¹There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

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

²a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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 fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child 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 comes in vanity, and departs 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 has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

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

⁶Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t 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 labor 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 has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how 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 sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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

¹⁰Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who 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 words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

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

¹²For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will 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?