جامعه 7
| نیک نامی از روغن معطر بهتر است و روزممات از روز ولادت. | ۱ 1 |
[Having] a good reputation [MTY] is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
| رفتن به خانه ماتم از رفتن به خانه ضیافت بهتر است زیرا که این آخرت همه مردمان است و زندگان این را در دل خود می‌نهند. | ۲ 2 |
It is better to go to a house where people are mourning [about someone who has died] than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
| حزن از خنده بهتر است زیرا که ازغمگینی صورت دل اصلاح می‌شود. | ۳ 3 |
It is better to be sad than to be [always] laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
| دل حکیمان در خانه ماتم است و دل احمقان در خانه شادمانی. | ۴ 4 |
Wise [people] who go to where others are mourning think about [the fact that some day they also will] die, but foolish people [PRS] [do not think about that]; they are always [MTY] laughing.
| شنیدن عتاب حکیمان بهتر است از شنیدن سرود احمقان، | ۵ 5 |
It is better to pay attention to [someone who is wise] you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
| زیرا خنده احمقان مثل صدای خارها در زیر دیگ است و این نیز بطالت است. | ۶ 6 |
By [listening to] foolish people laughing we will not [learn any more than by listening to] the crackling of thorns [being burned] under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.
| به درستی که ظلم، مرد حکیم را جاهل می‌گرداند و رشوه، دل را فاسد می‌سازد. | ۷ 7 |
When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and [accepting] bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.
| انتهای امر از ابتدایش بهتر است و دل حلیم از دل مغرور نیکوتر. | ۸ 8 |
Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.
| در دل خود به زودی خشمناک مشو زیرا خشم در سینه احمقان مستقرمی شود. | ۹ 9 |
Do not quickly (lose your temper/react to things angrily), because it is foolish people [SYN] who become very angry.
| مگو چرا روزهای قدیم از این زمان بهتربود زیرا که در این خصوص از روی حکمت سوال نمی کنی. | ۱۰ 10 |
Do not say, “Things were a lot better [RHQ] previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.
| حکمت مثل میراث نیکو است بلکه به جهت بینندگان آفتاب نیکوتر. | ۱۱ 11 |
Being wise is better than inheriting [valuable things]; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].
| زیرا که حکمت ملجایی است و نقره ملجایی؛ اما فضیلت معرفت این است که حکمت صاحبانش را زندگی می‌بخشد. | ۱۲ 12 |
We are [sometimes] protected by being wise like we are [sometimes] protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better [than having a lot of money], [because] being wise prevents us from [doing foolish things that would] cause us to die.
| اعمال خدا را ملاحظه نما زیرا کیست که بتواند آنچه را که او کج ساخته است راست نماید؟ | ۱۳ 13 |
Think [carefully about] what God has done. Certainly no one can [RHQ] cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.
| در روز سعادتمندی شادمان باش و درروز شقاوت تامل نما زیرا خدا این را به ازاء آن قرار داد که انسان هیچ‌چیز را که بعد از او خواهدشد دریافت نتواند کرد. | ۱۴ 14 |
When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters.
| این همه را در روزهای بطالت خود دیدم. مرد عادل هست که در عدالتش هلاک می‌شود و مرد شریر هست که در شرارتش عمر دراز دارد. | ۱۵ 15 |
During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die [while they are still young], and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in [spite of] their continuing to be wicked.
| پس گفتم به افراط عادل مباش و خود را زیاده حکیم مپندار مبادا خویشتن را هلاک کنی. | ۱۶ 16 |
[So] do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, [because if you think those things], you will destroy yourself.
| و به افراط شریر مباش و احمق مشو مبادا پیش ازاجلت بمیری. | ۱۷ 17 |
If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
| نیکو است که به این متمسک شوی و از آن نیز دست خود را برنداری زیرا هرکه از خدا بترسد، از این هر دو بیرون خواهد آمد. | ۱۸ 18 |
Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
| حکمت مرد حکیم را توانایی می‌بخشدبیشتر از ده حاکم که در یک شهر باشند. | ۱۹ 19 |
If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
| زیرامرد عادلی در دنیا نیست که نیکویی ورزد و هیچ خطا ننماید. | ۲۰ 20 |
There is no one in this world who [always] does what is right and who never sins.
| و نیز به همه سخنانی که گفته شود دل خودرا منه، مبادا بنده خود را که تو را لعنت می‌کندبشنوی. | ۲۱ 21 |
Do not pay attention [IDM] to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
| زیرا دلت می‌داند که تو نیز بسیار بارهادیگران را لعنت نموده‌ای. | ۲۲ 22 |
You know that you have also cursed other people.
| این همه را با حکمت آزمودم و گفتم به حکمت خواهم پرداخت اما آن از من دور بود. | ۲۳ 23 |
I said [to myself] that I would use my wisdom to study all the things [that I have written about], but I was not able to do it successfully.
| آنچه هست دور و بسیار عمیق است. پس کیست که آن را دریافت نماید؟ | ۲۴ 24 |
Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.
| پس برگشته دل خود را بر معرفت و بحث و طلب حکمت وعقل مشغول ساختم تا بدانم که شرارت حماقت است و حماقت دیوانگی است. | ۲۵ 25 |
But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly.
| و دریافتم که زنی که دلش دامها و تله‌ها است و دستهایش کمندها می‌باشد، چیز تلختر از موت است. هرکه مقبول خدا است، از وی رستگار خواهد شد اماخطاکار گرفتار وی خواهد گردید. | ۲۶ 26 |
[One thing I learned was that] (allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married) is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is [as dangerous as] a trap [MET]. [If you allow her to put] her arms [around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with] chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women.
| جامعه می‌گوید که اینک چون این را با آن مقابله کردم تا نتیجه را دریابم این را دریافتم، | ۲۷ 27 |
This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
| که جان من تا به حال آن را جستجو می‌کند ونیافتم. یک مرد از هزار یافتم اما از جمیع آنها زنی نیافتم. | ۲۸ 28 |
and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find [all that I was searching for]. [But] one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 [people] I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
| همانا این را فقط دریافتم که خدا آدمی را راست آفرید، اما ایشان مخترعات بسیار طلبیدند. | ۲۹ 29 |
[But] I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
