Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.
| فَنَاجَيْتُ نَفْسِي: تَعَالَيِ الآنَ أَمْتَحِنُكِ بِالْفَرَحِ، فَأَسْتَمْتِعَ بِاللَّذَّةِ! وَإِذَا هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ١ |
2 I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?
| قُلْتُ عَنِ الضَّحِكِ: هَذَا جُنُونٌ، وَعَنِ اللَّذَّةِ مَا جَدْوَاهَا. | ٢ |
3 I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَحَصْتُ قَلْبِي، حَاوَلْتُ أَنْ أَشْرَحَ صَدْرِي بِالْخَمْرِ، مَعَ أَنَّ عَقْلِي مَازَالَ يُرْشِدُنِي بِالْحِكْمَةِ، وَأَنْ أَخْتَبِرَ الْحَمَاقَةَ حَتَّى أَرَى مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ لأَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ فَيَصْنَعُوهُ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. | ٣ |
4 I haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.
| فَأَنْجَزْتُ أَعْمَالاً عَظِيمَةً، وَشَيَّدْتُ لِي بُيُوتاً وَغَرَسْتُ كُرُوماً. | ٤ |
5 I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
| وَأَنْشَأْتُ لِنَفْسِي جَنَّاتٍ وَبَسَاتِينَ غَرَسْتُهَا أَشْجَاراً مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَصْنَافِ، | ٥ |
6 I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.
| وَحَفَرْتُ بِرَكَ مِيَاهٍ لأَرْوِيَ الأَشْجَارَ النَّامِيَةَ، | ٦ |
7 I haue gotten seruants and maides, and had children borne in the house: also I had great possession of beeues and sheepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem.
| وَاشْتَرَيْتُ عَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً، وَكَانَ لِي عَبِيدٌ مِمَّنْ وُلِدُوا فِي دَارِي، وَاقْتَنَيْتُ أَيْضاً قُطْعَانَ بَقَرٍ وَمَوَاشِي غَنَمٍ، حَتَّى فُقْتُ جَمِيعَ أَسْلاَفِي مِمَّنْ كَانُوا قَبْلِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٧ |
8 I haue gathered vnto me also siluer and gold, and the chiefe treasures of Kings and prouinces: I haue prouided me men singers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, and women taken captiues.
| وَاكْتَنَزْتُ لِنَفْسِي فِضَّةً وَذَهَباً، وَكُنُوزَ الْمُلُوكِ وَالأَقَالِيمِ، وَاتَّخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي مُغَنِّينَ وَمُغَنِّيَاتٍ وَزَوْجَاتٍ وَسَرَارِي، وَكُلَّ مَا هُوَ مُتْعَةٌ لِقَلْبِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ. | ٨ |
9 And I was great, and increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.
| وَازْدَدْتُ عَظَمَةً حَتَّى فُقْتُ جَمِيعَ أَسْلاَفِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، دُونَ أَنْ تُبَارِحَنِي الْحِكْمَةُ. | ٩ |
10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauaile.
| وَلَمْ أَحْرِمْ عَيْنَيَّ مِمَّا اشْتَهَتَاهُ، وَلَمْ أَصُدَّ قَلْبِي عَنْ أَيَّةِ مُتْعَةٍ، فَابْتَهَجَ قَلْبِي لِكُلِّ تَعَبِي، وَكَانَ هَذَا ثَوَابِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَشَقَّتِي. | ١٠ |
11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.
| ثُمَّ تَأَمَّلْتُ كُلَّ مَا صَنَعَتْهُ يَدَايَ وَمَا كَابَدْتُهُ مِنْ تَعَبٍ فِي عَمَلِهِ، فَإِذَا الْجَمِيعُ بَاطِلٌ، وَكَمُلاَحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ، وَلاَ جَدْوَى مِنْ شَيْءٍ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ١١ |
12 And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)
| وَرَجَعْتُ أُمْعِنُ التَّفْكِيرَ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، إِذْ مَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ مَنْ يَخْلُفُ الْمَلِكَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَمَّ فِعْلُهُ؟ | ١٢ |
13 Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.
| فَوَجَدْتُ أَنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْحَمَاقَةِ، تَمَاماً كَمَا أَنَّ النُّورَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ، | ١٣ |
14 For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
| لأَنَّ عَيْنَيِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَيَمْشِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ. لَكِنَّنِي أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يُلاَقِيَانِ مَصِيراً وَاحِداً. | ١٤ |
15 Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.
| ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنَّ مَا يَحْدُثُ لِلْجَاهِلِ يَحْدُثُ لِي أَيْضاً، فَلِمَاذَا أَنَا أَوْفَرُ حِكْمَةً؟ فَنَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي: وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ، | ١٥ |
16 For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten. And howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?
| فَإِنَّ الْحَكِيمَ كَالْجَاهِلِ، لَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمَا ذِكْرٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَفِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ سَيُصْبِحَانِ كِلاَهُمَا نَسْياً مَنْسِيّاً، إِذْ يَمُوتُ الْجَاهِلُ كَالْحَكِيمِ. | ١٦ |
17 Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
| فَكَرِهْتُ الْحَيَاةَ، لأَنَّ مَا تَمَّ صُنْعُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ كَانَ مَثَارَ أَسىً لِي، فَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاَحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ١٧ |
18 I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.
| وَكَرِهْتُ كُلَّ مَا سَعَيْتُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ، لأَنِّي سَأَتْرُكُهُ لِمَنْ يَخْلُفُنِي. | ١٨ |
19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.
| وَمَنْ يَدْرِي: أَيَكُونُ حَكِيماً أَمْ جَاهِلاً؟ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَتَوَلَّى كُلَّ عَمَلِي الَّذِي بَذَلْتُ فِيهِ كُلَّ جَهْدِي وَحِكْمَتِي تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ١٩ |
20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.
| فَتَحَوَّلْتُ وَأَسْلَمْتُ قَلْبِي لِلْيَأْسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا بَذَلْتُهُ مِنْ جَهْدٍ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٢٠ |
21 For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shall he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.
| إِذْ قَدْ يَتْرُكُ الإِنْسَانُ كُلَّ مَا تَعِبَ فِيهِ بِحِكْمَةٍ وَمَعْرِفَةٍ وَحَذَاقَةٍ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يَشْقَ بِهِ. هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ وَشَرٌّ عَظِيمٌ. | ٢١ |
22 For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?
| فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ لِلإِنْسَانِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ تَعَبِهِ وَمُكَابَدَتِهِ الْعَنَاءَ الَّذِي قَاسَى مِنْهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.
| كُلُّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ مُفْعَمَةٌ بِالْمَشَقَّةِ، وَعَمَلُهُ عَنَاءٌ. حَتَّى فِي اللَّيْلِ لاَ يَسْتَرِيحُ قَلْبُهُ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ٢٣ |
24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.
| فَلَيْسَ أَفْضَلُ لِلإِنْسَانِ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَتَمَتَّعَ بِتَعَبِ يَدَيْهِ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً، كَمَا أَرَى، هُوَ مِنْ يَدِ اللهِ. | ٢٤ |
25 For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?
| إِذْ بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنْهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَسْتَمْتِعَ؟ | ٢٥ |
26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
| لأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ الَّذِي يَحْظَى بِرِضَى اللهِ يُنْعِمُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفَرَحِ. أَمَّا الْخَاطِئُ فَيَفْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ عَنَاءَ الْجَمْعِ وَالادِّخَارِ، لِيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ نَصِيبِ مَنْ يُرْضِي اللهَ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاَحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ٢٦ |
