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مَنْ كَٱلْحَكِيمِ؟ وَمَنْ يَفْهَمُ تَفْسِيرَ أَمْرٍ؟ حِكْمَةُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ تُنِيرُ وَجْهَهُ، وَصَلَابَةُ وَجْهِهِ تَتَغَيَّرُ. ١ 1
Who is a wise man? Who knows what the events in life mean? Wisdom in a man causes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
أَنَا أَقُولُ: ٱحْفَظْ أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَذَاكَ بِسَبَبِ يَمِينِ ٱللهِ. ٢ 2
I advise you to obey the king's command because of God's oath to protect him.
لَا تَعْجَلْ إِلَى ٱلذَّهَابِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ. لَا تَقِفْ فِي أَمْرٍ شَاقٍّ، لِأَنَّهُ يَفْعَلُ كُلَّ مَا شَاءَ. ٣ 3
Do not hurry out of his presence, and do not stand in support of something wrong, for the king does whatever he desires.
حَيْثُ تَكُونُ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَهُنَاكَ سُلْطَانٌ. وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟». ٤ 4
The king's word rules, so who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
حَافِظُ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ لَا يَشْعُرُ بِأَمْرٍ شَاقٍّ، وَقَلْبُ ٱلْحَكِيمِ يَعْرِفُ ٱلْوَقْتَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ. ٥ 5
Whoever keeps the king's commands avoids harm. A wise man's heart recognizes the proper course and time of action.
لِأَنَّ لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَقْتًا وَحُكْمًا. لِأَنَّ شَرَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ عَظِيمٌ عَلَيْهِ، ٦ 6
For every matter there is a correct response and a time to respond, because the troubles of man are great.
لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَا سَيَكُونُ. لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُخْبِرُهُ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ؟ ٧ 7
No one knows what is coming next. Who can tell him what is coming?
لَيْسَ لِإِنْسَانٍ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى ٱلرُّوحِ لِيُمْسِكَ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَلَا سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى يَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَلَا تَخْلِيَةٌ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ، وَلَا يُنَجِّي ٱلشَّرُّ أَصْحَابَهُ. ٨ 8
No one is ruler over his breath so as to stop the breath, and no one has power over the day of his death. No one is discharged from the army during a battle, and wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves.
كُلُّ هَذَا رَأَيْتُهُ إِذْ وَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ، وَقْتَمَا يَتَسَلَّطُ إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ لِضَرَرِ نَفْسِهِ. ٩ 9
I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt.
وَهَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ أَشْرَارًا يُدْفَنُونَ وَضُمُّوا، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَهَبُوا مِنْ مَكَانِ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَنُسُوا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. ١٠ 10
So I saw the wicked buried publicly. They were taken from the holy area and buried and were praised by people in the city where they had done their wicked deeds. This also is uselessness.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْقَضَاءَ عَلَى ٱلْعَمَلِ ٱلرَّدِيءِ لَا يُجْرَى سَرِيعًا، فَلِذَلِكَ قَدِ ٱمْتَلَأَ قَلْبُ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ فِيهِمْ لِفَعْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ. ١١ 11
When a sentence against an evil crime is not executed quickly, it entices the hearts of human beings to do evil.
اَلْخَاطِئُ وَإِنْ عَمِلَ شَرًّا مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَطَالَتْ أَيَّامُهُ، إِلَّا أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ خَيْرٌ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ قُدَّامَهُ. ١٢ 12
Even though a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives a long time, yet I know that it will be better for those who respect God, for those who stand before him and show him respect.
وَلَا يَكُونُ خَيْرٌ لِلشِّرِّيرِ، وَكَٱلظِّلِّ لَا يُطِيلُ أَيَّامَهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَخْشَى قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ. ١٣ 13
But it will not go well for a wicked man; his life will not be prolonged. His days are like a fleeting shadow because he does not honor God.
يُوجَدُ بَاطِلٌ يُجْرَى عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ: أَنْ يُوجَدَ صِدِّيقُونَ يُصِيبُهُمْ مِثْلَ عَمَلِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَيُوجَدُ أَشْرَارٌ يُصِيبُهُمْ مِثْلَ عَمَلِ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ. فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. ١٤ 14
There is another useless vapor—something else that is done on the earth. Things happen to righteous people as they happen to wicked people, and things happen to wicked people as they happen to righteous people. I say that this also is useless vapor.
فَمَدَحْتُ ٱلْفَرَحَ، لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ خَيْرٌ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَفْرَحَ، وَهَذَا يَبْقَى لَهُ فِي تَعَبِهِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيهِ ٱللهُ إِيَّاهَا تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. ١٥ 15
So I recommend happiness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and drink and to be happy. It is happiness that will accompany him in his labor for all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
لَمَّا وَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِأَعْرِفَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ، وَأَنْظُرَ ٱلْعَمَلَ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّهُ نَهَارًا وَلَيْلًا لَا يَرَى ٱلنَّوْمَ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، ١٦ 16
When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to understand the work that is done on the earth, work often done without sleep for the eyes at night or in the day,
رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ عَمَلِ ٱللهِ أَنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَجِدَ ٱلْعَمَلَ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. مَهْمَا تَعِبَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ فِي ٱلطَّلَبِ فَلَا يَجِدُهُ، وَٱلْحَكِيمُ أَيْضًا، وَإِنْ قَالَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ، لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَجِدَهُ. ١٧ 17
then I considered all of God's deeds, and that man cannot understand the work that is done under the sun. No matter how much a man labors to find the answers, he will not find them. Even though a wise man might believe he knows, he really does not.

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