¹There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

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

²one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

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.

³If a man beget a hundred [sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.

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.

⁴For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

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

⁵moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

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

⁶Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

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?

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

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

⁸For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

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?

⁹Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

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

¹⁰That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

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.

¹¹For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?

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

¹²For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

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?