Mai Hadishi 12
1 Ka tuna da Mahaliccinka a kwanakin ƙuruciyarka, kafin lokacin wahala ta zo shekaru kuma su ƙarato sa’ad da za ka ce, “Ba na jin daɗinsu,”
And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2 kafin rana da haske wata da taurari su daina haske, gizagizai kuma su tattaru bayan da suka sheƙa ruwa;
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
3 sa’ad da masu tsaron gida suke rawar jiki, majiya ƙarfi kuma suka rasa ƙarfi, sa’ad da masu niƙa suka daina don ba su da yawa, idanun da suke duba ta taga suka duhunta;
in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,
4 sa’ad da aka rufe ƙofofin shiga tituna ƙarar niƙa kuma ya tsagaita; sa’ad da kukan tsuntsaye ta farkar da mutane, ba a kuwa jin waƙoƙinsu,
and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;
5 sa’ad da mutane suke jin tsoron tudu da kuma hatsarori a tituna; sa’ad da itacen almon ya toho, fāra kuma ya yi ta jan jikinsa da ƙyar, sha’awace-sha’awace sun kafe. Daga nan mutum ya tafi madawwamiyar gidansa ya bar masu makoki suna ta yi.
they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets; )
6 Ka tuna da shi, kafin igiyar azurfa ta katse, ko tasar zinariya ta fashe; kafin tulu yă ragargaje a maɓulɓula, ko guga ta tsinke a rijiya,
— before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;
7 turɓaya ta koma ƙasar da ta fito, rai kuma yă koma ga Allah wanda ya ba da shi.
and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
8 “Ba amfani! Ba amfani!” In ji Malami, “Gaba ɗaya ba amfani!”
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
9 Ba kawai Malami ya kasance mai hikima ba, amma kuma ya koyar da mutane. Ya yi tunani ya kuma yi binciken da ya tsara karin magana masu yawa.
And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
10 Malami ya yi bincike don yă sami kalmomin da suka dace, kuma abin da ya rubuta daidai ne da kuma gaskiya.
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.
11 Kalmomin masu hikima kamar tsinken tsokanar dabba ne, tarin maganganunsu kuma kamar ƙusoshi ne da aka kafa daram, da aka ba wa Makiyayi guda.
The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections [of them] as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.
12 Ka yi hankali ɗana, game da duk wani ƙari a kan waɗannan. Wallafa littattafai ba shi da iyaka, kuma yawan karatu yakan gajiyar da jiki.
And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 Yanzu an ji kome; ga ƙarshen magana. Ka ji tsoron Allah ka kuma kiyaye umarnansa, gama wannan shi ne dukan hakkin mutum.
Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.
14 Gama Allah zai shari’anta kowane irin aiki, har da waɗanda aka yi a ɓoye, ko nagari ne, ko mugu.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
