الجامِعَة 11

١ 1 اطْرَحْ خُبْزَكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمِيَاهِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُهُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

to send: depart food: bread your upon face: surface [the] water for in/on/with abundance [the] day to find him

٢ 2 وَزِّعْ أَنْصِبَةً عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ بَلْ عَلَى ثَمَانِيَةٍ، لأَنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي أَيَّةَ بَلِيَّةٍ تَحُلُّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

to give: give portion to/for seven and also to/for eight for not to know what? to be distress: harm upon [the] land: country/planet

٣ 3 إِذَا كَانَتِ السُّحُبُ مُثْقَلَةً بِالْمِيَاهِ فَإِنَّهَا تَصُبُّ الْمَطَرَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَإِنْ سَقَطَتْ شَجَرَةٌ بِاتِّجَاهِ الشَّمَالِ أَوِ الْجَنُوبِ فَإِنَّهَا تَظَلُّ مُسْتَقِرَّةً حَيْثُ سَقَطَتْ.

if to fill [the] cloud rain upon [the] land: country/planet to empty and if to fall: fall tree in/on/with south and if in/on/with north place which/that to fall: fall [the] tree there to be

٤ 4 مَنْ يَرْصُدِ الرِّيحَ لاَ يَزْرَعْ، وَمَنْ يُرَاقِبِ السُّحُبَ لاَ يَحْصُدْ.

to keep: look at spirit: breath not to sow and to see: see in/on/with cloud not to reap

٥ 5 كَمَا تَجْهَلُ اتِّجَاهَ مَسَارِ الرِّيحِ، أَوْ كَيْفَ تَتَكَوَّنُ عِظَامُ الْجَنِينِ فِي رَحِمِ الأُمِّ، كَذَلِكَ لاَ تُدْرِكُ أَعْمَالَ اللهِ الَّتِي يُجْرِيهَا كُلَّهَا.

like/as as which nothing you to know what? way: journey [the] spirit like/as bone in/on/with belly: womb [the] full thus not to know [obj] deed: work [the] God which to make [obj] [the] all

٦ 6 ازْرَعْ زَرْعَكَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَلاَ تَكُفَّ يَدَكَ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ، لأَنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا يُفْلِحُ: أَهَذَا الْمَزْرُوعُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ أَمْ ذَاكَ الَّذِي فِي الْمَسَاءِ، أَمْ كِلاهُمَا عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ؟

in/on/with morning to sow [obj] seed your and to/for evening not to rest hand your for nothing you to know where? this to succeed this or this and if two their like/as one pleasant

٧ 7 النُّورُ مُبْهِجٌ، وَكَمْ يَلَذُّ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَرَيَا الشَّمْسَ.

and sweet [the] light and pleasant to/for eye to/for to see: see [obj] [the] sun

٨ 8 إِنْ عَاشَ الإِنْسَانُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً وَتَمَتَّعَ فِيهَا جَمِيعاً، فَلْيَتَذَكَّرِ الأَيَّامَ السَّوْدَاءَ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ عَدِيدَةً. وَبَاطِلٌ كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ!

that if: except if: except year to multiply to live [the] man in/on/with all their to rejoice and to remember [obj] day [the] darkness for to multiply to be all which/that to come (in): come vanity

٩ 9 افْرَحْ أَيُّهَا الشَّابُّ فِي حَدَاثَتِكَ، وَلْيُمَتِّعْكَ قَلْبُكَ فِي أَيَّامِ شَبَابِكَ، وَاتْبَعْ أَهْوَاءَ قَلْبِكَ، وَكُلَّ مَا تَشْهَدُهُ عَيْنَاكَ. وَلَكِنِ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا يَأْتِي اللهُ بِكَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْقَضَاءِ.

to rejoice youth in/on/with youth your and be good you heart your in/on/with day youth your and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct heart your and in/on/with appearance eye your and to know for upon all these to come (in): bring you [the] God in/on/with justice: judgement

١٠ 10 فَأَزِلِ الْغَمَّ مِنْ صَدْرِكَ، وَاقْصِ الشَّرَّ عَنْ جَسَدِكَ، لأَنَّ الْحَدَاثَةَ وَالشَّبَابَ بَاطِلاَنِ.

and to turn aside: remove vexation from heart your and to pass: bring distress: harm from flesh your for [the] youth and [the] dark hair vanity