¹The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

¹ Geiriau'r Pregethwr, mab Dafydd, brenin yn Jerwsalem:

²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

² "Gwagedd llwyr," meddai'r Pregethwr, "gwagedd llwyr yw'r cyfan."

³What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

³ Pa elw sydd i neb yn ei holl lafur, wrth iddo ymlafnio dan yr haul?

⁴[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

⁴ Y mae cenhedlaeth yn mynd, ac un arall yn dod, ond y mae'r ddaear yn aros am byth.

⁵The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

⁵ Y mae'r haul yn codi ac yn machlud, ac yn brysio'n �l i'r lle y cododd.

⁶The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

⁶ Y mae'r gwynt yn chwythu i'r de, ac yna'n troi i'r gogledd; y mae'r gwynt yn troelli'n barhaus, ac yn dod yn �l i'w gwrs.

⁷All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

⁷ Y mae'r holl nentydd yn rhedeg i'r m�r, ond nid yw'r m�r byth yn llenwi; y mae'r nentydd yn mynd yn �l i'w tarddle, ac yna'n llifo allan eto.

⁸All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

⁸ Y mae pob peth mor flinderus fel na all neb ei fynegi; ni ddigonir y llygad trwy edrych, na'r glust trwy glywed.

⁹That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

⁹ Yr hyn a fu a fydd, a'r hyn a wnaed a wneir; nid oes dim newydd dan yr haul.

¹⁰Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

¹⁰ A oes unrhyw beth y gellir dweud amdano, "Edrych, dyma beth newydd"? Y mae'r cyfan yn bod ers amser maith, y mae'n bod o'n blaenau ni.

¹¹There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.

¹¹ Ni chofir am y rhai a fu, nac ychwaith am y rhai a ddaw ar eu h�l; ni chofir amdanynt gan y rhai a fydd yn eu dilyn.

¹²I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹² Yr oeddwn i, y Pregethwr, yn frenin ar Israel yn Jerwsalem.

¹³And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

¹³ Rhoddais fy mryd ar astudio a chwilio, trwy ddoethineb, y cyfan sy'n digwydd dan y nef. Gorchwyl diflas yw'r un a roddodd Duw i bobl ymboeni yn ei gylch.

¹⁴I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

¹⁴ Gwelais yr holl bethau a ddig-wyddodd dan yr haul, ac yn wir nid yw'r cyfan ond gwagedd ac ymlid gwynt.

¹⁵That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

¹⁵ Ni ellir unioni yr hyn sydd gam, na chyfrif yr hyn sydd ar goll.

¹⁶I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

¹⁶ Dywedais wrthyf fy hun, "Llwyddais i ennill mwy o ddoethineb nag unrhyw frenin o'm blaen yn Jerwsalem; cefais brofi llawer o ddoethineb a gwybodaeth."

¹⁷And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

¹⁷ Rhoddais fy mryd ar ddeall doethineb a gwybodaeth, ynfydrwydd a ffolineb, a chanf�m nad oedd hyn ond ymlid gwynt.

¹⁸For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

¹⁸ Oherwydd y mae cynyddu doethineb yn cynyddu gofid, ac ychwanegu gwybodaeth yn ychwanegu poen.