اَلْجَامِعَةِ 4

١ 1 ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ وَرَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْمَظَالِمِ ٱلَّتِي تُجْرَى تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: فَهُوَذَا دُمُوعُ ٱلْمَظْلُومِينَ وَلَا مُعَزٍّ لَهُمْ، وَمِنْ يَدِ ظَالِمِيهِمْ قَهْرٌ، أَمَّا هُمْ فَلَا مُعَزٍّ لَهُمْ.

And I returned I and I saw all the oppression which [were being] done under the sun and there! - [the] tear[s] of the oppressed and not [belonged] to them a comforter and [was] from [the] hand of oppressors their power and there not [belonged] to them a comforter.

٢ 2 فَغَبَطْتُ أَنَا ٱلْأَمْوَاتَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَدْ مَاتُوا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَائِشُونَ بَعْدُ.

And I congratulated I the dead who already they had died more than the living who they [were] alive still.

٣ 3 وَخَيْرٌ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يُولَدْ بَعْدُ، ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَرَ ٱلْعَمَلَ ٱلرَّدِيءَ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ.

And [is] good more than both of them [one] who still not he has been [one] who not he has seen the activity evil which it is done under the sun.

٤ 4 وَرَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلتَّعَبِ وَكُلَّ فَلَاحِ عَمَلٍ أَنَّهُ حَسَدُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ قَرِيبِهِ. وَهَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ.

And I considered I all [the] toil and all [the] skill of the work that it [is] envy of everyone from neighbor his also this [is] futility and striving of wind.

٥ 5 اَلْكَسْلَانُ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَهُ وَهُوَ طَاوٍ يَدَيْهِ.

The fool [is] folding hands his and [is] eating own flesh his.

٦ 6 حُفْنَةُ رَاحَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حُفْنَتَيْ تَعَبٍ وَقَبْضِ ٱلرِّيحِ.

[is] good Fullness of hand of quietness more than [the] fullness of two hands toil and striving of wind.

٧ 7 ثُمَّ عُدْتُ وَرَأَيْتُ بَاطِلًا تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ:

And I returned I and I saw futility under the sun.

٨ 8 يُوجَدُ وَاحِدٌ وَلَا ثَانِيَ لَهُ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱبْنٌ وَلَا أَخٌ، وَلَا نِهَايَةَ لِكُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُ عَيْنُهُ مِنَ ٱلْغِنَى. فَلِمَنْ أَتْعَبُ أَنَا وَأُحَرِّمُ نَفْسِي ٱلْخَيْرَ؟ هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ رَدِيءٌ هُوَ.

There [was] one [person] and there not [was] a second also a son and a brother not [belonged] to him and there not [was] an end to all toil his also (eye his *QK) not it was satisfied wealth and for whom? - [am] I a laborer and depriving self my from good also this [is] futility and [is] a task of evil it.

٩ 9 اِثْنَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ، لِأَنَّ لَهُمَا أُجْرَةً لِتَعَبِهِمَا صَالِحَةً.

[are] good Two [people] more than one that there for them [is] a reward good for toil their.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ وَقَعَ أَحَدُهُمَا يُقِيمُهُ رَفِيقُهُ. وَوَيْلٌ لِمَنْ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ إِنْ وَقَعَ، إِذْ لَيْسَ ثَانٍ لِيُقِيمَهُ.

That except they will fall down the one he will raise companion his and woe! to him the one who will fall down and there not [is] a second [person] to raise him.

١١ 11 أَيْضًا إِنِ ٱضْطَجَعَ ٱثْنَانِ يَكُونُ لَهُمَا دِفْءٌ، أَمَّا ٱلْوَحْدُ فَكَيْفَ يَدْفَأُ؟

Also if they will lie down two [people] and it will be warm to them and to one [person] how? will it be warm.

١٢ 12 وَإِنْ غَلَبَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى ٱلْوَاحِدِ يَقِفُ مُقَابَلَهُ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ، وَٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْمَثْلُوثُ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ سَرِيعًا.

And though someone will overpower him the one [person] the two [people] they will stand before him and the thread threefold not quickly it will be torn apart.

١٣ 13 وَلَدٌ فَقِيرٌ وَحَكِيمٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَلِكٍ شَيْخٍ جَاهِلٍ، ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُحَذَّرَ بَعْدُ.

[is] good A youth poor and wise more than a king old and a fool who not he knows to be warned still.

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ خَرَجَ إِلَى ٱلْمُلْكِ، وَٱلْمَوْلُودُ مَلِكًا قَدْ يَفْتَقِرُ.

For from [the] house of the prisoners he came out to become king for also in own kingdom his he had been born a poor [person].

١٥ 15 رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ ٱلسَّائِرِينَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ مَعَ ٱلْوَلَدِ ٱلثَّانِي ٱلَّذِي يَقُومُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

I saw all the living who are walking about under the sun with the youth second who he will arise in place of him.

١٦ 16 لَا نِهَايَةَ لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ، لِكُلِّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَ أَمَامَهُمْ. أَيْضًا ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرُونَ لَا يَفْرَحُونَ بِهِ. فَهَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ.

There not [is] an end to all the people to all [those] whom he was before them also the subsequent [people] not they will rejoice in him for also this [is] futility and a striving of wind.