اَلْجَامِعَةِ 5

١ 1 اِحْفَظْ قَدَمَكَ حِينَ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، فَٱلِٱسْتِمَاعُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُبَالُونَ بِفَعْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ.

Thou that entrist in to the hous of God, kepe thi foot, and neiye thou for to here; for whi myche betere is obedience than the sacrifices of foolis, that witen not what yuel thei don.

٢ 2 لَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ فَمَكَ وَلَا يُسْرِعْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى نُطْقِ كَلَامٍ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلِذَلِكَ لِتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتُكَ قَلِيلَةً.

Speke thou not ony thing folily, nether thin herte be swift to brynge forth a word bifore God; for God is in heuene, and thou art on erthe, therfor thi wordis be fewe.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ ٱلْحُلْمَ يَأْتِي مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلشُّغْلِ، وَقَوْلَ ٱلْجَهْلِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ.

Dremes suen many bisynessis, and foli schal be foundun in many wordis.

٤ 4 إِذَا نَذَرْتَ نَذْرًا لِلهِ فَلَا تَتَأَخَّرْ عَنِ ٱلْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُسَرُّ بِٱلْجُهَّالِ. فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَهُ.

If thou hast avowid ony thing to God, tarie thou not to yelde; for an vnfeithful and fonned biheest displesith hym; but `yelde thou what euer thing thou hast avowid;

٥ 5 أَنْ لَا تَنْذُرُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْذُرَ وَلَا تَفِيَ.

and it is myche betere to make not a vowe, than aftir a vowe to yelde not biheestis.

٦ 6 لَا تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلَا تَقُلْ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ: «إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ». لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ ٱللهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ، وَيُفْسِدُ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ؟

Yyue thou not thi mouth, that thou make thi fleisch to do synne; nether seie thou bifor an aungel, No puruyaunce is; lest perauenture the Lord be wrooth on thi wordis, and distruye alle the werkis of thin hondis.

٧ 7 لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْأَحْلَامِ وَٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ وَكَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ. وَلَكِنِ ٱخْشَ ٱللهَ.

Where ben many dremes, ben ful many vanytees, and wordis with out noumbre; but drede thou God.

٨ 8 إِنْ رَأَيْتَ ظُلْمَ ٱلْفَقِيرِ وَنَزْعَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ فِي ٱلْبِلَادِ، فَلَا تَرْتَعْ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ فَوْقَ ٱلْعَالِي عَالِيًا يُلَاحِظُ، وَٱلْأَعْلَى فَوْقَهُمَا.

If thou seest false chalengis of nedi men, and violent domes, and that riytfulnesse is distried in the prouynce, wondre thou not on this doyng; for another is hiyere than an hiy man, and also othere men ben more hiye aboue these men;

٩ 9 وَمَنْفَعَةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْكُلِّ. ٱلْمَلِكُ مَخْدُومٌ مِنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ.

and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt.

١٠ 10 مَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلْفِضَّةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلثَّرْوَةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْ دَخْلٍ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ.

An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of tho; and therfor this is vanyte.

١١ 11 إِذَا كَثُرَتِ ٱلْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا إِلَّا رُؤْيَتَهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ؟

Where ben many richessis, also many men ben, that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, no but that he seeth richessis with hise iyen?

١٢ 12 نَوْمُ ٱلْمُشْتَغِلِ حُلْوٌ، إِنْ أَكَلَ قَلِيلًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا، وَوَفْرُ ٱلْغَنِيِّ لَا يُرِيحُهُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ.

Slepe is swete to hym that worchith, whether he etith litil ether myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffrith not hym to slepe.

١٣ 13 يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ خَبِيثٌ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: ثَرْوَةٌ مَصُونَةٌ لِصَاحِبِهَا لِضَرَرِهِ.

Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y siy vndur the sunne; richessis ben kept in to the yuel of her lord.

١٤ 14 فَهَلَكَتْ تِلْكَ ٱلثَّرْوَةُ بِأَمْرٍ سَيِّئٍ، ثُمَّ وَلَدَ ٱبْنًا وَمَا بِيَدِهِ شَيْءٌ.

For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse.

١٥ 15 كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ عُرْيَانًا يَرْجِعُ ذَاهِبًا كَمَا جَاءَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تَعَبِهِ فَيَذْهَبُ بِهِ فِي يَدِهِ.

As he yede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne ayen; and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel.

١٦ 16 وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مَصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا جَاءَ هَكَذَا يَذْهَبُ، فَأَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، لِلَّذِي تَعِبَ لِلرِّيحِ؟

Outirli it is a wretchid sijknesse; as he cam, so he schal turne ayen. What therfor profitith it to hym, that he trauelide in to the wynde?

١٧ 17 أَيْضًا يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيَغْتَمُّ كَثِيرًا مَعَ حُزْنٍ وَغَيْظٍ.

In alle the daies of his lijf he eet in derknessis, and in many bisinessis, and in nedynesse, and sorewe.

١٨ 18 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.

Therfor this semyde good to me, that a man ete, and drynke, and vse gladnesse of his trauel, in which he trauelide vndir the sunne, in the noumbre of daies of his lijf, which God yaf to hym; and this is his part.

١٩ 19 أَيْضًا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ غِنًى وَمَالًا وَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، وَيَأْخُذَ نَصِيبَهُ، وَيَفْرَحَ بِتَعَبِهِ، فَهَذَا هُوَ عَطِيَّةُ ٱللهِ.

And to ech man, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and yaf power to hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَذْكُرُ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِهِ كَثِيرًا، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ مُلْهِيهِ بِفَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ.

For he schal not bithenke miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with delicis.