¹ Pwy sydd fel y doeth? Pwy sy'n deall ystyr pethau? Y mae doethineb yn gwneud i wyneb rhywun ddisgleirio, ac yn newid caledwch ei drem.

¹Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

² Cadw orchymyn y brenin, o achos y llw i Dduw.

²I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

³ Paid � rhuthro o'i u373?ydd, na dyfalbarhau gyda'r hyn sydd ddrwg, oherwydd y mae ef yn gwneud yr hyn a ddymuna.

³Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

⁴ Y mae awdurdod yng ngair y brenin, a phwy a all ofyn iddo, "Beth wyt yn ei wneud?"

⁴Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

⁵ Ni ddaw niwed i'r un sy'n cadw gorchymyn, a gu373?yr y doeth yr amser a'r ffordd i weithredu.

⁵Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

⁶ Yn wir, y mae amser a ffordd i bob gorchwyl, er bod trueni pobl yn drwm arnynt.

⁶Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

⁷ Nid oes neb sy'n gwybod beth a fydd; a phwy a all fynegi beth a ddigwydd?

⁷For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

⁸ Ni all neb reoli'r gwynt, ac nid oes gan neb awdurdod dros ddydd marwolaeth. Nid oes bwrw arfau mewn rhyfel, ac ni all drygioni waredu ei feistr.

⁸There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

⁹ Gwelais hyn i gyd wrth imi sylwi ar yr hyn a ddigwydd dan yr haul, pan fydd rhywun yn arglwyddiaethu ar ei gymrodyr i beri niwed iddynt.

⁹All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

¹⁰ Yna gwelais bobl ddrwg yn cael eu claddu. Arferent fynd a dod o'r lle sanctaidd, a chael eu canmol yn y ddinas lle'r oeddent wedi gwneud y pethau hyn. Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd.

¹⁰And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

¹¹ Gan na roddir dedfryd fuan ar weithred ddrwg, y mae calonnau pobl yn ymroi'n llwyr i ddrygioni.

¹¹Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

¹² Gall pechadur wneud drwg ganwaith a byw'n hir; eto gwn y bydd daioni i'r rhai sy'n ofni Duw ac yn ei barchu.

¹²Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

¹³ Ni fydd daioni i'r drygionus, ac nid estynnir ei ddyddiau fel cysgod, am nad yw'n ofni Duw.

¹³But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

¹⁴ Dyma'r gwagedd a wneir ar y ddaear: pobl gyfiawn yn derbyn fel pe byddent wedi gweithredu'n anghyfiawn, a phobl ddrwg yn derbyn fel pe byddent wedi gweithredu'n gyfiawn. Dywedais fod hyn hefyd yn wagedd.

¹⁴There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

¹⁵ Yr wyf yn canmol llawenydd, gan mai'r unig beth da i bawb dan yr haul yw bwyta ac yfed a bod yn llawen; oherwydd fe erys hyn gyda hwy pan y maent yn llafurio yn ystod y dyddiau a rydd Duw iddynt dan yr haul.

¹⁵Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

¹⁶ Pan roddais fy mryd ar ddeall doethineb a sylwi ar yr hyn a ddigwydd ar y ddaear, a gweld pobl heb gael cwsg i'w llygaid na dydd na nos,

¹⁶When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

¹⁷ yna gwelais y cyfan a wnaeth Duw. Eto nid oes neb yn gallu dirnad yr hyn a wneir dan yr haul. Er iddo ymdrechu i chwilio, nid yw'n dirnad; ac er i'r doeth feddwl ei fod yn deall, nid yw yntau'n dirnad.

¹⁷Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.