اَلْجَامِعَةِ 6

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

Also another yuel is, which Y siy vndur the sunne; and certis it is oft vsid anentis 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 is, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and onour; and no thing failith to his soule of alle thingis which he desirith; and God yyueth not power to hym, that he ete therof, but a straunge man shal deuoure it. This is vanyte, and a greet wretchidnesse.

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 gendrith an hundrid fre sones, and lyueth many yeris, and hath many daies of age, and his soule vsith not the goodis of his catel, and wantith biriyng; Y pronounce of this man, that a deed borun child is betere than he.

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

For he cometh in veyn, and goith to derknessis; and his name schal be don a wei bi foryetyng.

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

He siy not the sunne, nether knew dyuersyte of good and of yuel;

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

also thouy he lyueth twei thousynde yeeris, and vsith not goodis; whether alle thingis hasten not to o place?

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

Al the trauel of a man is in his mouth, but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with goodis.

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

What hath a wijs man more than a fool? and what hath a pore man, no but that he go thidur, where is lijf?

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

It is betere to se that, that thou coueitist, than to desire that, that thou knowist not; but also this is vanyte, and presumpcioun of spirit.

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

The name of hym that schal come, is clepid now, and it is knowun, that he is a man, and he mai not stryue in doom ayens a strongere than hym silf.

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

Wordis ben ful manye, and han myche vanyte in dispuytinge.

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؟

What nede is it to a man to seke grettere thingis than hym silf; sithen he knowith not, what schal bifalle to hym in his lijf, in the noumbre of daies of his pilgrimage, and in the tyme that passith as schadowe? ether who may schewe to hym, what thing vndur sunne schal come aftir hym?