< اَلْجَامِعَةِ 5 >
اِحْفَظْ قَدَمَكَ حِينَ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، فَٱلِٱسْتِمَاعُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُبَالُونَ بِفَعْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ١ 1 |
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
لَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ فَمَكَ وَلَا يُسْرِعْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى نُطْقِ كَلَامٍ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلِذَلِكَ لِتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتُكَ قَلِيلَةً. | ٢ 2 |
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْحُلْمَ يَأْتِي مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلشُّغْلِ، وَقَوْلَ ٱلْجَهْلِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ. | ٣ 3 |
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by a multitude of words.
إِذَا نَذَرْتَ نَذْرًا لِلهِ فَلَا تَتَأَخَّرْ عَنِ ٱلْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُسَرُّ بِٱلْجُهَّالِ. فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَهُ. | ٤ 4 |
When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
أَنْ لَا تَنْذُرُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْذُرَ وَلَا تَفِيَ. | ٥ 5 |
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
لَا تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلَا تَقُلْ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ: «إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ». لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ ٱللهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ، وَيُفْسِدُ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ؟ | ٦ 6 |
Permit not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْأَحْلَامِ وَٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ وَكَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ. وَلَكِنِ ٱخْشَ ٱللهَ. | ٧ 7 |
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also many vanities: but fear thou God.
إِنْ رَأَيْتَ ظُلْمَ ٱلْفَقِيرِ وَنَزْعَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ فِي ٱلْبِلَادِ، فَلَا تَرْتَعْ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ فَوْقَ ٱلْعَالِي عَالِيًا يُلَاحِظُ، وَٱلْأَعْلَى فَوْقَهُمَا. | ٨ 8 |
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there are higher than they.
وَمَنْفَعَةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْكُلِّ. ٱلْمَلِكُ مَخْدُومٌ مِنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
مَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلْفِضَّةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلثَّرْوَةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْ دَخْلٍ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
إِذَا كَثُرَتِ ٱلْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا إِلَّا رُؤْيَتَهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ؟ | ١١ 11 |
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners of them, except the beholding of them with their eyes?
نَوْمُ ٱلْمُشْتَغِلِ حُلْوٌ، إِنْ أَكَلَ قَلِيلًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا، وَوَفْرُ ٱلْغَنِيِّ لَا يُرِيحُهُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ خَبِيثٌ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: ثَرْوَةٌ مَصُونَةٌ لِصَاحِبِهَا لِضَرَرِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.
فَهَلَكَتْ تِلْكَ ٱلثَّرْوَةُ بِأَمْرٍ سَيِّئٍ، ثُمَّ وَلَدَ ٱبْنًا وَمَا بِيَدِهِ شَيْءٌ. | ١٤ 14 |
But those riches perish by evil labour: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ عُرْيَانًا يَرْجِعُ ذَاهِبًا كَمَا جَاءَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تَعَبِهِ فَيَذْهَبُ بِهِ فِي يَدِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مَصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا جَاءَ هَكَذَا يَذْهَبُ، فَأَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، لِلَّذِي تَعِبَ لِلرِّيحِ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
أَيْضًا يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيَغْتَمُّ كَثِيرًا مَعَ حُزْنٍ وَغَيْظٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
هُوَذَا ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ أَنَا خَيْرًا، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ حَسَنٌ: أَنْ يَأْكُلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْعَبُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ إِيَّاهَا، لِأَنَّهُ نَصِيبُهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and proper for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
أَيْضًا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ غِنًى وَمَالًا وَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، وَيَأْخُذَ نَصِيبَهُ، وَيَفْرَحَ بِتَعَبِهِ، فَهَذَا هُوَ عَطِيَّةُ ٱللهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَذْكُرُ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِهِ كَثِيرًا، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ مُلْهِيهِ بِفَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.