اَلْجَامِعَةِ 11

١ 1 اِرْمِ خُبْزَكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُهُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

٢ 2 أَعْطِ نَصِيبًا لِسَبْعَةٍ، وَلِثَمَانِيَةٍ أَيْضًا، لِأَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَيَّ شَرٍّ يَكُونُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

٣ 3 إِذَا ٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلسُّحُبُ مَطَرًا تُرِيقُهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَإِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ أَوْ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّمَالِ، فَفِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ حَيْثُ تَقَعُ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ هُنَاكَ تَكُونُ.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree falleth towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

٤ 4 مَنْ يَرْصُدِ ٱلرِّيحَ لَا يَزْرَعْ، وَمَنْ يُرَاقِبِ ٱلسُّحُبَ لَا يَحْصُدْ.

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

٥ 5 كَمَا أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ مَا هِيَ طَرِيقُ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَلَا كَيْفَ ٱلْعِظَامُ فِي بَطْنِ ٱلْحُبْلَى، كَذَلِكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَعْمَالَ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي يَصْنَعُ ٱلْجَمِيعَ.

As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

٦ 6 فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ ٱزْرَعْ زَرْعَكَ، وَفِي ٱلْمَسَاءِ لَا تَرْخِ يَدَكَ، لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَيُّهُمَا يَنْمُو: هَذَا أَوْ ذَاكَ، أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ كِلَاهُمَا جَيِّدَيْنِ سَوَاءً.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.

٧ 7 اَلنُّورُ حُلْوٌ، وَخَيْرٌ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَنْظُرَا ٱلشَّمْسَ.

Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:

٨ 8 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ عَاشَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً فَلْيَفْرَحْ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا، وَلْيَتَذَكَّرْ أَيَّامَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ لِأَنَّهَا تَكُونُ كَثِيرَةً. كُلُّ مَا يَأْتِي بَاطِلٌ.

But if a man shall live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

٩ 9 اِفْرَحْ أَيُّهَا ٱلشَّابُّ في حَدَاثَتِكَ، وَلْيَسُرَّكَ قَلْبُكَ فِي أَيَّامِ شَبَابِكَ، وَٱسْلُكْ فِي طُرُقِ قَلْبِكَ وَبِمَرْأَى عَيْنَيْكَ، وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا يَأْتِي بِكَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلدَّيْنُونَةِ.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

١٠ 10 فَٱنْزِعِ ٱلْغَمَّ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ، وَأَبْعِدِ ٱلشَّرَّ عَنْ لَحْمِكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَدَاثَةَ وَٱلشَّبَابَ بَاطِلَانِ.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.