اَلْجَامِعَةِ 6

١ 1 يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَهُوَ كَثِيرٌ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

٢ 2 رَجُلٌ أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ غِنًى وَمَالًا وَكَرَامَةً، وَلَيْسَ لِنَفْسِهِ عَوَزٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يَشْتَهِيهِ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ ٱللهُ ٱسْتِطَاعَةً عَلَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، بَلْ يَأْكُلُهُ إِنْسَانٌ غَرِيبٌ. هَذَا بَاطِلٌ وَمُصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ هُوَ.

a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

٣ 3 إِنْ وَلَدَ إِنْسَانٌ مِئَةً، وَعَاشَ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً حَتَّى تَصِيرَ أَيَّامُ سِنِيهِ كَثِيرَةً، وَلَمْ تَشْبَعْ نَفْسُهُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَيْضًا دَفْنٌ، فَأَقُولُ إِنَّ ٱلسِّقْطَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ.

If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul have not enough of good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he;

٤ 4 لِأَنَّهُ فِي ٱلْبَاطِلِ يَجِيءُ، وَفِي ٱلظَّلَامِ يَذْهَبُ، وَٱسْمُهُ يُغَطَّى بِٱلظَّلَامِ.

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

٥ 5 وَأَيْضًا لَمْ يَرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ. فَهَذَا لَهُ رَاحَةٌ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَاكَ.

moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath gratification rather than the other;

٦ 6 وَإِنْ عَاشَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مُضَاعَفَةً وَلَمْ يَرَ خَيْرًا، أَلَيْسَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ يَذْهَبُ ٱلْجَمِيعُ؟

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?

٧ 7 كُلُّ تَعَبِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ لِفَمِهِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَٱلنَّفْسُ لَا تَمْتَلِئُ.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّهُ مَاذَا يَبْقَى لِلْحَكِيمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْجَاهِلِ؟ مَاذَا لِلْفَقِيرِ ٱلْعَارِفِ ٱلسُّلُوكَ أَمَامَ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ؟

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?

٩ 9 رُؤْيَةُ ٱلْعُيُونِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَهْوَةِ ٱلنَّفْسِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ.

Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

١٠ 10 ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فَقَدْ دُعِيَ بِٱسْمٍ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ، وَهُوَ مَعْرُوفٌ أَنَّهُ إِنْسَانٌ، وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُخَاصِمَ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ.

Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّهُ تُوجَدُ أُمُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ تَزِيدُ ٱلْبَاطِلَ. فَأَيُّ فَضْلٍ لِلْإِنْسَانِ؟

Seeing there are many words that increase vanity, what is man the better?

١٢ 12 لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ فِي ٱلْحَيَاةِ، مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاةِ بَاطِلِهِ ٱلَّتِي يَقْضِيهَا كَٱلظِّلِّ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُخْبِرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ بِمَا يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟

For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?