< اَلْجَامِعَةِ 2 >

قُلْتُ أَنَا فِي قَلْبِي: «هَلُمَّ أَمْتَحِنُكَ بِٱلْفَرَحِ فَتَرَى خَيْرًا». وَإِذَا هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. ١ 1
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.
لِلضَّحْكِ قُلْتُ: «مَجْنُونٌ» وَلِلْفَرَحِ: «مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ؟». ٢ 2
I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
اِفْتَكَرْتُ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ أُعَلِّلَ جَسَدِي بِٱلْخَمْرِ، وَقَلْبِي يَلْهَجُ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَأَنْ آخُذَ بِٱلْحَمَاقَةِ، حَتَّى أَرَى مَا هُوَ ٱلْخَيْرُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ حَتَّى يَفْعَلُوهُ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. ٣ 3
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
فَعَظَّمْتُ عَمَلِي: بَنَيْتُ لِنَفْسِي بُيُوتًا، غَرَسْتُ لِنَفْسِي كُرُومًا. ٤ 4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
عَمِلْتُ لِنَفْسِي جَنَّاتٍ وَفَرَادِيسَ، وَغَرَسْتُ فِيهَا أَشْجَارًا مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعِ ثَمَرٍ. ٥ 5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
عَمِلْتُ لِنَفْسِي بِرَكَ مِيَاهٍ لِتُسْقَى بِهَا ٱلْمَغَارِسُ ٱلْمُنْبِتَةُ ٱلشَّجَرَ. ٦ 6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
قَنَيْتُ عَبِيدًا وَجَوَارِيَ، وَكَانَ لِي وُلْدَانُ ٱلْبَيْتِ. وَكَانَتْ لِي أَيْضًا قِنْيَةُ بَقَرٍ وَغَنَمٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ قَبْلِي. ٧ 7
I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
جَمَعْتُ لِنَفْسِي أَيْضًا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا وَخُصُوصِيَّاتِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ وَٱلْبُلْدَانِ. ٱتَّخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي مُغَنِّينَ وَمُغَنِّيَاتٍ وَتَنَعُّمَاتِ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ، سَيِّدَةً وَسَيِّدَاتٍ. ٨ 8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
فَعَظُمْتُ وَٱزْدَدْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَبَقِيَتْ أَيْضًا حِكْمَتِي مَعِي. ٩ 9
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
وَمَهْمَا ٱشْتَهَتْهُ عَيْنَايَ لَمْ أُمْسِكْهُ عَنْهُمَا. لَمْ أَمْنَعْ قَلْبِي مِنْ كُلِّ فَرَحٍ، لِأَنَّ قَلْبِي فَرِحَ بِكُلِّ تَعَبِي. وَهَذَا كَانَ نَصِيبِي مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِي. ١٠ 10
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
ثُمَّ ٱلْتَفَتُّ أَنَا إِلَى كُلِّ أَعْمَالِي ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْهَا يَدَايَ، وَإِلَى ٱلتَّعَبِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُهُ فِي عَمَلِهِ، فَإِذَا ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَلَا مَنْفَعَةَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. ١١ 11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
ثُمَّ ٱلْتَفَتُّ لِأَنْظُرَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْحَمَاقَةَ وَٱلْجَهْلَ. فَمَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي وَرَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَدْ نَصَبُوهُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ؟ ١٢ 12
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ لِلْحِكْمَةِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْجَهْلِ، كَمَا أَنَّ لِلنُّورِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ. ١٣ 13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
اَلْحَكِيمُ عَيْنَاهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُ فَيَسْلُكُ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ. وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَا أَيْضًا أَنَّ حَادِثَةً وَاحِدَةً تَحْدُثُ لِكِلَيْهِمَا. ١٤ 14
The wise man’s eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «كَمَا يَحْدُثُ لِلْجَاهِلِ كَذَلِكَ يَحْدُثُ أَيْضًا لِي أَنَا. وَإِذْ ذَاكَ، فَلِمَاذَا أَنَا أَوْفَرُ حِكْمَةً؟» فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ». ١٥ 15
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْحَكِيمِ وَلَا لِلْجَاهِلِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَمَا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَذَا ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلْآتِيَةُ: ٱلْكُلُّ يُنْسَى. وَكَيْفَ يَمُوتُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ كَٱلْجَاهِلِ! ١٦ 16
For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
فَكَرِهْتُ ٱلْحَيَاةَ، لِأَنَّهُ رَدِيءٌ عِنْدِي، ٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُلَّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. ١٧ 17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
فَكَرِهْتُ كُلَّ تَعَبِي ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ حَيْثُ أَتْرُكُهُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ بَعْدِي. ١٨ 18
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
وَمَنْ يَعْلَمُ، هَلْ يَكُونُ حَكِيمًا أَوْ جَاهِلًا، وَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَى كُلِّ تَعَبِي ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ وَأَظْهَرْتُ فِيهِ حِكْمَتِي تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. ١٩ 19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
فَتَحَوَّلْتُ لِكَيْ أَجْعَلَ قَلْبِي يَيْئَسُ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلتَّعَبِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. ٢٠ 20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُونُ إِنْسَانٌ تَعَبُهُ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَبِٱلْفَلَاحِ، فَيَتْرُكُهُ نَصِيبًا لِإِنْسَانٍ لَمْ يَتْعَبْ فِيهِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَشَرٌّ عَظِيمٌ. ٢١ 21
For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
لِأَنَّهُ مَاذَا لِلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، وَمِنِ ٱجْتِهَادِ قَلْبِهِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبَ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ ٢٢ 22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ أَحْزَانٌ، وَعَمَلَهُ غَمٌّ. أَيْضًا بِٱللَّيْلِ لَا يَسْتَرِيحُ قَلْبُهُ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ هُوَ. ٢٣ 23
For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيُرِيَ نَفْسَهُ خَيْرًا فِي تَعَبِهِ. رَأَيْتُ هَذَا أَيْضًا أَنَّهُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱللهِ. ٢٤ 24
[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ وَمَنْ يَلْتَذُّ غَيْرِي؟ ٢٥ 25
For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
لِأَنَّهُ يُؤْتِي ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلصَّالِحَ قُدَّامَهُ حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً وَفَرَحًا، أَمَّا ٱلْخَاطِئُ فَيُعْطِيهِ شُغْلَ ٱلْجَمْعِ وَٱلتَّكْوِيمِ، لِيُعْطِيَ لِلصَّالِحِ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. ٢٦ 26
For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

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