan kawo yawan baƙin ciki; yawan sani, yawan ɓacin rai.
For where there is much wisdom there is much vexation: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth pain.
