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 like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
2 Cadw orchymyn y brenin, o achos y llw i Dduw.
2I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to 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.
3Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
4 Y mae awdurdod yng ngair y brenin, a phwy a all ofyn iddo, "Beth wyt yn ei wneud?"
4for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
5 Ni ddaw niwed i'r un sy'n cadw gorchymyn, a gu373?yr y doeth yr amser a'r ffordd i weithredu.
5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
6 Yn wir, y mae amser a ffordd i bob gorchwyl, er bod trueni pobl yn drwm arnynt.
6For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
7 Nid oes neb sy'n gwybod beth a fydd; a phwy a all fynegi beth a ddigwydd?
7For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will 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 who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice 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 mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his 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.
10So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is 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 commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent 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 lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear 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 on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens 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 has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given 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 my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees 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 saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.