¹ Dyma ddrwg a welais dan yr haul, ac y mae'n flinder ar bobl:

¹There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:

² un wedi cael cyfoeth, meddiannau ac anrhydedd gan Dduw, heb fod yn brin o ddim a ddymunai, ac eto heb gael gan Dduw y gallu i'w mwynhau, ond dieithryn yn hytrach yn cael mwynhad ohonynt. Y mae hyn yn wagedd ac yn gystudd blin.

²A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.

³ Pe byddai rhywun yn rhiant i gant o blant, yn byw am flynyddoedd lawer ac yn cael oes hir, ond heb allu mwynhau daioni bywyd na chael ei gladdu, yna dywedaf ei bod yn well ar yr erthyl nag arno ef.

³If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he [is] the untimely birth.`

⁴ Oherwydd y mae'r erthyl yn dod mewn gwagedd ac yn mynd ymaith mewn tywyllwch, lle cuddir ei enw;

⁴For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

⁵ eto caiff hwn, er na welodd yr haul na gwybod am ddim, fwy o lonyddwch na'r llall,

⁵Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

⁶ hyd yn oed pe byddai hwnnw'n byw am fil o flynyddoedd ddwywaith drosodd, ond heb brofi daioni. Onid ydynt i gyd yn mynd i'r un lle?

⁶And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

⁷ Y mae holl lafur pobl ar gyfer eu genau, ond eto ni ddiwellir eu chwant.

⁷All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

⁸ Pa fantais sydd gan y doeth ar y ff�l, neu gan y tlawd a u373?yr sut i ymddwyn yng ngu373?ydd pobl?

⁸For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

⁹ Gwell gweld �'r llygaid na blys anniwall. Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd ac yn ymlid gwynt.

⁹Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁰ Y mae'r hyn sydd eisoes yn bod yn hysbys, ac fe wyddys beth yw pobl; ni allant ddadlau ag un cryfach na hwy.

¹⁰What [is] that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

¹¹ Y mae amlhau geiriau yn amlhau gwagedd; a pha fantais sydd i neb?

¹¹For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?

¹² Pwy a u373?yr beth sydd dda i neb yng nghyfnod byr ei fywyd gwag, a dreulia fel cysgod? Pwy all ddweud wrtho beth dan yr haul a ddaw ar ei �l?

¹²For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?