اَلْجَامِعَةِ 1
| كَلَامُ ٱلْجَامِعَةِ ٱبْنِ دَاوُدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: | ١ 1 |
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
| بَاطِلُ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ، قَالَ ٱلْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ، ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ 2 |
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
| مَا ٱلْفَائِدَةُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
| دَوْرٌ يَمْضِي وَدَوْرٌ يَجِيءُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ٤ 4 |
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
| وَٱلشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ، وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَغْرُبُ، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا حَيْثُ تُشْرِقُ. | ٥ 5 |
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
| اَلرِّيحُ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْجَنُوبِ، وَتَدُورُ إِلَى ٱلشَّمَالِ. تَذْهَبُ دَائِرَةً دَوَرَانًا، وَإِلَى مَدَارَاتِهَا تَرْجِعُ ٱلرِّيحُ. | ٦ 6 |
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
| كُلُّ ٱلْأَنْهَارِ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَٱلْبَحْرُ لَيْسَ بِمَلآنَ. إِلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَارُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ تَذْهَبُ رَاجِعَةً. | ٧ 7 |
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
| كُلُّ ٱلْكَلَامِ يَقْصُرُ. لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ بِٱلْكُلِّ. ٱلْعَيْنُ لَا تَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ، وَٱلْأُذُنُ لَا تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمْعِ. | ٨ 8 |
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
| مَا كَانَ فَهُوَ مَا يَكُونُ، وَٱلَّذِي صُنِعَ فَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصْنَعُ، فَلَيْسَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ جَدِيدٌ. | ٩ 9 |
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
| إِنْ وُجِدَ شَيْءٌ يُقَالُ عَنْهُ: «ٱنْظُرْ. هَذَا جَدِيدٌ!» فَهُوَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَانَ فِي ٱلدُّهُورِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَنَا. | ١٠ 10 |
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
| لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْأَوَّلِينَ. وَٱلْآخِرُونَ أَيْضًا ٱلَّذِينَ سَيَكُونُونَ، لَا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرٌ عِنْدَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدَهُمْ. | ١١ 11 |
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
| أَنَا ٱلْجَامِعَةُ كُنْتُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
| وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِلسُّؤَالِ وَٱلتَّفْتِيشِ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. هُوَ عَنَاءٌ رَدِيءٌ جَعَلَهَا ٱللهُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ لِيَعْنُوا فِيهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
| رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلَّتِي عُمِلَتْ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
| اَلْأَعْوَجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَٱلنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُجْبَرَ. | ١٥ 15 |
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
| أَنَا نَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي قَائِلًا: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ عَظُمْتُ وَٱزْدَدْتُ حِكْمَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلِي عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقَدْ رَأَى قَلْبِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ». | ١٦ 16 |
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
| وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ وَٱلْجَهْلِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا أَيْضًا قَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٧ 17 |
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
| لِأَنَّ فِي كَثْرَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْغَمِّ، وَٱلَّذِي يَزِيدُ عِلْمًا يَزِيدُ حُزْنًا. | ١٨ 18 |
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
