¹I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.

¹ Dywedais wrthyf fy hun, "Tyrd yn awr, gad imi brofi pleser, a'm mwynhau fy hun,"

²I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

² ond yr oedd hyn hefyd yn wagedd. Dywedais fod chwerthin yn ynfydrwydd, ac nad oedd pleser yn dda i ddim.

³I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

³ Ceisiais godi fy nghalon � gwin, gan ofalu fy mod yn ymddwyn yn ddoeth ac yn ffrwyno ffolineb, nes imi weld beth oedd yn dda i bobl ei wneud dan y nef yn ystod cyfnod byr eu hoes.

⁴I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

⁴ Gwneuthum bethau mawr: adeiledais dai i mi fy hun, a phlannu gwinllannoedd;

⁵I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.

⁵ gwneuthum erddi a pherllannau, a phlannu pob math ar goed ffrwythau ynddynt;

⁶I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.

⁶ gwneuthum hefyd lynnoedd i ddyfrhau ohonynt y llwyni coed oedd yn tyfu;

⁷I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;

⁷ prynais gaethion, yn ddynion a merched, ac yr oedd gennyf weision wedi eu geni yn fy nhu375?; yr oedd gennyf fwy o wartheg a defaid nag unrhyw un a fu o'm blaen yn Jerwsalem;

⁸I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

⁸ cesglais arian ac aur, trysorau brenhinoedd a thaleithiau; yr oedd gennyf hefyd gantorion a chantoresau, a digonedd o ferched gordderch i ddifyrru dynion.

⁹So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

⁹ Deuthum yn enwog, ac yn fwy llwyddiannus nag unrhyw un a fu o'm blaen yn Jerwsalem; ac eto glynais wrth ddoethineb.

¹⁰Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

¹⁰ Nid oeddwn yn cadw draw oddi wrth unrhyw beth a chwenychai fy llygaid, nac yn troi ymaith oddi wrth unrhyw bleser. Yn wir yr oeddwn yn cael llawenydd yn fy holl lafur, a hyn oedd fy nh�l am fy holl waith.

¹¹Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹¹ Yna, pan drois i edrych ar y cyfan a wnaeth fy nwylo a'r llafur yr ymdrechais i'w gyflawni, gwelwn nad oedd y cyfan ond gwagedd ac ymlid gwynt, heb unrhyw elw dan yr haul.

¹²I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

¹² Yna trois i edrych ar ddoethineb, ac ar ynfydrwydd a ffolineb. Beth rhagor y gall y sawl a ddaw ar �l y brenin ei wneud nag sydd eisoes wedi ei wneud?

¹³Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

¹³ Yna gwelais fod doethineb yn werthfawrocach nag ynfydrwydd, fel y mae goleuni yn werthfawrocach na thywyllwch.

¹⁴The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

¹⁴ Y mae'r doeth �'i lygaid yn ei ben, ond y mae'r ff�l yn rhodio yn y tywyllwch; eto canf�m mai'r un peth yw tynged y ddau.

¹⁵Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

¹⁵ Yna dywedais wrthyf fy hun, "Yr un peth a ddigwydd i mi ac i'r ff�l. Pa elw a gaf o fod yn ddoeth?" Yna dywedais, "Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd."

¹⁶For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

¹⁶ Oherwydd ni chofir am byth am y doeth mwy na'r ff�l, ond fe anghofir am y naill a'r llall fel yr �'r dyddiau heibio; yn wir, marw y mae'r doeth fel y ff�l.

¹⁷So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

¹⁷ Yna deuthum i gas�u bywyd, gan fod y cyfan sy'n digwydd dan yr haul yn achosi blinder imi; yn wir y mae'r cyfan yn wagedd ac yn ymlid gwynt.

¹⁸I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

¹⁸ Yr oeddwn yn cas�u'r holl lafur a gyflawnais dan yr haul, gan y bydd yn rhaid imi ei adael i'r un a ddaw ar fy �l;

¹⁹Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

¹⁹ a phwy sy'n gwybod ai doeth ynteu ff�l fydd hwnnw? Ac eto, ef fydd yn rheoli'r holl lafur a gyflawnais mewn doethineb dan yr haul. Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd.

²⁰Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

²⁰ Yna euthum i anobeithio'n llwyr am yr holl lafur a gyflawnais dan yr haul.

²¹For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

²¹ Oherwydd y mae'r sawl a lafuriodd yn ddoeth a deallus a chyda medr yn gadael ei eiddo i un na lafuriodd amdano. Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd ac yn flinder mawr.

²²For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

²² Beth a gaiff neb am yr holl lafur a'r ymdrech a gyflawnodd dan yr haul?

²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

²³ Oherwydd y mae ei holl ddyddiau yn ofidus, a'i orchwyl yn boenus; a hyd yn oed yn y nos nid oes gorffwys i'w feddwl. Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd.

²⁴There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

²⁴ Nid oes dim yn well i neb na bwyta ac yfed a chael mwynhad o'i lafur. Yn wir gwelais fod hyn yn dod oddi wrth Dduw;

²⁵For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

²⁵ oherwydd pwy all fwyta a chael mwynhad hebddo ef?

²⁶For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

²⁶ Yn wir, y mae Duw yn rhoi doethineb, deall a llawenydd i'r sawl sy'n dda yn ei olwg, ond i'r un sy'n pechu fe roddir y dasg o gasglu a chronni ar gyfer yr un sy'n dda yng ngolwg Duw. Y mae hyn hefyd yn wagedd ac yn ymlid gwynt.